CNA Final Exam (Study Guide)

Incident report and purpose

An incident is an accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care. An incident report is a report that documents the incident and the response to it. The information in an incident report is confidential. Reporting is done to protect everyone involved.

Proper documentation

If it isn't documented it didn't happen. Must document.

Objective/Subjective information

Objective information is based on what a person sees, hears, touched, or smells. Collected by using the senses. Subjective information is something a person cannot or did not observe, but is based on something the resident reported that may or may not be true. It is also called symptoms.

Regular vs. Military time conversion

To change from military time to regular time, subtract 12. For example, to change 2200 hours to standard time, subtract 12 from 22. the answer is 10:00 pm. Add 12 to standard time to convert it to military.