Mna Test 1
Alzheimer's disease - Answer- A disease that affects Brain tissue;memory loss and confusion increase until person cannot tend to simple personal needs
Medicaid - Answer- A health care payment program sponsored by federal & state governments
Medicare - Answer- A federal program o...
Mna Test 1
Alzheimer's disease - Answer- A disease that affects Brain tissue;memory loss and
confusion increase until person cannot tend to simple personal needs
Medicaid - Answer- A health care payment program sponsored by federal & state
governments
Medicare - Answer- A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of
age and older and younger people with certain disabilities
nursing team - Answer- Those who provide nursing care--RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and
nursing assistants
Rehabilitation - Answer- Helping persons return to their highest physical and mental
function
Provides 24-hour nursing care - Answer- Nursing centers
Controls policy in nursing centers - Answer- The owner
health care facility for terminally ill people - Answer- Hospice
Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff - Answer- Director of Nursing (DON)
Nursing assistants are supervised by - Answer- RNs and LPNs/LVNs
nursing assistant's role - Answer- Assist nurses in giving care
Medicare is for persons who - Answer- are 65 years of age or older
What state law affects what nursing assistants can do? - Answer- Nurse Practice Act
Requires a training and competency evaluation program for nursing assistants -
Answer- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA)
OBRA purpose - Answer- Sets minimum training and competency evaluation
requirements
As a nursing assistant, you - Answer- Need a written job description before
employment
As a nursing assistant, you - Answer- Are responsible for your own actions
Who assigns and supervises your work? - Answer- nurses
You are responsible for - Answer- Completing delegated tasks safely
, You cannot refuse to perform a task if - Answer- You don't like it
If you refuse a task you should - Answer- Communicate your concerns to the nurse
OBRA is a - Answer- federal law
Someone having Legal rights to act on ones behalf is called - Answer-
Representative
If a daughter wants to read her fathers medical records you should - Answer- Tell the
nurse
What should you do if a resident refuses a shower - Answer- Tell the nurse
A resident wants to make a phone call in his room you should - Answer- Leave the
room
Who decides how to style a person's hair? - Answer- person
Residents do not have the right to - Answer- private room
Residents don't have the right to be free from - Answer- Disease
Who selects activities for a resident? - Answer- person
A long term care ombudsman - Answer- investigates resident complaints
Which action does not promote a persons dignity - Answer- Restraining the person
What is the correct way to address a person - Answer- "Hello, Mrs. Smith"
What does not promote dignity or privacy - Answer- Moving the person's items as
you prefer
Ethics is - Answer- Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
What is ethical behavior? - Answer- reporting errors
Your behaviors must - Answer- Help the person
What is not a crime - Answer- negligence
Assault - Answer- Threatening to touch the persons body without consent
Restraining a person's freedom of movement is - Answer- false imprisonment
invasion of privacy - Answer- violating a person's right not to have his or her name,
photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
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