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Chapter 1
The Role of the Support Worker
Question | Answer |
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Person receiving care in a hospital is called | Patient |
Person living in a residential facility | Resident |
Person receiving care in community | Client |
D.I.P.P.S | Dignity, Independence, Preferences, Privacy, and Safety |
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are | Self-care activities that people perform daily to remain independent and to function in society |
The main focus of the health care team is to | Provide quality care for the client |
Support workers are | Unregulated care providers |
Scope of practice means | The legal limits of your role |
Professionalism is | An approach to work that demonstrates respect for others, commitment, competence, and appropriate behaviour |
Which of the following is true | You must follow your employer's dress code policies |
In a long- term care facility, the client's information should be shared among | Health care team members involved in the client's care |
Compassion means | Caring about another's misfortune and stuffing |
When solving problems, you should | Not involve the client to prevent causing more problems |
Regulated workers | Profession is self-governing |
Unregulated workers | Unprofessional is not self-governing |
Caring | Having concern for the D.I.P.P.S of clients and their families at all times |