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1) Is it legal to discuss a patient’s medical condition within your social network?
A. Yes
B. No
2) Can you discuss patients nursing care with other family members?
A. No, unless they are established as a POA/designated family member
B. Yes, only if they inquire
3) What is the most important step while providing a patient assistance with bathing and shaving?
A. Making sure they do not fall
B. Wearing gloves
4) While assisting a patient with their bath or shower how would you test the water temperature?
A. Let patent adjust temperature
B. Test with your wrist or elbow
5) What is the biggest hazard while assisting a patient with their bath or shower?
A. Falls
B. Drowning
6) If a patient has an open sore, what care should you take while assisting them with their bath or shower?
A. Only give bed bath and cover sore with plastic wrap and tape it up for showers
B. Clean sores well to avoid infection
7) A patient walks with a walker and can only walk 30 feet, they seem to really struggle doing this, should you instruct them not to walk?
A. No, they must keep up their activity level
B. Yes
8) A patient wears reading glasses and is unable to read the print on their book(s), what actions should you take to help them read?
A. Inform VMG Administrator, seek eye doctor evaluation
B. Read to them or record yourself reading the book(s)
9) A patient likes to go shopping, they need to use a motorized wheelchair, they get confused and spend a lot of time deciding which products to buy, their trips to the grocery store are taking longer and longer, what should your actions be?
A. Nothing, be patient and allow more time for shopping trips
B. Choose products for them
10) Can you cut a patient’s toenails?
A. Only if they cannot afford to go to the salon
B. Yes, but not a diabetics
11) Who determines a patient’s activity orders?
A. Their medical provider
B. VMG Administrator
12) What is range of motion?
A. ls the measurement of movement around a specific joint or body part)
B. How far one can move
13) Should you force a patient to exercise?
A. No
B. Yes
14) What is the major concern while assisting a patient with ambulation?
A. Preventing falls
B. Proper foot spacing
15) How often would you assist a patient with ambulation?
A. Per the patient care support plan
B. With every bathroom trip
16) Would you have a patient ambulate if their walker isn’t working properly?
A. Yes, just monitor them closely
B. No, you cannot ambulate a person until the walker is fixed
17) Explain the actions you would take if a patient fell while ambulating?
A. Determine if patient can move all limbs, look for bruises, cuts, attempt to stand call VMG Administrator, make out report, have patient follow up with doctor
B. Stand the patient upright, take a short break, and then try again
18) What is a transfer belt? How should it fit?
A. Also called gait belt, a long piece of material that should feel snugly around patient’s waist
B. Also called a Kuiper belt, a long piece of leather that should fit loosely around a patients hips
19) You come into a patient’s home and you noticed that they are not dressed. You know this patient and you know that they usually are dressed in the morning, what should you do?
A. Find out why patient has not gotten dressed and see if pattern continues, inform appropriate VMG personnel
B. Dress them and continue on with your shift
20) You are helping a patient with their bathing and you notice that their underwear is soiled, they usually are not incontinent of urine or feces, what actions should you take?
A. Provide incontinence care and see if pattern continues, inform VMG Administrator and record event
B. Inform the patient that they will be forced to use adult diapers should this behavior continue
21) You noticed that a patient’s speech is slurred and they are having trouble staying awake, what actions should you take?
A. Make coffee
B. Call 911, inform VMG Administrator, and arrange for an emergency room visit
22) A patient usually takes a walk in the neighborhood every day, but over a period of weeks they refuse to walk, what actions should you take?
A. Assess for depression, check if patient in pain, inform VMG office and follow up with doctor and record behavior
B. Nothing
23) What is the major concern when serving meals to patients?
A. Assure hot food are kept at a temperature of 135 degrees F or higher and cold foods are kept at the temperature of 41 degrees F or lower
B. Make sure it is the correct temperature for patient
24) Can you force a patient to eat?
A. No
B. Yes
25) Where would you locate patients’ dietary orders?
A. In the patient care support plan
B. In the patients Kitchen
26) If a patient is a diabetic what foods should they avoid?
A. Foods high in sugars and excessive amount of carbohydrates ie pasta, rice potatoes bread etc.
B. Fruit, salads, yogurt, cottage cheese
27) What procedure should you use when suspecting a patient of an infection?
A. Call VMG Administrator to follow up with doctor
B. Wear PPE at all times
28) Describe the care you would provide to a patient that is incontinent of urine?
A. Change depend/incontinence pad when soiled, cleanse skin with soap and water or prescribed incontinence products, apply skin barrier
B. Change their adult diaper when it leaks
29) Describe the care you would provide to a patient that is incontinent of feces?
A. Remove fecal material, change depend/incontinence pad cleanse skin with soap and water or prescribed incontinence products, apply skin barrier
B. Remove depend, give bath, apply fresh depends
30) What are universal precautions?
A. A procedure universally used whenever you are going to be exposed to any bodily secretions
B. Preventative measures used to protect oneself from disease
31) What equipment should you use when practicing universal precautions?
A. Gloves, goggles, gown, mask
B. Scrubs
32) If a patient tells you not to use a glove while bathing them, how would you handle those situations?
A. Discontinue use of the gloves
B. Use gloves and explain to them it is for their protection as well as yours
33) What medications can you assist the patients to take?
A. None it is prohibited by law
B. All prescribed meds that are in the patient care support plan
34) Where would you find the patient’s medication list?
A. Patient care support plan
B. Along-side patients medication
35) If you or the patient is injured i.e. fall, burns, signs of a stroke/heart attack, in the home, outline the steps you would take to manage the situation.
A. Fall establish if any broken bones, attempt to move all limbs, burns rinse with cold water and establish if further medical treatment is needed, suspected stroke or heart attack call 911. Once immediate care has been provided, call VMG Administrator, make out incident report
B. Call VMG Administrator, fill out an incident report, and go home
36) What steps would you take to a patient that is non-responsive?
A. Shake and shout out the patients name to see if you get a response
B. Establish need for CPR, initiate CPR and call 911
37) When should you chart on a patient?
A. Beginning of care, all care activities and end of care
B. End of the scheduled shift right before shift change
38) What are some of the signs of a patient being abused?
A. Physical — pimples, rug burns, irritability, and frequent hospital emergency room visits b. Mental — Over-excitement, constant talking, insomnia.
B. Physical - bruises, cuts, broken bones, frequent hospital emergency room visits d. Mental - depression, social withdrawal, paranoia, insomnia, excessive sleeping
39) What actions would you take if you suspect a patient of being abused?
A. Report to VMG Administrator, file an incident report
B. Call Police
40) Once a patient has demonstrated difficult behaviors, what is your plan of action?
A. Contact VMG Administrator
B. Call Police
41) If a patient is verbally abusive can you use verbal abuse toward them?
A. No
B. Yes