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Another name for a long-term care facility is?
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Extended Care Facility
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Assisted living facilities are initially for?
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People who need some help with daily care.
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What is true of adult day services?
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It is for people who need some help and supervision during certain hours.
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Care given by specialists to restore or improve function after an illness or injury is called?
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Rehabilitation
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Care given to people who have about six months or less to live is called?
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Hospice care.
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People who live in long-term care facilities are usually called ? because it is where they live for the duration of their stay.
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Residents
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Most conditions in long-term care are chronic, this means that?
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The conditions last a long time.
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List two groups of people who qualify for Medicare:
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People aged 65 or older and people with permanent kidney failure or certain disabilities.
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How is eligibility for Medicaid determined?
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Income and special circumstances.
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Nas will help with ? care, such as bathing and hair care.
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Personal
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NAs will help with ? needs.
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Toileting.
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NAs will help residents to move around ?
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Safely.
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NAs will help assisting with ?
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Meals.
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NAs will help promote self-care and ?
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Independence.
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NAs will not give ? or insert or remove ?
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Medications \ Tubes.
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Performs assigned tasks such as taking vitals and providing personal care.
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CNA
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Diagnoses disease or disability and prescribes treatment.
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Physician / Doctor (MD/DO)
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Licensed professional who has completed one to two years of education and is able to administer medications and give treatments.
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Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN)
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Person whose condition, treatment, and progress are what the care team revolves around.
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Resident.
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Administers therapy in the form of heat, cold, massage, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, and exercise to muscles, bones, and joints.
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Physical Therapist (PT/DPT)
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Teaches exercises to help the resident improve or overcome speech problems.
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Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
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Helps residents get supportive devices, such as counseling.
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Medical Social Worker (MSW)
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Helps residents learn to adapt to disabilities by training residents to perform ADL'S and other activities.
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Occupational Therapist (OT)
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Creates diets for residents with special needs.
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Registered Dietitian (RDT)
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Licensed professional who has graduated from a two to four year nursing program and coordinates, manages, and provides skilled nursing care.
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Registered Nurse (RN)
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Helps residents socialize and stay active.
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Activities Director
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True statement of the chain of command?
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Describes the line of authority in a facility.
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Liability is a legal term that means?
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Someone can be held responsible for harming someone else.
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Why should NA's not do tasks that are not assigned to them?
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The NA may put himself or someone else in danger.
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What is one reason that other members of the care team will show great interest in the work that a nursing assistant does?
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The NA will be working under the authority of others' licenses.
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Being caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, and understanding.
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Compassionate.
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Giving the same quality of care regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, ethnicity, or condition.
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Unprejudiced.
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Being guided by a sense of right and wrong and having principles.
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Consientous.
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Valuing other people's individuality and treating others politely and kindly.
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Respectful.
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Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others.
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Tactful.
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Being truthful.
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Honest.
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Getting to work on time and doing assigned tasks skillfully.
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Dependable.
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Putting aside personal opinions and not judging others.
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Tolerant.
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Identifying with the feelings of others.
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Empathy.
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Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others.
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Sympathetic.
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Not rushing residents or being irritated if they take too long to do things; not losing ones temper easily.
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Patient.
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Actions, or failure to act or provide proper care, resulting in unintended injury to a person.
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Negligence.
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The use of illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in a way that harms oneself or others
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Substance abuse.
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Any unwelcome sexual advance or behavior that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
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Sexual Harassment.
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The purposeful failure to give needed care, resulting in harm to a person.
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Active Neglect.
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The separation of a person from others against the person's will.
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Involuntary Seclusion.
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Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of care team members by residents or other care team members.
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Workplace Violence.
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The intentional touching of a person without his consent.
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Battery.
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A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that he will be harmed.
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Assault.
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The improper or illegal use of a person's money, possesions, property, or other assets.
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Financial Abuse.
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The forcing of a person's to perform or participate in sexual acts against his or her will.
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Sexual Abuse
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The use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult another person.
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Verbal Abuse.
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Emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person, or by treating him or her as a child.
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Psychological Abuse.
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Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by spouses, intimate partners, or family members.
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Domestic Abuse.
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Intentional or unintentional treatment that causes harm to a person's body includes slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, physically restraining, pushing, shoving, and rough handling.
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Physical Abuse.
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The unintentional failure to provide needed care, resulting in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person.
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False Imprisonment.
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Injury caused by professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill.
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Malpractice.
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If a resident wants to make a complaint of abuse, what must a NA do?
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NA'S must help them in every way including telling them of the process and their rights.
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One task of an ombudsman is to?
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Investigate and resolve resident complaints.
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What is the purpose of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act? HIPAA
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To protect and secure the privacy of health information.
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What is included under protected health information (PHI)?
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Patient's social security number.
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What is the correct response by an NA if someone who is not directly involved with a resident's care asks for a resident's PHI?
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Tell the person that the information is confidential and cannot be given out.
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What is one way to keep private health information confidential?
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Using confidential rooms for reporting on residents.
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What is true of a resident's medical chart?
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A medical chart is the legal record of a resident's care.
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When should care be documented?
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Immediately after care is given.
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An incident is?
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An accident or unexpected event in the course of care.
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What is one thing considered and incident?
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A resident on low-sodium diet recieves and eats a regular, non restricted meal.
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Incidents should be reported to?
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The charge nurse.
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What is an example of nonverbal communication?
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Pointing to a glass of water.
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Verbal communication includes?
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Speaking.
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Nonverbal communication includes?
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Facial expressions.
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What is a root?
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Part of a word that contains its basic meaning.
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Prefix
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Word part that comes before the root to help form a new word.
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Suffix
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Word part added to the end of a root that helps form a new word.
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Why should NAs use simple, non-medical terms when speaking with residents families?
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Medical terms may not be understood.
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Where should call lights be placed in a resident's room?
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Within the residents reach and in the bathroom.
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Types of terms that may not be understood by residents or their families, so NA'S should speak in simple, everyday words.
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Medical.
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Types of questions that should be asked because they elicit more than a yes or no answer.
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Open ended.
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Phrases used over and over again that do not really mean anything.
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Clichés.
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This type of language, along with gestures and facial expressions, is part of nonverbal communication; NA'S should be aware of this when speaking.
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Body.
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Being this way and taking time to listen when residents are difficult to understand helps promote better communication.
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Patient.
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NA'S cannot offer opinions or give this because it is not within their scope of practice.
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Advice.
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Asking should be avoided when residents make statements because it often makes people feel defensive.
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Why.
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Along with profanity, these types of words should not be used by NA's.
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Slang.
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Why should NA'S arrange a signal, such as counting to three, when moving a resident?
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So that everyone moves together and so they can help as possible.
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If a fire occurs, a nursing assistant should?
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Plug doorways to prevent smoke from entering.
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What is a nursing assistant first concern if a fire occurs?
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Getting residents to safety.
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PASS is an acronym that stands for?
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Pull
Aim Squeeze Sweep |
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RACE is an acronym that stands for?
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Remove
Activate Contain Extinguish |
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What should a nursing assistant do if a resident needs CPR, but the NA is not trained to perform CPR?
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Do not perform CPR.
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Is in MA has determined that an injured person is conscious, he should?
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Tell the victim what is being done to help him.
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How can someone usually tell if a person is choking?
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The choking victim will put his hands to his throat.
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Where should the hands be placed to give abdominal thrusts?
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Under the person arms and around his waist.
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How does the rescuer obtain consent to give a victim abdominal thrusts?
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Rescuer asks the victim "Are you choking?"
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Signs of shock include?
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Pale or bluish skin.
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If an NA suspects that a resident is having a heart attack, she should?
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Loosen the clothing around the residents neck.
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To control bleeding, and an NA should?
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Hold a thick pad against the wound and press down hard.
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To treat a minor burn, the NA should?
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Use cool, clean water.
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If a resident faints, the NA should?
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Lower the resident to the floor.
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When a resident is first experiencing signs of an insulin reaction, what needs to happen?
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Food that can be rapidly absorbed, such as hard candy, should be consumed.
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What is true about assisting a resident who is having a seizure?
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The NA should move furniture away to prevent injury to the resident.
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Why is a quick response to a suspected stroke or CVA critical?
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Early treatment may be able to reduce the severity of the stroke.
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NNA will come in contact with microorganisms..
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Everytime the NA touches something.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines hand hygiene as?
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Hand washing with soap and water or using alcohol based hand rubs.
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Standard precautions include the following measures:
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Wearing gloves if there is a possibility of coming into contact with blood or bodily fluids.
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Why is it a bad idea for nursing assistants to wear artificial nails to work?
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They harbor bacteria and increased risk of contamination.
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Standard precautions should be practiced?
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On every single person under a nursing assistants care.
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Infections acquired in healthcare settings are called?
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Healthcare associated infections (HAI's)
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By wearing gloves, which link is broken and thus prevents the spread of disease?
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Mode of transmission. (A way for the disease to spread)
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By getting a vaccination for hepatitis B, which link will be affected to prevent a person from getting this disease?
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Susceptible host (person who is likely to get the disease)
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How many times can disposable equipment be used before it needs to be discarded?
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One time.
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How should sharps such as needles be disposed of?
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Sharps should be placed in biohazard containers.
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How long should an NA use friction when lathering and washing hands?
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20 seconds.
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How's should dirty linen be rolled or folded?
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Dirty area is inside.
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Dirty linen should be?
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Carried away from the NA's uniform.
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Transmission based precautions are used?
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In addition to standard precautions.
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Dedicated equipment refers to?
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Equipment that is only used by one resident.
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What is true of wearing PPE while caring for residents in isolation?
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Nursing Assistants should remove PPE before exiting a residents room.
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Blood borne diseases can be transmitted by?
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Infected blood entering the bloodstream.
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In health care, the most common way to get a blood borne disease is by?
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Contact with infected blood or body fluids.
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Employers must offer a free vaccine to protect NA's from?
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Hepatitis B.
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Which of the following is true of hepatitis B (HBV)?
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HBV can be transmitted through blood or needles that are contaminated with the virus.
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Tuberculosis is?
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An airborne disease.
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What is the correct order for donning or putting on PPE?
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Wash hands
put on down put on mask put on goggles or face shield put on gloves |
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What is the correct order for doffing or removing PPE?
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Gloves
goggles or face shield gown mask wash hands |
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What are the five physical needs that all humans have?
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Food and water
protection in shelter activity sleep and rest comfort, freedom from pain |
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What are 6 psychosocial needs that humans have?
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Love and affection
acceptance by others safety and security self-reliance contact with others success and self esteem |
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Any loss of ? It's very difficult for a person to deal with.
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Independence.
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Nursing Assistants should should allow a resident to do a ? independently even if it is easier for the NA to do it.
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task.
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? Of daily living or personal care tasks a person does every day to care for himself.
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Activities
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NA's should encourage ?, regardless of how long it takes or how poorly residents are able to do it.
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Self care
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A loss of independence can cause increased?
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Dependence
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One type of cancer that regular physical activity lessens the risk of?
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colon
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Type of infection that inactivity can result in?
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Urinary tract
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The ability to cope with this is one benefit of regular activity?
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Stress
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Nursing assistants can help residents with this as needed and requested before scheduled activities begin?
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Grooming
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In addition to promoting better eating habits, regular activity increases?
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Appetite
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Abbreviation for federal law that requires that facilities provide an activities program that meets the interests of the residents?
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OBRA
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Mr Dean's wife died giving birth to their twin girls. Mr. Dean never remarried and raised the girls himself. Which describes this type of family?
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Single-parent family
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Ms. Cone has lived with her best friend, Ms. Lawrence, since they graduated from college together. They both dated men throughout their lives but never remarried. Ms. Cone has a teenage daughter who was raised in their household. Which answer best describes this type of family?
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Extended family
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Mrs. Rose had three children with her first husband. She divorced him when their youngest child was 2 years old. 2 years later she remarried, and she and her second husband raised her three children as well as one child from his first marriage. Which answer best describes this type of family?
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Blended family
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Mrs. Parker was married to her husband for 30 years. They lived together with their two children. Which answer best describes this type of family?
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Nuclear family.
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Mr. Potter was married in his twenties. He and his wife moved in with her parents and had three children. Later, when his younger sister was divorced, she also moved in with him. Which answer best describes this type of family?
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Extended Family.
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Mr. Porter and Mr. Singer have been in a committed relationship for 15 years. They live with their 10 year old adopted daughter. Which answer best describes this type of family?
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Nuclear family.
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How is the family of today defined?
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By support of one another.
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List three abilities that may be affected by developmental disabilities:
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Language mobility and learning.
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Uneasiness or fear, often about a situation or condition, is called?
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Anxiety
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An intense form of anxiety or fear is called a?
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Phobia
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Which of the following means a lack of interest in activities?
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Apathy
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A false sensory perception, such as a person seeing her mother who has been dead for many years in front of her, is a?
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Hallucination
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A persistent false belief, such as a person believing that a resident in the next room can read his thoughts, is a?
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Delusion
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Which of the following types of mental illnesses is characterized by changing moods, high energy, and big speeches?
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Bipolar disorder
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A method of treating mental illness that involves talking about one's problems with mental health professionals is called?
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Psychotherapy
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Which of the following is a type of advance directive that appoints someone to make medical decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unable to do so?
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Durable Power of attorney for health care.
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A type of advance directive that outlines the medical care if a person wants, or does not want, in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions is called?
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Living will
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When medical personnel are instructed not to perform CPR if a person's breathing or heartbeat stops, it is referred to as a?
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Do not resuscitate or DNR order
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Nursing Assistants should ? perspiring residents often often; skin should be clean and dry.
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bathe
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Residents may not be able to communicate that they are in ? anyways should observe for signs and report them.
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Pain
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Changes of position, back massage, skin care, mouth care, and proper body ? may help relieve pain.
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alignment
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? May be 1 of the most important things in nursing assistant can do for a resident who is dying. He should pay attention to these conversations.
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Listening
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? Can be very important. Holding a dying resident and can be comforting.
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Touch
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Do not ? the dying person or his family. Do not deny that death is approaching, and do not tell the resident that anyone knows how or when it will happen.
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Avoid
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? is usually the last sense to leave the body.
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Hearing
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Give ? visits from clergy, family, and friends.
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Privacy
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Nursing Assistants should not discuss their personal ? or spiritual beliefs with residents or their families or make recommendations.
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Religious
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After death, the muscles in the body become?
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stiff and rigid
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Caring for a body after death is called?
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Post mortem care
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After death, the nursing assistant should place drainage pads under the body. These pads are most often needed?
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Under the perineum
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If family members would like to remain with their loved ones body after death, the NA should?
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Let them do so
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Hospice is the term for compassionate care to given to?
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Residents who are dying
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Hospice care encourages residents to?
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Participate in their own care as much as possible.
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Hospice goals focus on?
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Comfort and dignity of a dying person
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Focusing on pain relief, comfort, and dignity is called ? care.
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Palliative
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