KY CNA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS

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KY CNA TEST EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: liability

Answer:

someone can be held responsible for harming someone else

Question 2: other names for long term care facilities

Answer:

skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, or extended care facilities Question 3: anything that endangers the resident or any change in the resident's condition (falls, chest pain, severe headache, trouble breathing, abnormal pulse or respiration or BP, change in mental status, etc.)

Answer:

what should NA's do when residents report symptoms, events, or feelings?

Question 4: OBRA

Answer:

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 established a requirement for a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program for nurse aides who are employed by nursing facilities

Question 5: adult day services

Answer:

care for people who need some assistance or supervision during certain hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given Question 6: any treatment, intentional or unintentional, that causes harm or injury to a person's body

Answer:

psychological abuse Question 7: Any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to an individual. This is interpreted rather broadly and includes any part of a patient's medical record or payment history.

Answer:

careful documentation

Question 8: applying knee high elastic stockings

Answer:

• Knock before entering the room. Identify and greet resident. Explain procedure. Perform hand

hygiene. Provide for privacy.*2. Raise bed rails. Raise bed to best level for good body mechanics.

• Lower side rail on the side you are working. Place in supine position.

• Expose the leg while providing for privacy

• Turn the stocking inside out down to the heel.
• Slip the foot of the stocking over the toes, foot, and heel.
• Grasp the stocking top. Slip it over the foot and heel. Pull it up the leg. The stocking turns right side

out as it is pulled up. The stocking is even and snug.

• Remove twists, creases, or wrinkles.

*9. Raise the side rail.

• Go to the other side and lower the side rail.
• Repeat steps 5 through 8 for the other leg (May verbalize this step)

*12. Raise side rail. Lower bed. Lower side rail. Attach signal light within resident's reach.

• Perform hand hygiene and report & record observations.

Question 9: hospice care

Answer:

given in facilities or homes for people who have approximately six months or less to live

Question 10: barriers to communication

Answer:

defense mechanisms

Question 11: home health care

Answer:

provided in a person's home, this type of care is generally given to people who are older and are chronically ill but are able to and wish to remain at home

Question 12: What is the emphasis of each skill?

Answer:

safety and infection control

Question 13: policy

Answer:

a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs

Question 14: how much training must a nursing assistant have?

Answer:

75 hours

Question 15: 4 parts of Medicare

Answer:

Part A - Hospital Insurance (pays for IP care, Home health, SNF, Hospice); Part B - Medical insurance (MD care, OP services, Home health, Equipment, Other health services); Part C - Medicare Advantage (I buy health insurance plan from a private Co approved by Medicare to cover me for services excluded by Parts A & B; Part D (created by MMA, optional) - Rx drug coverage

Question 16: ask for more information and ask open ended questions

Answer:

objective information

Question 17: terminal illness

Answer:

a disease or condition that will eventually cause death

Question 18: inability to control bladder and/or bowels

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When should documentation be recorded?Question 19: unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement

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involuntary seclusion Question 20: regular in service education (a minimum of 12 hours per year) to keep their skills updated

Answer:

resident assessment requirements Question 21: emotional harm caused by threatening, frightening, isolating, intimidating, humiliating, or insulting a person, or by treating him or her like a child

Answer:

verbal abuse

Question 22: responsibility for residents

Answer:

all residents are the responsibility of each nursing assistant, if an NA sees a resident who needs help they should help them regardless of if they are on their assignment sheet Question 23: numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers

• quality of life
• services and activities to maintain a high level of wellness