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When a facility decides to transfer or to discharge a patient, how much time MUST the facility provide to the resident or resident's representative before they may do so?

30 days

Which of the following options is NOT a sign or symptom of extreme blood sugar levels in a hypoglycemia patient?

A sluggish mood

You can promote sleep for your patients by all of the following actions EXCEPT:

Change the patient's routine on a daily basis

In order for a nursing assistant to be considered a team player, what MUST they be willing to accept?

Constructive criticism

Which of the following is NOT an abnormal reaction to analgesia?

Diarrhea

If you have a patient who cannot independently perform range of motion, your job is to help them by performing passive range of motion (PROM). PROM will help the patient with all of the following EXCEPT:

Increase his or her nutrition

When measuring a patient's blood pressure for the very first time, what process should you follow?

Measure the blood pressure in both arms and use the second measurement as the patient's baseline

Which of the following actions do NOT decrease with age?

Need to sleep

The nurse punched out the patient's medications and placed them in the trash without giving them to the patient. After two days of not receiving his medications, the patient was in severe pain. Which of the following options BEST identifies this action?

Negligence

If you are asked to place a patient in the Sim's position, how will you place them?

On his or her side with the patient's undermost arm positioned at his or her back

Which of the following approaches should be taken with your patients?

Prevention

Which of the following team members is responsible for working with the patient's therapist and dietician to ensure that the patient is receiving the proper care?

Registered Nurse

You are asked to take a urine specimen from a patient's indwelling catheter. What should you do immediately before you expel the urine sample into the sterile container?

Remove the clamp

Which of the following statements is TRUE in regards to providing perineal care to a female patient?

Rinse the genital area with a fresh washcloth

Which of the following options identifies the appropriate method for securing a urinary drainage bag?

Secure the drainage bag to the bed frame

A patient who is dysphasic is one who has trouble:

Speaking

When applying a mitt restraint on a patient, you should ensure

That the patient can slightly flex his or her fingers

Which of the following statements is TRUE in regards to administering a cleansing enema?

The enema bag should be hung on the IV pole with the tubing at the bottom

Which of the following chronic diseases is NOT responsible for affecting the thinking and reasoning processes of elders?

Tuberculosis

Which of the options below is NOT care that you would provide a patient who has dementia?

Vary the patient's routines

One of your terminally ill patients has just had her analgesics increased. Which of the following options BEST describes what you should do?

Watch the patient for a change in alertness

When taking a patient's rectal temperature, what step should you take immediately after you expose the patient's buttocks?

attach the rectal probe to the thermometer after removing the thermometer pack from its charger

Which of the following options is a warning sign that a patient may have a fecal impaction?

the patient has a small, watery leakage of stool