PSW - FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 - ST CHARLES(Latest Update)100% Verified
Holistic Care - ANSWER Considering the whole person. Considering their physical, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual dimensions.
Professionalism - ANSWER an approach to work that demonstrates respect for others, commitment, competence, and appropriate behaviours.
Professional Boundaries - ANSWER Appropriate limitations on behaviour, meant to protect the vulnerable client from the caregiver who has access to private knowledge about him or her.
Regulation of a PSW - ANSWER The PSW is an unregulated profession. For an unregulated care provider there are clearly identified services we provide under the supervision of the client, family member, regulated health care provider or employer. There is no legislation to regulate PSW's or an organization of professional college that governs the role. There is no official code of ethics but they must adhere to the codes of
behaviour from their employer.
Regulated Health Professions Act - ANSWER In Ontario, regulated health professions are governed under the ______________________, 1991 (RHPA) and health profession Acts (i.e., Medicine Act, 1991). This legislative framework establishes health regulatory colleges, which regulate the professions in the public interest. i.e. the college of nurses.
occupational therapist - ANSWER Focuses on rehabilitation; teaches clients skills needed to perform ADLs; designs adaptive equipment for ADLs
physical therapist - ANSWER Focuses on rehabilitation; assist clients with musculo-
skeletal impairments; focuses on restoring function and preventing disability from illness
or injury
Registered Nurse - ANSWER assesses, makes nursing diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care. Tends to clients with unstable health conditions; provides direct client care, administers medications, supervises support workers
licenced practical nurse - ANSWER a health care provider licensed and regulated by the province or territory to carry out nursing techniques and provide client care. Known as a ________ in Ontario. Assault - ANSWER identified in Canada's Criminal Code and can be defined as intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a client's body without the client's consent, causing the client to fear bodily harm.
Battery - ANSWER (part of tort law) is the actual intentional touching of a client's body without the client's consent.
Slander - ANSWER making harmful false statements orally.
negligence - ANSWER when a person fails to act in a careful or competent manner and thereby harms the client or damages property. It is an unintentional wrong, but the person failed to do what a reasonable or careful person would have done or not done.
false imprisonment - ANSWER the unlawful restraint or restrictions on a person's freedom of movement. (preventing someone from leaving a facility or the unnecessary use of restraints.)
harassment - ANSWER troubling, tormenting, offending, or worrying a person through one's behaviour or comments.
autonomy - ANSWER have the freedom and choice to make decisions that affect one's life. Also known as self-determination.
dependence - ANSWER The state of relying on others for support; being unable to manage without help.
interdependence - ANSWER the state of relying on one another
independence - ANSWER the state of not relying on others for control or authority
culture - ANSWER the characteristics of a group of people, including language, values, beliefs, customs, habits, ways of life, rules for behaviour, music and tradition
objective data - ANSWER The data you gather while using your senses. Also called signs.
subjective data - ANSWER (symptoms) information reported by a client but not directly observed by the support worker. When reporting __________, do not interpret the client's words, quote the client directly. Always be alert to changes in the client's condition or behaviour
Standard Practices - ANSWER guidelines to prevent the spread of infection from blood, bodily fluids, secretions, excretions, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes. Also called Routine Practices or Standard Precautions Friction - ANSWER the resistance the skin encounters when it rubs against another surface, such as clothing, bedding or another fold of skin.
Shearing - ANSWER the tearing of skin tissues caused when the skin sticks to a surface (usually the bed or chair) and deeper tissues move downward, exerting pressure on the skin. _______ can happen when a client slides down in bed, or is moved in bed. _____ can be very painful and can lead to serious skin and health problems.
Body alignment - ANSWER the way in which body parts (head, trunk, arms and legs) are positioned in relation to one another, whether lying, sitting, or standing. Also known as posture.
muscular atrophy - ANSWER the decrease in size or wasting away of muscles. It's a complication from lack of exercise and must be prevented.
Contracture - ANSWER the lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle
Flexion - ANSWER bending of a body part
Abduction - ANSWER movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
Adduction - ANSWER the movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
prostheses - ANSWER artificial replacements for missing body parts
Orthotics - ANSWER an apparatus work to support and align parts of the musculo-
skeletal system and prevent or correct problems associated with it. Examples: splits/braces. You may help the client put on the orthotic and practise moving or walking
with it.
Splints - ANSWER keep the wrist, thumb and fingers in normal position. They are usually secured with Velcro. Some have foam padding.
Cancer - ANSWER a group of diseases characterized by the out of control cell division and growth, which can occur in many body systems. This cell division leads to the development of a lump or mass of cells. This new growth of abnormal cells is called a tumour.
Benign - ANSWER noncancerous
malignant - ANSWER cancerous
metastasis - ANSWER the spread of cancer to other body parts. Cells break off tumours
and travel to other body parts where new tumours grow. osteoporosis - ANSWER a bone disorder (______) in which the bone becomes porous and brittle (_____)
angina pectoris - ANSWER chest (_______) pain (_______) caused by ischemia, a lack
of blood supply to the heart muscle, which is usually caused by an obstruction or spasm
of the coronary arteries because of coronary artery disease.
hepatitis - ANSWER an inflammation of the liver.
Hepatitis A - ANSWER spread by fecal oral route. Risk factors include crowded living conditions, and poor sanitation and hygiene. While providing care always wear gloves and follow standard practices. Practicing hand hygiene is essential for everyone. _____ does not cause chronic hepatitis.
Hepatitis B - ANSWER present in an infected person's blood and certain body fluids (semen and vaginal secretions) and can be spread through sexual intercourse or by sharing needles etc. Always follow standard practices.
glaucoma - ANSWER an eye disease that causes pressure within the eye and vision loss.
cataract - ANSWER clouding of the eye's lens.
tinnitus - ANSWER ringing in the ear.
vertigo - ANSWER dizziness.
abuse - ANSWER physical or mental harm caused by someone in a position of trust.
physical abuse - ANSWER force or violence that causes pain, injury and sometimes death. Examples: pinching, hairpulling, kicking, choking, burning poisoning, throwing things.
sexual abuse - ANSWER unwanted sexual activity such as rape and attempted rape. Unwanted touching, fondling, kissing and exposure are also considered sexual abuse. Sexual Harassment - another form of sexual abuse, it's any conduct, comment, gesture,
threat or suggestion that is sexual in nature
emotional abuse - ANSWER words or action that cause mental harm. It usually involves
an attack on a person's self esteem, insulting, humiliating or rejecting a person. These cause harm to a person's self-worth and self-confidence. Emotional abuse can happen to infants, children, teens, adults and older adults. (psychological abuse)
financial abuse - ANSWER the misuse of a person's money or property, usually for the abuser's financial gain. It includes stealing, forging signatures, selling property or
