nurse aide

What is not in the Scope of Practice of a Nurse Aide?

• Dressing a Resident

• Feeding a Patient

• Administer Medications

• Bathing

Job Description describes what his or her agency expects him her to do?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Your responsibilities are?

• Provide Basic nursing care

• Assist with ADL

• Obtain routine Vital Signs

• All of the above

The Nurse Assistant works under the supervision of a licensed nurse?

• True

• False

A Nurse Assistant can Delegate?

• True

• False

As the nurse aide begins his/her assignment, which of the following should the nurse aide do first?

• Assist a resident that has called for assistance to get off the toilet

• Check all the nurse aide’s assigned residents

• Start bathing a resident that has physical therapy in one hour

Which of the following would affect a nurse aide’s status on the state’s nurse aide registry and also cause the nurse aide to be ineligible to work in a nursing home?

• Having been terminated from another facility for repeated tardiness

• Having a finding for resident neglect

• Missing a mandatory infection control inservice training program

To help prevent the spread of germs between patients, nurse aides should

• warn residents that holding hands spreads germs.

• wear gloves when touching residents.

• hold supplies and linens away from their uniforms.

When a sink has hand‐control faucets, the nurse aide should use

• an elbow, if possible, to turn the faucet controls on and off.

• a paper towel to turn the water off.

• a paper towel to turn the water on.

When moving a resident up in bed who is able to move with assistance, the nurse aide should

• use a gait or transfer belt to assist with the repositioning

• bend the resident’s knees and ask the resident to push with his/her feet.

• position self with knees straight and bent at waist.