The Nursing Assistant In Long-Term Care Flashcards
Long-term care is offered in what?
It is offered in skilled nursing facilities
Residents in _____ are usually more independent and do not need skilled care.
Assisted living facilities.
Which of the following types of healthcare is generally for people who will die in six months or less?
Hospice care
____ is a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 years of age or older or people of any age with permanent kidney failure or certain disabilities.
Medicare
____ is a medical assistance program for people have low income or disabilities.
Medicaid
Medicare will pay for
Care that it determines to be medically necessary.
The amount that Medicare and Medicaid will pay long-term care facilities for services is based on what?
The residents need upon admission and throughout his stay.
The residents with the longest average stay in long-term facilities are what?
Residents who are developmentally disabled.
A disorder in which a person has a serious loss of mental abilities, including the ability to think, remember, and reason, is known as what?
Dementia
Which of the following is a typical task that nursing assistance to perform?
Bathing a resident
Which of the following is a task that nursing assistants do not perform?
Inserting tubes into a resident’s body
Professionalism is related to what?
How a person behaves at work
A resident has purchased a special gift for her nursing assistant. Which of the following would be the best response by the nursing assistant?
The NA should refuse the gift but thank the resident for thinking of her.
One example of professional behavior by nursing assistants when working with residents is what?
Keeping all residents information confidential
Which of the following is the best example of how a nursing assistant is demonstrating that she is dependable?
The nursing assistant avoids excessive absences from work.
To hold one self accountable means to what?
Admit mistakes and apologize for them
What does the term empathetic mean?
Empathetic means identifying with and understanding the feelings of others.
Which of the following is part of proper personal grooming by nursing assistant?
Keeping hair neatly tied back away from the face.
The best type of jewelry for an NA to wear to work is what?
A watch
The most important member of the care team is who?
The resident
Which member of the care team assesses residence, monitors progress, and gives treatment and medication?
The nurse
Which member of the care team has the most direct contact with the residents?
The nursing assistant
The chain of command is
The line of authority in a facility
In which type of nursing care does the registered nurse give much of the daily care to the residents?
Primary nursing
What is one possible negative result of the functional nursing style of care?
Staff may overlook changes in a resident’s condition.
Which of the following is associated with person-centered care?
A resident’s personal preferences and individual choices are promoted.
A policy is what?
A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
Which of the following would be the best response by nursing assistant if he forgets how to perform a procedure?
The NA should review the steps of the procedure in the procedure manual.
What would be the best response by a nursing assistant if a surveyor asks her a question?
The NA should answer honestly and to the best of her ability.
