Chronic

A resident has purchased a special gift for her nursing assistant (NA). What would be the best response by the nursing assistant?

The NA should reuse the gift but thank the resident for thinking of her.

A______ is a method or way of doing something

Procedure

Medicare will pay for 

Only care that it determines to be medically necassary

What is a core value associated with culture change?

Promoting self-determination and personal choice

Which member of the care team diagnoses disease and prescribes treatment?

Doctor / PA

Which of care team members are licensed professionals who assign jobs to nursing assistant

Nurses, physical therapist

What is true of residents as a part of the care team?

The care team revolves around the resident and his or her condition, treatment, progress

If an activity is not listed in the care plan the NA should

not perform the activity if it is not listed the care plan

A nursing assistant tells a resident that her grandchilder are noisy and disrupt the facility and suffets that next her daughter visits, she should leave the kids at home. Which Resident Right might this behavior violate?

The right to have visitors

What is one reason why reporting a resident's changes and problems to the nurse is a very important role of the nursing assistant?

The care plan must be updated as the resident's condition changes

Which of the following is a typical task that a NA performs>

Helping residents with toileting needs

What task is outside the scope of practice for an NA?

Inserting a tube into a resident's body

A professional relationship between an NA and a resident includes 

Keep resident information confidential

What is an example of an NA having a professional relationship with an employer?

Documenting carefully

What is on function of the chain of command?

It helps protect nursing assistants and their employers from liability

What is required of a nursing assistant if he suspects that a resident is being abused?

The NA should report it to the charge nursing immediately

Omnbudsmen are in facilities to assist and support

Residents

When a nursing assistant is performing a procedures on a resident, he should

Explain the procedure fully before performing it

The Omnibus Budget Reconscillation Act (OBRA) sets minimum standards for 

Nursing assistant training

One reason that the Health Insurance Portablity and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was created is to

Protect privacy of health information 

What is an example of sexual abuse?

Rubbing up against a resident inappropriately

An NA is caring for a a resident who is paralyzed on her right side from a recent stroke. Some of her family members are visisting and one of them turns to the NA an d says in a loud voice, "She looks so dumb with half of her face drooping down like that. Isn't there something you can do to fix that?" What kind of abuse is this?

Psychological abuse

If an NA makes a mistake when document care by hand she should 

Draw oneline through it and write the correct information

If an NA makes a mistake when documenting care by hand, she should 

Draw one line through it and write the correction

A resident's protected health information (PHI) may be shared with 

Thse whoo need the information for care or processing of records

What is an example of physical abuse?

Shoving a resident

What is the term foor the person assigned by law to be the legal advocate for residents

Ombudsman

What is the correct conversionof 9:00 pm to military time?

2100 hours

What is considered an incident and requires a report to be completed?

A resident accuses an NA of abusing her

Which of the following show the correct conversion of 0530 to regular time?

5:30 am

When should documentation be recorded?

Immediately after care is given

Which of the following show the correct conversion of 2:35pm to military time?

1435 hours

Threatening to harm a resident if he tells another caregiver about a problem is an example of what type of abuse? 

Physical abue