Author: Anonymous

A person you are caring for in a nursing home states, “I would kill myself if I could find a way.” What is your first response?

You are caring for a resident that complains of chest pain and shortness of breath.  Your responsibility is to:

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?