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A nursing home resident cannot speak or read. The best way to communicate with the person is to:

A resident with Alzheimer’s disease is having difficulty putting on his shirt despite your constant teaching. Your best verbal response to him is:

After completing your work with a patient on isolation, you should remove your containated isolation gown:

You are recording the time you have provided a shower to Mrs. Smith. The shower was completed at 16:30 military time. Which of the following shows the correct conversion to standard time?

Mrs. McDonald has been collecting a 24 hour urine specimen for 14 hours.  At the end of your shift, you find a piece of toilet paper in the specimen pan. What action should you should take?

When checking a resident’s diet, the nursing assistant sees the abbreviation NPO.  The resident would be allowed:

The supervising nurse has asked you to weigh Mr. Hernandez, who is not one of your assigned residents today.  The appropriate action would be to:

Mr. Snyder has urinary incontinence and his skin is showing signs of excoriation in his groin area. After providing good perineal care, he has a non-medicated lotion in his drawer. Nursing Assistants are allowed to apply which type of lotion?

The nurse tells you that your resident is in shock and has initiated the Emergency Medical System (EMS).  At this time, it is important to:

HIPAA requires confidentiality of health information. Which of the following persons may a nursing assistant share a resident’s medical information?