(MOD 1 Responsibilities 1-4)
Quality assurance is:
A)insurance that pays for a patient's hospitalization
B)Money paid to staff for providing good care
C)Evaluation Of care provided by the facility
One of the guarantees in the patients' Bill of rights
C)Evaluation of care provided by the facil...
Acute Care CNA Exam study guide
(MOD 1 Responsibilities 1-4)
Quality assurance is: A)insurance that pays for a patient's hospitalization B)Money paid to staff for providing good care C)Evaluation Of care provided by the facility One of the guarantees in the patients' Bill of rights correct answerC)Evaluation of care provided by the facility
Maintaining patient confidentiality in acute care: a)is not required b)is not a concern of patients c)is violated only when info from the doctor is disclosed d)means keeping both written and verbal confidentiality, including computer documentation correct answerd)means keeping both written and verbal confidentiality, including computer documentation
CPR Certification: a)May be a job requirement for the acute care nursing assistant
b)is renewed every 5 yrs
c)is not required for individuals who have state CNA certification
d)none of the above correct answera)May be a job requirement for the acute care nursing assistant
The job description for a nursing assistant working in an acute care hospital may include more responsibilities than allowed by the DHS role limitations for CNAs. In this case, the CNA should:
a)continue to use the title CNA
b)Use the title NA, or title recommended by the facility
c)Use the title licensed nurse
d)Use the title nurse correct answerb)Use the title N,A or title recommended by the facility (MOD 2 Comm/Documentation 5-12)
Which of the following influences communication between the nursing assistant and patient?
a)The patient has completed only the third grade
b)The patient is upset and sobbing
c)The patient speaks little English
d)The patient is elderly and has difficulty seeing and hearing
e) all the above correct answere) all the above
You find that you have documented vital signs on the wrong patient's chart. You should:
a)Use white out
b)Draw a line through the incorrect info and label "error" with your initials
c)Scribble out the info with a pen
d)Throw document away and start over. correct answerb)Draw a line through the incorrect info and label "error" with your initials
Assertive Communication involves:
a)Using "I" messages
b)clarifying expectations/instructions
c)refusing to perform a task for which you have not received training.
d)giving and receiving feedback
e)all the above correct answere)all the above
A friend of yours is in the hospital. Is it acceptable to look up info in the computer to see how he/she is doing?
a)Yes
b)no correct answerb)no
A patients chart is: a)Kept for 7 yrs
b)public property
c) A legal document
d)May be viewed by Immediate family w doctors order, correct answerc) A legal document
Mr. Ross asks the same question multiple times. You should:
a)Be patient
b)Say you already answered the question
c)Tell him that you are answering it again
d)Report the behavior to the nurse. correct answera)Be patient
The purpose of advance directives is to:
a)Allow individuals to give instructions about their care should they become unable to do so.
b)give individuals the right to choose or change their doctors
c)Provide a resource for resolving conflicts relating to everyday care.
d)Permit the Doctor to prescribe treatment w/out conferring w the patient. correct answera)Allow individuals to give instructions about their care should they become unable to do so.
A patient w cancer tells you she no longer wants to live. She confides to you that she is saving her meds so she can overdose and die. You should:
a)Respect the patient's right to confidentiality and tell no one
b)Notify the patient's family immediately
c)Inform your supervisor
d)Call the patient's doctor
e)Permit the doctor to prescribe treatment w/out conferring w the patient. correct answerc)Inform your
supervisor
(MOD 3 Safe Secure Environment 13-21)
In basic body mechanics, which principle should be applied?:
a)Turn the patient away from your body
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