SkillsUSA Nurse Assisting (2)

Ombudsman

promotes the residents needs and interests

Persons needing respite care

Are admitted to nursing centers for short stays

To use touch correctly, you should

Follow the person's care plan

A resident is very upset about his or her lunch. Which communication technique can help the person gain control?

Silence

Which is important when communicating with persons who are disabled?

Your attitude

You think that a visitor is tiring a patient, what should you do?

Report your observations to the nurse

Which form has the person's identifying information?

Admission record

You are working in a nursing center. Where would you record information about a person's intake and output?

Graphic sheet

Which of the following is a type of card file?

Kardex

True/False: Authorized staff can retrieve deleted computer files from a computer in a health care agency?

True

True/False: You should use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar when using a computer in health care agencies?

True

You should answer a phone by the _____ ring.

Fourth

True/False: You should use the computer to send information that requires immediate reporting?

False

When answering the phone in a patient's home, you should?

simply answer with "hello"

Who is responsible for giving end-of-shift report on the unit?

Nurse

True/False: It is a residents right to be seen by the facility's main doctor even if the resident prefers someone else

False

You give false information regarding your education on a job application. This is:

Libel

A child is 7 years old. Which is a sign of child abuse?

Arm and leg fractures

You see two health team members talking quietly to each other. You tell your co-worker what you overhear. This is

gossip

Rehabilitation is

The process of restoring the person to his or her highest possible level of function

A patient has aphasia following a stroke. What is helpful?

Speech therapy and communication devices

A resident has AD. The person's hallucinations include seeing "kitty cats" in the closet. What measure will not be helpful?

Explaining that there are no cats in the nursing center

A resident has AD. The person thinks the food contains poison. This is called a

delusion

You care for several persons with AD, why must you report behavior changes to the nurse?

Such changes may signal other illnesses or injuries

Your feelings about death

Affect the care you give

Which law protects the public from persons practicing nursing without a license?

A states nurse practice act

How many hours of instruction does OBRA require at a minimum?

75 hours

How many testing attempts does OBRA allow?

3 attempts

True/False: The delegating nurse must be present with you when you are performing home care

False

Duration of hand washing for surgical scrub

10 minutes

What does a nursing home need to have done every year?

utilization review

What protects patients insurance?

HIPAA

If a person is honest and truthful, what quality do they have?

Integrity

What is not appropriate uniform for the workplace?

Facial piercings

What act allows for donation of body or body parts?

Uniform Donor/Anatomical Gift Act

If you are an EMT and a CNA can you start an IV as a CNA?

No

What plane cuts body in half left to right?

Sagittal

What does EKG stand for?

electrocardiogram

What document lists accomplishments?

Resume

People cope with aging in their own way. How they cope depends on which of the following?

Finances

True/False: most older people have frequent contact with their children?

True

To stay warm older people may need what?

Warm socks

Older people usually need a shower or bath ___ a week?

Twice

musculo-skeletal changes in the older person require what?

Be as active as possible

Older persons often complain about how food tastes, this is because?

Taste buds decrease in number

Older persons have difficulty seeing what colors?

Blue and green

An older person has respiratory changes, what is helpful?

Repositioning

The person with chewing difficulties usually avoids

a high fiber diet

Older persons usually have difficulty digesting

Dry, fried, and fatty foods

Constipation is a common problem in older persons because?

peristalsis decreases

In women, what occurs with aging?

The uterus, vagina, and external genitalia atrophy

Most older people live

in their own homes

What housing option provides the most services?

Continuing care retirement communities

An assisted living residence admits a person with Alzheimer's disease, they must

allow the person access to leave the building in an emergency

ALR

Assisted living residence

Assisted living caregivers need training in what area?

Fire emergency and disaster procedures

How often should you dust furniture?

At least weekly

How often should you vacuum floors?

At least weekly

When handling meat and poultry, you need to follow what?

safe handling precautions

When washing utensils, what do you wash first?

Glasses

What is used to remove grease spills and splashes?

A liquid surface cleaner

Laundry is separated

by color and fabric

To leave the building in an emergency, the resident requires an attendant. When should the attendant be available?

24 hours a day

A person is terminally ill. He often talks about not being able to see his grandchildren grow up. He talks about never being a great-grandfather. What stage of dying is he in?

Depression

A resident is dying, what would you anticipate being in the persons care plan?

change linens and gown as needed

What is an example of an advanced directive?

living will

What is a sign of death?

No respirations

Which health team member determines a death has occured?

A doctor

You are assisting with post mortem care, dentures are not inserted what should you do with them?

Put them in a denture container labeled with the person's name

True/False: In the Chinese culture, autopsy and disposal of the body are not prescribed by religion; however, donation of body parts is encouraged

True

What should you do to sterile gloves?

check for rips or tears

When irrigating the eye, what direction should you irrigate?

Inner canthus to outer canthus

What is a body part donation called?

Anatomical gift

Perfumes, colognes, and after-shave lotions

should not be worn

advance directive

a document stating a person's wishes about health care when that person cannot make his or her own decisions

autopsy

the examination of the body after death

end of life care

the support and care given during the time surrounding death

post-morten care

care of the body after death

Reincarnation

The belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life

rigor mortis

the stiffness of the rigidity of skeletal muscles that occurs after death

terminal illness

an illness or injury from which the person will likely not recover

DNR

do not resuscitate

OBRA

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

assault

intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent

battery

touching a person's body without his or her consent

boundary crossing

a brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone

boundary sign

An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation

boundary violation

an act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's

fraud

Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person

Malpractice

Negligence by a professional person

neglect

Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed

nursing task

nursing care that can be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require an RN

professional boundary

that which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful

professional sexual misconduct

an act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature

protected health information

identifying information and information about the person's health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)

self-neglect

a person's behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health, safety, and well-being

vulnerable adult

a person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged

accountable

to be responsible for one's actions

competent

having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully

delegate

to authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation