LEGAL & ETHICAL BEHAVIOURS Flashcards
The nurse aide should refuse to perform a task if the
NURSE AIDE HAS NOT BEEN TRAINED TO DO IT.
The nurse aide reports directly to the
LICENSED NURSE.
What is the main purpose of continuing education
for the nurse aide?
CLIENT SAFETY
The nurse aide gave a client the wrong diet. What will the nurse aide do after realizing this error?
REPORT THE ERROR IMMEDIATELY TO THE NURSE
The nurse aide reported bruises on Mr. Jenkins’ arm last week. Today, during A.M. care, there were more
bruises. The nurse aide should
REPORT THE ABUSE AGAIN OR CALL THE STATE’S
ABUSE HOT-LINE.
It is okay to call a resident by a nickname if
THE RESIDENT REQUESTS IT.
After your elderly neighbor falls, he is admitted to
your unit. Another neighbor asks you how he’s doing.
Your best response is
«I KNOW THIS IS AWKWARD, SINCE WE BOTH
KNOW HIM. BUT NOW THAT HE’S A PATIENT, I
CAN’T DISCUSS HIM.»
Forgetting to raise the side rails as ordered causes a resident to fall and be injured. This could be called
NEGLECT TO KEEP THE RESIDENT SAFE.
A patient’s chart is a legal document. If something is mistakenly written on the chart, the correct action is to
DRAW A SINGLE LINE THROUGH THE MISTAKE WITH BLUE OR BLACK INK. WRITE YOUR INITIALS, DATE, AND TIME. THEN WRITE THE CORRECT
INFORMATION.
- Mr. Joseph overhears the nurse aide speaking to the nurse about his roommate’s diagnosis and demands to know more about the roommate’s condition. The nurse aide should
FIRMLY BUT POLITELY EXPLAIN SHE CANNOT DISCUSS ANOTHER RESIDENT’S CONDITION.
The intentional attempt or threat to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent is
ASSAULT
If your home health client refuses to take their medication, you should
NOTIFY YOUR SUPERVISOR ABOUT THEIR REFUSAL.
If the nurse aide is concerned about client care, who should the nurse aide speak to FIRST?
THE NURSE IN CHARGE
If abuse is suspected within a facility
THE INCIDENT MUST BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE SUPERVISOR OR ADMINISTRATOR.
The client offers a nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse aide has done. The nurse aide SHOULD
POLITELY REFUSE THE MONEY.
Proper use of a waist restraint requires that the nurse aide
MONITOR FOR SKIN IRRITATION.
When starting a job, when is HIPAA training mandatory?
DURING INITIAL ORIENTATION
You don’t answer a call light because the patient is always hitting it accidentally. Not responding is
considered to be
NEGLECT OR ABUSE.
A nurse aide forgets to raise the side-rails on a bed and the resident is injured from a fall. This is termed as
NEGLECT.
Before touching a resident who is crying to offer comfort, the nurse aide should consider
THE RESIDENT’S CULTURAL BACKGROUND
An example of neglect is when a nurse aide
LEAVES A RESIDENT UNATTENDED IN THE BATH TUB.
You observe a co-worker tying a resident to their wheelchair. What type of abuse is this?
PHYSICAL
While you are at lunch with other nurse aides, they start to discuss how rude a resident was behaving. What should you do?
TELL THEM THAT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO DISCUSS THE CLIENT
On Monday, Mrs. Green and her family requested and received a “Do Not Resuscitate” order from her doctor. While bathing her on Thursday, she stops breathing and dies. Her son is not home. You should
NOTIFY THE CASE MANAGER OF THE DEATH.
