Deck 3: The Nursing Assistant

Question 1

A nurse asks you to perform a task that is beyond the legal limits of your role. Which is correct?

A) Perform the task so that you do not lose your job.
B) Firmly refuse and explain why.
C) Ignore the request.
D) Think about it for a few days.

Answer 1

Firmly refuse and explain why.

Question 2

Does a nurse have to delegate a task to you?

A) Yes, if the task is in your job description.
B) Yes, if the nurse teaches you how to perform the task.
C) No. The nurse makes delegation decisions that are best for the person.
D) No. The nurse performs the task unless he or she is busy.

Answer 2

No. The nurse makes delegation decisions that are best for the person.

Question 3

Which nursing team members cannot delegate?

A) RNs
B) LPNs
C) LVNs
D) Nursing assistants

Answer 3

Nursing assistants

Question 4

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) is a

A) Nursing center policy
B) Nurse practice act
C) Law that applies to all 50 states
D) Criminal law

Question 5

You give incorrect information on a job application. This is

A) Libel
B) Slander
C) Defamation
D) Fraud

Question 6

Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's movement is

A) Malpractice
B) Invasion of privacy
C) Negligence
D) False imprisonment

Question 7

How many hours of instruction does OBRA require?

A) 16
B) 32
C) At least 48
D) At least 75

Question 8

Which tells you what the agency expects you to do?

A) Your job description
B) The state nurse practice act
C) OBRA
D) Code of ethics

Question 9

The willful infliction of injury that results in physical harm is known as

A) Assault
B) Defamation
C) Battery
D) Abuse

Question 10

Touching a person's body without his or her consent is

A) Assault
B) Battery
C) Invasion of privacy
D) Libel

Question 11

OBRA requires a new competency evaluation for persons who

A) Have not worked as a nursing assistant for 24 months
B) Were found guilty of abuse or neglect
C) Were convicted of a crime
D) Did not have good performance evaluations

Question 12

The nursing assistant registry includes information about

A) Prior education
B) Children
C) Marriages
D) Findings of abuse, neglect, or dishonest use of property

Question 13

Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent is

A) Assault
B) Battery
C) Invasion of privacy
D) Defamation

Question 14

As a nursing assistant, you can

A) Report changes in the person's condition to the nurse
B) Give drugs and insert tubes into body openings
C) Take verbal or phone orders from doctors
D) Discuss the person's diagnosis with the family

Question 15

A nurse can delegate

A) Responsibilities
B) Accountability
C) The Five Rights of Delegation
D) Nursing tasks

Question 16

How many testing attempts does OBRA allow?

A) 1
B) At least 2
C) At least 3
D) At least 4

Question 17

Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is

A) Ethics
B) Torts
C) Civil law
D) Public law

Question 18

The competency evaluation required by OBRA involves a

A) Written test only
B) Skills test only
C) Written test and a skills test
D) Licensing examination

Question 19

OBRA requires training and a competency evaluation for nursing assistants working in

A) Hospital acute-care units
B) Nursing centers
C) Hospices
D) Doctors' offices

Question 20

Before a nurse delegates a task to you, the nurse must know the following except

A) Is the task included in your job description?
B) Do you want to perform the task?
C) Do you have the necessary training to perform the task?
D) Do you have the experience to perform the task safely?

Question 21

A nursing assistant pinches and pushes a patient. This is

A) Negligence
B) Malpractice
C) Neglect
D) Physical abuse

Question 22

An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the needs of the patient or resident, is

A) A crime
B) Assault
C) A boundary violation
D) Defamation

Question 23

You tell your patient what a great time you had on your date last night. This is

A) Invasion of privacy
B) Boundary crossing
C) Slander
D) Emotional abuse

Question 24

You can refuse to do a delegated task if

A) You are too busy
B) You do not like the task
C) It is the end of your shift and you are ready to go home
D) The task is not in your job description

Question 25

You are walking by a patient room. You hear a nurse shouting at a patient. This is

A) Battery
B) A tort
C) Verbal abuse
D) Neglect

Question 26

You suspect that a nursing center resident is being abused. What should you do?

A) Tell the nurse.
B) Call the police.
C) Talk to the family.
D) Mind your own business.

Question 27

A resident's signal light goes unanswered. His son finds the person lying on sheets soaked with urine. This is

A) Neglect
B) Emotional abuse
C) Physical abuse
D) Malpractice

Question 28

The Five Rights of Delegation involve

A) The right task, the right circumstances, the right person, the right directions and communication, and the right supervision
B) The right law, the right job description, the right policies and procedures, the right training, and the right communication and supervision
C) The right task, the right job description, the right person, the right training, and the right supervision
D) The right job description, the right task, the right person, the right directions and communication, and the right supervision

Question 29

You see a nursing assistant hitting a patient. What should you do?

A) Talk to the patient.
B) Call the police.
C) Tell the nurse.
D) Mind your own business.

Question 30

An ethical person

A) Does not cause a person harm
B) Is biased
C) Is prejudiced
D) Does not have opinions or facts

Question 31

A resident did not get to the bathroom in time. She urinated and had a bowel movement in her clothing. To prevent an accident in the dining room, the nurse makes the person stay in her room. This is

A) Malpractice
B) Involuntary seclusion
C) Neglect
D) Physical abuse

Question 32

Protecting the right to privacy involves the following except

A) Keeping information about the person confidential
B) Exposing only the body part involved in care or the procedure
C) Allowing visitors to remain in the room when care is given
D) Screening the person when giving care