CNA

What is one possible benefit of adult day services?

• Clients who are seriously ill can receive expert care during the day.

• Caregivers like spouses or adult children can have a break, which allows them to provide better care overall.

• Clients can see if they like these services enough to move to an assisted living facility full-time.

• Clients with less than six months to live can receive care for their emotional needs.

Which of the following is an example of personal care

• Measuring vital signs

• Giving insulin injections

• Diagnosing illnesses as residents develop new symptoms

• Providing nail care

More than half of residents come to long-term care facilities from

• A private home

• Adult day services

• A hospital or other healthcare facility

• An apartment complex for senior citizens

Mr. Collett is a new resident at the long-term care facility where Alicia works. His wife died recently and he does not have a strong relationship with his children, who live in another state. What should Alicia be aware of as she cares for Mr. Collett?

• He will not want to talk about his grief with strangers.

• He is probably sensitive about his relationship with his children and Alicia should not mention them.

• His needs are no different from the needs of residents with a strong family support network.

• He may have emotional needs that will not be met if facility staff do not work to meet them

Which of the following is a common policy at most long-term care facilities?

• Nursing assistants must only perform tasks assigned in a resident’s care plan.

• Nursing assistants may only accept gifts or money from residents’ family members and not from the residents themselves

• Nursing assistants should only report dramatic changes in residents to avoid bothering the nurse for no reason

• Nursing assistants can only discuss confidential details of residents’ cases with their spouses.

Medicare and Medicaid pay a ____________ amount for services based on a resident’s ________________ upon admission and throughout his stay in the facility.

• Fixed, needs

• Sliding, income

• Variable, net worth

• Large, diagnosis

Person-directed care has to do with

• Treating everyone with the same diagnosis in the same manner

• Letting residents create their care plans by themselves

• Recognizing the individuality of each resident

• Never saying no to a resident

Alanna works at a facility where person-directed care is a key value. During admission Mrs. Ocampo, a new resident, tells her how much she loves gardening and how much she will miss the garden she had at home. What might Alanna do to reflect the values of person-directed care?

• Point out the window boxes and flower pots other residents have in their rooms and assure Mrs. Ocampo that she can get some, too.

• Tell Mrs. Ocampo that she will get used to life without a garden soon enough.

• Try to interest Mrs. Ocampo in a new hobby.

• Agree with Mrs. Ocampo that this move will be a hard adjustment.

When should a nursing assistant explain the care he is going to provide to a resident?

• Every time before providing care

• When the procedure is especially long and complicated

• The first time a particular type of care is provided

• During the resident’s first week at a facility

Jane is a nursing assistant. A resident’s son angrily complains to her that his mother hasn’t received her medications yet today. Jane’s facility does not allow NAs to give medications. Which of the following would be the best response for Jane to tell the son?

• That she is not allowed to give medications and his mother will have to wait

• That she will let the nurse know if she happens to see her

• That she will find the medications and give them to them to the resident

• That she will locate the nurse and report the situation