Gait Belt and Patient Transfer Quiz

What is the purpose of a transfer (gait) belt?

• Decrease patient’s sense of security

• Provide extra balance and support

• Minimize back pain caused by weak core muscles

• Provide a way to grab wandering patients

Which of these patients is clear to use a gait belt?

• A pregnant patient

• A patient with a chest tube

• A patient with a stomach ulcer

• A patient with back pain

What must a health care worker do before transferring a patient to a wheelchair?

• Make sure the footrests are down and ready to use

• Remove the patient’s shoes

• Assist the patient to the bathroom

• Make sure both wheels are locked

When helping a patient to ambulate, where should the CNA stand?

• Behind the patient, holding the transfer belt

• To the patient’s unaffected side and in front of the patient

• To the patient’s affected side and slightly behind the patient

• Directly behind the patient on the affected side

Which of the following is a way to help patients be as independent as possible?

• Force a patient to complete a task

• Offer as much assistance as possible

• Help a patient with a task only if assistance is needed

• Get frustrated when a patient asks for help completing a task

What type of tools do patients use to do activities of daily living (ADLs) they otherwise would have trouble doing?

• Activity of daily living device

• Activities aide

• Independence device

• Assistive device

After lowering a falling patient to the floor, what should you do?

• Leave the patient and get a nurse

• Help the patient back to bed

• Go find a wheelchair

• Stay with the patient and call a nurse

What should a health care worker do if the patient begins to fall?

• Help lower the patient to the floor

• Step away so they don’t fall on you

• Try to hold the patient up

• Rush the patient back to their bed/chair

Which level of range of motion assistance is the most assistive?

• Active ROM exercises

• Active assisted ROM exercises

• Passive ROM exercises

• Assistive ROM exercises

What is orthostatic hypotension?

• Dizziness and blurred vision caused by an increased pulse rate

• Sudden drop in blood pressure when changing positions

• A dangerous rise in blood pressure due to a neurological condition

• Labored respirations caused by lying down for extended periods of time