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Hospice care is usually provided to those care recipients determined to be
terminally ill and who have approximately how long to live?
1. 1 month
2. 3 months
3. 6 months
4. 12 months - ✅✅ 3
An individual that a person can designate to make complex healthcare decisions on
their behalf is known as a?
1. Personal representative
2. Proxy decision maker
3. Surrogate decision maker
4. Legal representative - ✅✅ 4
Alternatives to an advance directive include a?
1. Living will, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
2. Durable Power of Attorney, last will and testament, and living trust
3. Right of survivorship, Do Not resuscitate (DNR) order, and appointment of
executor
,4. Living trust, living will, and medical order for life-sustaining treatment - ✅✅
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A symptom of dehydration is:
1. Difficulty walking
2. Diarrhea
3. Vomiting
4. Poor skin turgor - ✅✅ 4
One goal of effective dementia care is to:
1. Protect care recipients from all safety hazards regardless of abilities and needs
2. Treat all care recipients the same to avoid favoritism and prevent staff from
getting too close to care recipients
3. Provide personalized care based on knowledge of care recipients abilities and
needs
4. Ensure that all decisions are made by a care recipient's family members - ✅✅
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An administrator decides to have care recipients participate in menu planning and
grocery shopping. This policy would:
1. Free staff members for other duties
2. Violate sanitation regulations
3. Reduce dietary costs
4. Help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of being needed -
✅✅ 4
ROM is an abbreviation for:
,1. Range of motion
2. Rehabilitative outcome measurement
3. Rehabilitative outcome management
4. Range of measurement - ✅✅ 1
What word is defined as an acquired, persistent impairment of intellectual function
with compromise in at least three spheres of mental activity?
1. Alzheimer's
2. Delirium
3. Dementia
4. Encephalopathy - ✅✅ 3
Person-centered care is a transformation from an institutional model of care to a:
1. Customer full-assist model
2. Healthcare model
3. Consumer-directed model
4. Staff-directed model - ✅✅ 3
Which of the following items expresses a person's end-of-life wishes for medical
treatment?
1. Guardian Appointment Order (GAO)
2. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
3. Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
4. Oregon Death with Dignity Act (ODWDA) - ✅✅ 2
Delirium is a medical issue defined as a:
, 1. State of mental confusion characterized by disorientation
2. Slow onset of cognitive deficits
3. Cognitive decline not connected to other conditions
4. Progressive illness that causes memory lapses - ✅✅ 1
A foreign-language-speaking care recipient is admitted to a healthcare
organization. The foreign language spoken by the care recipient is not commonly
spoken in the region where the organization is located. As part of communicating
care recipient rights, the organization should:
1. Have the care recipient write a signed statement verifying that the care recipient
understands care recipient rights
2. Explain the rights to a representative of the care recipient who can then explain
the rights to the care recipient
3. Use pictures to explain the rights to the care recipient
4. Provide a written translation to the care recipient - ✅✅ 1
A care recipient has been diagnosed with a terminal disease to participate in
therapies to prolong life. The healthcare organization should offer consultation on
which of the following services?
1. Physiatrist
2. Oncology
3. Palliative care
4. Hospice care - ✅✅ 3
When a family is being interviewed regarding a provision of services, the first
course of action should be to?
1. Discuss the healthcare organization's rate structure
2. Inquire about the potential care recipient's needs