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.
You hear another nurse aide tell a confused resident, “If you don’t eat, I’ll lock you in your room.” You should
TELL THE CHARGE NURSE WHAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED.
A standard of care is a way of ensuring that patients always are cared for by professionals who are
everything EXCEPT
FAST
A resident’s call light
SHOULD BE ANSWERED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
When caring for a home health client, all team members need to
COMMUNICATE FREQUENTLY WITH EACH OTHER.
You observed a coworker being physically abusive to a resident. You did not report the incident to the
Nurse Supervisor. You can be charged with
AIDING AND ABETTING.
Keeping information confidential about a client is
A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY.
You observe your charge nurse holding a resident’s nose to get him to take his medications. You should
REPORT THE INCIDENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE D.O.N.
While at work, you receive a call from someone who says he is a client’s nephew. He asks about his uncle’s condition. However, he is not on the client’s list of approved people who can have access to his condition. What should you say?
«CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION? I’LL HAVE SOMEONE GET BACK TO
YOU.»
The nurse aide is administering a bed bath when all of a sudden they hear a scream coming from the next room. What should the nurse aide do?
SECURE THE SAFETY OF THE PATIENT FIRST BEFORE LEAVING THE ROOM
- After caring for a resident for four hours, you are exhausted from hearing her ask to use the bathroom every 15 minutes. You should
DISCUSS THE BEHAVIOR WITH THE SUPERVISOR.
Misuse of a resident’s money or property by family,
friends, or staff, is known as
FINANCIAL ABUSE.
When caring for a resident whose religion is different from your own, you should
ACCEPT AND RESPECT THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
When you are caring for an elderly resident who has dentures, but seldom wears them, what should you do?
ASK HIM WHY HE DOESN’T WEAR HIS DENTURES
Which of the following would affect a nurse aide’s status on the State Registry and possibly cause the
nurse aide to be ineligible to work in a nursing home?
BEING CHARGED OF RESIDENT NEGLECT IN A LEGAL COURT CASE
Incident Reports are written in order to
determine patterns and trends
What are your legal and ethical responsibilities if you have access to medical records?
TO KEEP ALL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL
After the end of the shift, some nurse aides go to a restaurant. Acceptable topics of conversation would include
THE WEATHER.
Using the phones in the nursing station for personal calls, except in an emergency is
UNACCEPTABLE.
Once a nurse aide’s name is placed on the abuse registry for neglect they may
PETITION THE STATE NURSING BOARD FOR REINSTATEMENT.
After you have visited a home health client, learned some new information about them, and want to talk about it, you should
CALL YOUR SUPERVISOR TO SHARE THE
INFORMATION.
A client with metastatic cancer has an Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) advance directive. If the client’s heart rate begins to slow, what should you do?
NOTIFY THE NURSE, IN CASE SUPPORTIVE MEASURES ARE IN PLACE
While bathing and doing a.m. cares on Mr. Jones you observe a large bruised area on his back, you should
REPORT IT TO THE NURSE.
A famous athlete has been admitted into your facility. He is in a different unit. If you want to find out why he is there, what should you do?
AVOID TEMPTATION AND JUST KEEP WORKING
