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Chapter 1
Nursing Assistant Working in Long-Term Care
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Not relying on or requiring care from others. | Independence |
| Persons in long-term care are often referred to as | Residents |
| The term used to refer to persons receiving care in assisted living units | Tenants |
| Provide housing, personal care, support services, health care and activities in a home-like setting | Assisted living residences |
| How many meals are provided at assisted living residences (ALRs)? | 2 or 3 |
| What services are offered at an assisted living residence (ALR)? | housekeeping, laundry, transportation services, social and recreational activities |
| An on-going illness that is slow or gradual in onset | Chronic illness |
| A sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover | Acute illness |
| A health care agency or program for persons who are terminally ill | Hospice |
| By law, a nursing center must have a medical director. Who is this person? | Doctor |
| The person responsible for the entire nursing staff | Director of Nursing |
| The group of people who provide nursing care - RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants | Nursing team |
| Which member of the nursing team assesses, makes nursing diagnoses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care? | Registered Nurse |
| Which type of nurse is supervised by RNs, licensed doctors, and licensed dentists? | Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Who gives basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse? | Nursing Assistant |
| Involves the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total care. | Interdisciplinary Team |
| What is the overall goal of the interdisciplinary team? | quality resident care |
| Who assesses and plans for nutritional needs; teaches good nutrition , food selection and preparation? | Dietitian |
| Who diagnoses and treats diseases and injuries? | Doctor |
| Who deals with social, emotional and environmental issues affecting illness and recovery? | Social worker |
| A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older and some disabled people | Medicare |
| A health care payment program sponsored by the federal government and operated by the states | Medicaid |
| What must a nursing center have to operate and provide care? | Licensure |
| Required by nursing centers to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds | Certification |
| A voluntary recognition that signals quality and excellence | Accreditation |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves providing ________________ care. | Quality |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves protecting the person's _______________________. | Rights |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves providing for the person's and your own ______________. | Safety |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves helping to keep the center _________________ and safe. | Clean |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves conducting yourself in a ___________________ manner. | Professional |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves having good work ___________________. | Ethic |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves following center ____________ and procedures. | Policy |
| Your role in meeting standards and in the survey process involves answering questions ______________ and completely. | Honestly |
| Each state has a nurse practice ___________. | Act |
| Nurse practice acts protect the public's welfare and __________ by regulating nursing practice in that state. | Safety |
| Nurse practice acts describe the scope of _______________ for RNs and LPNs. | Practice |
| Nurse practice acts describe education and __________________ requirements for RNs and LPNs. | Licensing |
| Nurse practice acts protect the public from persons practicing nursing without a ________________. | License |
| _______________ sets minimum training and competency evaluation requirements for nursing assistants. | OBRA |
| Each ________________ must have a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program. | State |
| OBRA requires at least ____________ hours of instruction for nursing assistant training. | Seventy five |
| OBRA requires ____________ hours of supervised practical training (clinical). | Sixteen |
| The competency evaluation has a written test and a ___________ test. | Skills |
| OBRA allows at least _____________ attempts to successfully pass the competency evaluation. | Three |
| OBRA requires a nursing assistant ________________ in each state. | Registry |
| Retraining and a new competency evaluation program are required for nursing assistants who have not worked for ___________ months. | Twenty four |
| To protect persons from harm you must know the legal limits of your role, this is called the _______________ of practice | Scope |
| A nursing ____________ is a procedure of activity that can be delegated to nursing assistants | Task |
| Who do you report changes in the person's behavior or condition to? | Nurse |
| When do you report changes in the person's behavior of condition? | At once |
| What document describes what the center expects you to do? | Job description |
| Can a nursing assistant give medications? | No |
| Never insert or remove tubes or objects into ___________ openings. | Body |
| Never take phone orders from _________________. | Doctors |
| Never perform procedure that require _______________ technique. | Sterile |
| Never tell the person or family the person's ___________________. | Diagnosis |
| Never __________________ treatments or medications for anyone. | Prescribe |
| Never ___________________ others including other nursing assistants. | Supervise |
| Never _________________ and order or request to do something. | Ignore |
| What is the duty or obligation to perform some act or function? | Responsibility |
| To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation is to __________________. | Delegate |
| ____________ can delegate nursing tasks to LPNs and nursing assistants. | RNs |
| To be responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who performed the delegated tasks. | Accountable |
| Can nursing assistants delegate? | No |
| You should refuse to perform a task when the task is beyond the __________limits of your role. | Legal |
| You should refuse to perform a task when it is not in your job ___________________ | Description |
| You should refuse to perform a task when you are not ________________ to perform the task. | Prepared |
| You should refuse to perform a task when the person's __________________ has changed. | Condition |
| You should refuse to perform a task when you do not know how to use the supplies and ___________________________. | Equipment |
| You should refuse to perform a task when the directions are not ethical or ____________________. | Legal |
| You should refuse to perform a task when the directions are against center ___________________________. | Policies |
| You should refuse to perform a task when the directions are not _____________ or complete. | Clear |
| You should refuse to perform a task when a ___________________ is not available for supervision. | Nurse |
| Can you refuse to do a task because you do not like it or do not want to do it? | No |
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