Chapter 1

Question 1

Whom does Medicare insurance cover?

Answer 1

People over the age of 65

Question 2

Who makes up the majority of residents in long-term care facilities- men or women?

Answer 2

Females

Question 3

What are 3 tasks that NA’s don’t usually preform?

Answer 3

Insert or remove tubes, give tube feeding, or change sterile wounds

Question 4

What is one way that an NA can demonstrate professionalism?

Answer 4

Dressing appropriately

Question 5

List each of the nine qualities in Learning Objective 7.

Answer 5

1. Patient and understanding
2. Honest and trustworthiness
3. Conscientious
4. Enthusiastic
5. Courteous and respectful
6. Empathetic
7. Dependable and responsible
8. humble
9. unprejudiced

Question 6

Who is the most important member of the care team?

Answer 6

The resident

Question 7

List the Five Rights of Delegation

Answer 7

Right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, and right supervisor/evaluation

Question 8

Define person centered care

Answer 8

Revolves arounds person preference, choices, dignity, and interest

Question 9

When surveyors visit a facility, what do they study and observe?

Answer 9

They study how staff treats residents

Question 10

When a surveyor asks an NA a question she does not know the answer is to, how should she respond?

Answer 10

Say they do not know and find out as soon as possible.

Question 11

Define long term care facility

Answer 11

Assists people with ongoing, chronic medical conditions

Question 12

One common NA task is to __

Answer 12

Bathe residents

Question 13

What is proper grooming for an NA?

Answer 13

A simple waterproof watch should be worn

Question 14

If an NA is following the chain of command, to whom would she normally report a problem?

Answer 14

Nurse

Question 15

If an NA has forgotten the correct order in which to preform a procedure, which of the following would be the best way for her to proceed.

Answer 15

The NA should review the procedure manual before the beginning.

Question 16

Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Answer 16

Daily personal care tasks

Question 17

Acute care

Answer 17

24-hour skilled care for people who need assistance or supervision during certain hours

Question 18

Assistive living

Answer 18

Residents for people who do not need 24-hour skilled care but who do require help with daily care

Question 19

Assisted devices

Answer 19

Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs

Question 20

Care Team

Answer 20

Group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide residents care.

Question 21

Chain of Command

Answer 21

The order of authority within a facility

Question 22

Delegation

Answer 22

The assignment of tasks to another person that are within their scope of practice

Question 23

Dementia

Answer 23

The serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking remembering, reasoning, and communicating

Question 24

Empathetic

Answer 24

Being able to identity with and understand feelings of others.

Question 25

Functional nursing

Answer 25

Method of nursing care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member

Question 26

Holistic care

Answer 26

Care involves the whole person; includes physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs

Question 27

Hospice Care

Answer 27

Holistic, compassionate care given to people who have approximately six months or less to live

Question 28

Joint Commission

Answer 28

independent, non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities

Question 29

Liability

Answer 29

State of being legally responsible for something

Question 30

Outpatient care

Answer 30

Care given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries and need short-term skilled care.

Question 31

Person-centered care

Answer 31

A type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and their individuality and capabilities

Question 32

Primary nursing

Answer 32

Method of nursing care in which the RN provides much of the daily care to the residents.

Question 33

Subacute Care

Answer 33

Care given in hospitals or long term care facilities for people who need less care than acute illness but higher level of care than a chronic illness

Question 34

Team nursing

Answer 34

method o f nursing care in which a nursing acts as a leader of a group giving care