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2024AMERICAN RED CROSS CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE UNIT 1
CHAPTER 1 TO 5 EXAM 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
Describe the nurse assistant's responsibilities and the requirements that a
person must meet in order to work as a nurse assistant. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The CNA's responsibilities are: 1. Keep the person safe. As a nurse assistant,
you are responsible for protecting the people in
your care from harm. 2. Protect the person's dignity. Dignity is the quality
of being worthy of respect. In addition to treating
the people in your care with respect, you will help
them to maintain their sense of dignity by fostering
their sense of self-esteem, or self-respect. 3. Foster the person's independence. Being able
to make decisions and do things for oneself is
important for maintaining a sense of dignity and
self-esteem. In addition, it is important to encourage
the people in your care to do as much for
themselves as possible to maintain the abilities that
they have, and to prevent future loss of function. 4. Protect the person's privacy. Keep a person's
private business private, and do not allow private
things to be seen or overheard by other people. 5. Practice good communication skills. Be
available to talk, listen and respond to a person's
thoughts and feelings. Tell the person about the
care you plan to provide, and involve the person in
making decisions about her care.
A person must meet these requirements in order to work as a nurse assistant: 1.A person who wants to become a nurse assistant must
complete a state-approved training course that
specifies that a minimum of 75 hours of training is
required, and that the training must include: - 2. Classroom learning. - 3. Hands-on practice of skills in a skills lab. - 4. A clinical practicum which is, the opportunity to gain supervised experience providing direct care in an
actual health care setting.
* Many states require more hours of training than the
federally mandated 75 hours.*
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Describe how the nurse assistant functions as a member of the health care team and of the nursing team. - CORRECT ANSWERS-As a nurse assistant, you will be a key member of the
health care team. A. The health care team consists of the person receiving care, the person's family members, and staff members and other professionals who are responsible for providing care and other services B. The person receiving care is always the leader of the healthcare team. Other team members vary depending on the individual
person's needs. C. This list of team members represents only some of the many people who could be members of the health care team. The specific members of the health care team will vary depending on the person's needs. As part of the subset of the nursing team, CNA's are supervised by an RN or LPN/LVN. The nurse will give you the authority and responsibility for completing certain tasks on his or her behalf. This is called delegation. After completing a task that has been delegated to you, it is important to report back to update the nurse on the person's condition, and to let the nurse know that you have completed the task.
Describe tasks that are usually outside of the nurse assistant's scope of practice. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Supervising or delegating nursing responsibilities
to other nurse assistants. -Only a licensed nurse/an RN or an LPN can supervise nurse assistants and delegate nursing responsibilities to them.
B. Analyzing or interpreting data. A nurse assistant may
gather data, -It is outside of the nurse assistant's scope of practice to determine the meaning of the data but not to note that it is higher than normal. C. Receiving verbal orders for the person's medical
care. -The person's primary care provider or a doctor or
an advanced practice nurse may give verbal orders for
the person's care over the telephone or in person. D. Diagnosing illness and injury and prescribing
treatments. Only doctors and advanced practice
nurses can diagnose and order treatments such as medications for illnesses and injuries.
E. Administering medications and oxygen. -Medications must be administered by a licensed nurse or a doctor. In some settings, such as assisted living facilities, nurse assistants may be permitted to help the person as he takes his own medication (but they cannot actually give the medication to the person. - Unless the CNA has received advanced training in medication administration may be allowed to administer
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some types of medications in some states in certain
settings, but this is not normally within the scope of
practice for a nurse assistant.
F. Inserting or removing medical equipment. - Nurse assistants are usually not allowed to insert medical equipment such as feeding tubes, urinary catheters or IV lines into a person's body, or to remove these items from the person's body once they are in place.
Explain how focusing on the person who is receiving care can lead to better care. - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Providing skillful care in a thoughtful way is an
art. 2. As you prepare for your job, you will learn the
difference between just getting your job done and
providing quality care that goes above and beyond basic expectations. 3. Getting to know each person as an individual and seeking to meet her emotional, social and spiritual needs, in addition to her physical needs, is the key to providing the highest quality care possible.
List the five principles of care, and explain why each is important. - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Keep the person safe.
2. Protect the person's dignity. 3. Foster the person's independence.
4. Protect the person's privacy.
5. Practice good communication skills.
These five principles of care can help you provide quality care for each patient or resident.
Explain what it means to be a professional, and describe how a nurse assistant can display professionalism on the job. - CORRECT ANSWERS-To be a professional CNA:
A. Dependability -Being dependable means that others
can count on you. -For the people in your care, this
means they can trust you to come to work on time and
to help them in a timely fashion.
B. Accountability - Being accountable means taking
responsibility for your actions and the results of
those actions. - If you may make a mistake while delivering care. An accountable person
takes responsibility for the mistake, and looks to prevent similar mistakes from occurring in the future.
C. Integrity - Having integrity means that you behave
according to an understanding of the right way to
behave. - One way to think about integrity is that it
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