Written Questions from PowerPoints

Question 1

What is the goal of rehabilitation/restorative care?

Answer 1

to return the person to their highest level of physical and mental functioning + independence

Question 2

What is acute illness?

Answer 2

sudden illness where a person is expected to recover

Question 3

What is chronic illness?

Answer 3

ongoing illness with a slow/gradual onset & no known cure

Question 4

What is terminal illness?

Answer 4

illness or injury where a person is not expected to recover

Question 5

what are persons in long-term care centers called?

Answer 5

residents

Question 6

when is a long term care center (like a nursing home) needed?

Answer 6

when a person doesn’t need hospital treatment but cannot live at home by themselves

Question 7

What is the difference between a skilled nursing facility (SNF) and a nursing home?

Answer 7

• they provide more complex care
• residents are often recovering from a surgery and return home after a short stay

Question 8

What is a home care agency?

Answer 8

• people are provided with care where they live
• services provided by nursing assistants

Question 9

What is a hospice?

Answer 9

• health care agency for a dying person
• no longer respond to treatment & expected to live around 6 months
• focus on COMFORT not CURE

Question 10

What do the board of directors do for healthcare agencies?

Answer 10

• make the policies
• ensure safe care for lowest cost
• ensure laws are followed

Question 11

who leads the team of healthcare providers?

Answer 11

the RN

Question 12

what does the RN do?

Answer 12

• asses, make nursing diagnosis and develop care plan
• delegate tasks to the nursing team

Question 13

what does the survey team do?

Answer 13

• review policies and medical records
• interview staff, patients, families to asses care

Question 14

what is OBRA?

Answer 14

• omnibus budget reconciliation act
• requires nursing centers to provide care that maintains or improves quality of life
• requires nursing assistant training

Question 15

Can all residents exercise their rights?

Answer 15

• no, some residents have representatives that acts on their behalf

Question 16

what is the main focus of surveys?

Answer 16

• the residents
• they will observe staff behaviors and remarks made to the residents

Question 17

what is the persons right to information?

Answer 17

• residents have access to all records
• the right to be informed about their health
• the right to information about one’s doctor

Question 18

Does the person have the right to refuse treatment?

Answer 18

yes, treatment refusal should be reported to the nurse

Question 19

What does the right to privacy and confidentiality entail for a persons body?

Answer 19

• staff maintains care in a way to provide privacy to a persons body (only expose the necessary areas)

Question 20

What does privacy and confidentiality look like for a persons room & clothes?

Answer 20

• close curtains, doors, and windows
• provide clothes or drape over the person
• never leave them without clothes or covering
• never leave door open when they use the bathroom

Question 21

what does providing privacy and confidentiality look like for a residents conversation and mail?

Answer 21

• they have the right to private conversation and phone calls
• no one can open the residents mail except themselves

Question 22

Can residents choose their own doctors?

Answer 22

yes (right to make their own choices)

Question 23

Can residents report concerns about treatment?

Answer 23

• yes, the center must try to quickly fix the problem & there will be no punishment for the report

Question 24

Can a resident work if they wish?

Answer 24

yes, it would be part of their care plan

Question 25

Are you allowed to go through a residents drawers, closet, purse, etc. without their consent?

Answer 25

no, you need consent

Question 26

What is an ombudsman?

Answer 26

someone who supports and promotes the needs and interests of another person (they act on behalf of that person)

Question 27

A resident on your unit has been refusing to take a shower for the past 2 weeks. Today is her shower day and she is refusing again. What is the next appropriate action?

Answer 27

Find out the reason the resident is refusing
Once you find out the reason why, you may be able to offer another alternative
You also want to educate the resident about the problems that can result from not bathing

Report refusal to the nurse

Question 28

how many hours of instruction does OBRA require for the CNA training program?

Answer 28

75

Question 29

can the nurse assistant delegate a task?

Answer 29

no, can only ask for help cannot tell someone else to do the task

Question 30

what is an unintentional tort?

Answer 30

wrong committed against a person that was not intended

Question 31

what is an intentional tort?

Answer 31

a wrong committed where harm was intended

Question 32

What is malpractice?

Answer 32

negligence by a professional person

Question 33

what is false imprisonment?

Answer 33

unlawful restriction of a person’s movement

Question 34

what is battery?

Answer 34

touching someone’s body without their consent (why you must explain the procedure to the resident)