NA110 CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
Hospice organizations provide care for whom? Answer - People who are dying
and their families.
What does "delegate" a task mean? Answer - To authorize another person to
perform a task on your behalf.
What provides guidelines protecting the rights of long-term care residents?
Answer - OBRA
A nursing assistant failed to reposition a person frequently and the person
developed pressure ulcers. What violation of law has the nursing assistant
committed? Answer - Negligence.
How would the nursing assistant best demonstrate a professional attitude?
Answer - Punctuality, commitment to the job, and accountability
You have just inserted the resident's in-the-ear hearing aid, and it is not
working. What should you do next? Answer - Make sure the hearing aid is
turned on and has batteries.
Which is a basic human need? Answer - safety
, The nursing assistant's role when caring for a resident who has decided to stop
treatment for terminal cancer is to? Answer - Report it to the nurse
What is considered the cell's "brain"? Answer - The nucleus
What does epithelial tissue do? Answer - cover, line, and protect the body and
its internal organs
Why are elderly people at increased risk for respiratory infections? Answer -
The lung tissue loses some of its ability to expand and come back.
What part of the cardiac cycle occurs when the chambers of the heart fill with
blood? Answer - Diastole
The two main divisions of the nervous system are Answer - central and
peripheral
What is dementia? Answer - the permanent and progressive loss of the ability
to think and remember
Which hormone causes the kidneys to save body fluid by decreasing the
amount of urine produced? Answer - Antidiuretic hormones
Changes to the urinary system related to aging puts older residents at risk for
what? Answer - Urinary tract infection
A person with osteoporosis is at risk for what? Answer - Fractures and loss of
bone tissue
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
Hospice organizations provide care for whom? Answer - People who are dying
and their families.
What does "delegate" a task mean? Answer - To authorize another person to
perform a task on your behalf.
What provides guidelines protecting the rights of long-term care residents?
Answer - OBRA
A nursing assistant failed to reposition a person frequently and the person
developed pressure ulcers. What violation of law has the nursing assistant
committed? Answer - Negligence.
How would the nursing assistant best demonstrate a professional attitude?
Answer - Punctuality, commitment to the job, and accountability
You have just inserted the resident's in-the-ear hearing aid, and it is not
working. What should you do next? Answer - Make sure the hearing aid is
turned on and has batteries.
Which is a basic human need? Answer - safety
, The nursing assistant's role when caring for a resident who has decided to stop
treatment for terminal cancer is to? Answer - Report it to the nurse
What is considered the cell's "brain"? Answer - The nucleus
What does epithelial tissue do? Answer - cover, line, and protect the body and
its internal organs
Why are elderly people at increased risk for respiratory infections? Answer -
The lung tissue loses some of its ability to expand and come back.
What part of the cardiac cycle occurs when the chambers of the heart fill with
blood? Answer - Diastole
The two main divisions of the nervous system are Answer - central and
peripheral
What is dementia? Answer - the permanent and progressive loss of the ability
to think and remember
Which hormone causes the kidneys to save body fluid by decreasing the
amount of urine produced? Answer - Antidiuretic hormones
Changes to the urinary system related to aging puts older residents at risk for
what? Answer - Urinary tract infection
A person with osteoporosis is at risk for what? Answer - Fractures and loss of
bone tissue
