Client's Rights Quiz - NS

A client has just been admitted to a long-term-care facility. The nurse aide knows it is important to:

• only allow the client to keep three items

• label the client's personal property

• place the client's belongings in storage

• send all belongings home with a family member

A group of student nurse aides are completing a clinical experience at a local long-term-care facility. Prior to the students observing a treatment on a client, the client:

• is required to allow the students to view the treatment

• will need to take a bath and get cleaned up

• needs to sign a paper that he agrees to the observation

• must give permission for the students to view the treatment

The nurse aide is caring for a client who has a do not resuscitate (DNR) order. When the nurse aide goes into the client's room to check on the client, she sees that the client is not breathing. The nurse aide SHOULD:

• begin artificial respirations

• initiate chest compressions

• inform the nurse

• call a code

The nurse aide is preparing to perform perineal care on a client. The nurse aide SHOULD:

• dim the lights in the room so there is less chance the client's genitals can be seen

• make sure that the curtain is pulled around the client's bed

• raise the blinds to allow for better lighting

• do it quickly so it can be completed before anyone sees anything

A client began yelling and shouting in the dayroom of the unit, so the nurse aide placed the client in her bedroom with the door closed. This action by the nurse aide is known as:

• restraint and seclusion

• kidnapping

• breach of confidentiality

• neglect

A permit signed by a client prior to surgery or an invasive procedure is an example of:

• advance directive

• a living will

• the Patient Self-Determination Act

• informed consent

A client has just told his family that he does not want to have open heart surgery, and he would just rather wait "for nature to take its course." The nurse aide knows the client:

• has a "death wish"

• is saying this to get attention

• does not understand all of the facts

• has the right to refuse treatment of any kind

A client continues to press the call light every 15 minutes to ask for minor tasks. The nurse aide may NOT:

• try to find out what is bothering the client

• tell the client she will check on her every 15 minutes

• attempt to meet more than one demand at a time

• remove the call light from the client

The nurse aide receives a call from someone who identifies himself as a reporter for the local paper. This person asks for the room number of the local councilman who is hospitalized. The nurse aide SHOULD:

• allow the reporter to come and look for the councilman

• give out no information

• tell the reporter the room number

• inform the reporter the information will be given upon proof of employment

The client has told the nurse aide that he wants to read his chart. The nurse aide knows that the client:

• can only see the chart after he is discharged

• does not have a right to look at his chart

• has a right to view the nurse's notes

• has a right to review his chart