Chapter 1

What does trauma-informed care mean?

• Asking the patient to sign a waiver before providing care.

• The healthcare professional must define their own trauma before care can be performed.

• Involves taking into account each person's trauma and experiences when planning care.

• A type of care that solely focuses on mental health care.

For whom are nursing assistants responsible?

• All residents.

• Volunteer caregivers.

• Visitors who are on the NA's assigned unit.

• Only those residents who are assigned to NA.

Medicaid is:

• private insurance provided by employers.

• another term for the kind of care provided at a skilled nursing facility.

• the portion of Medicare used to pay for prescriptions.

• a medical assistance program partially funded by the state.

Most conditions seen in LTC are chronic. What does this mean?

• The conditions require immediate treatment at a hospital.

• The conditions last a long time.

• The conditions last a short time.

• The conditions will usually cause death within three months.

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

• the resident's friends who live in the facility.

• the NA's family and friends as long as they agree not to share it.

• those who need the information for care or processing of records.

• anyone who works at the facility.

One reason that HIPAA was created is to

• help keep health information private and secure.

• give nursing assistants proper health insurance coverage.

• help ombudsmen monitor care in facilities.

• prevent abuse and neglect of residents.

Which of the following is an example of a nursing assistant acting in an unprofessional manner?

• The NA reports suspected family abuse of a resident to his supervisor.

• The NA answers a call light but then takes a personal phone call in front of the resident.

• The NA calls in sick as soon as the NA begins to experience symptoms of illness.

• The NA documents temperature incorrectly but then corrects his error properly on a resident's chart.

Why should an NA not do tasks that are not assigned to him?

• The NA may be assigned more work if he performs additional tasks.

• The NA may put himself or a resident in danger.

• The NA may need to pay for additional training.

• The NA may have to arrive at work earlier.

Which of the following is true of converting from standard to military time?

• The NA must add 12 to the hour to convert to military time.

• The NA must add 10 to the hour to convert to military time.

• The NA must add 12 to the minutes to convert to military time.

• Converting to military time is only necessary at VA hospitals.

Liability is a legal term that means

• the line of authority in a facility.

• ignoring a resident's call light.

• someone can be held responsible for harming someone else.

• a task that a person is not trained for.