Unit 1 The Nursing Assistant in Long Term Care

Long-term care is offered in

• hospitals

• adult day service facilities

• skilled nursing facilities

• ambulatory surgical centers

Residents in ________ are usually more independent and do not need skilled care.

• Acute care facilities

• Assisted living facilities

• Subacute care facilities

• Hospice facilities

Which of the following types of health care is generally for people who will die in six months or less?

• Long-term care

• Outpatient care

• Inter-generational care

• Hospice care

________ is a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 years of age or older or people of any age with permanent kidney failure or certain disabilities.

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• Occupational Safety and health Administration

• Health and Human Services

_______ is a medical assistance program for people who have low income or disabilities.

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• Department of the Treasury

• Committee on the Budget

A disorder in which a person has a serious loss of mental abilities, including the ability to think, remember, and reason, is known as

• A terminal illness

• Dementia

• Heart disease

• Chronic disorder

Which of the following is a typical task that nursing assistants perform?

• Administering medication

• Bathing a resident

• Changing sterile dressings

• Giving tube feedings

Which of the following is a task that nursing assistants do not perform?

• Shaving a resident

• Inserting tubes into a resident's body

• Helping a resident with toileting needs

• Caring for equipment

Professionalism is related to

• How a person behaves at home

• How a person behaves at work

• How well a person performs on tests

• How a resident behaves in a facility

A resident has purchased a special gift for her nursing assistant (NA). Which of the following would be the best response by the nursing assistant?

• The NA should refuse the gift but thank the resident for thinking of her

• The NA should refuse of the gift and let the resident know her employer is very unfair about employees accepting gifts from residents.

• The NA should accept the gift if the resident will keep it confidential.

• The NA should accept the gift and thank the resident for thinking of her.