CNA Class-Chapter 3 Questions and Answers
How can you help to make a family visit pleasant?
Give the family privacy and time to visit.
When someone has committed to an offense or believes they have done something wrong to another person, what emotion might they feel?
Guilt
The goal of activities is to:
Help residents become actively engaged.
Activities are an important part of residents' lives because it helps them to feel:
Important
True or False: Knowing a resident well is the best way for you to meet their needs.
True
True or False: Physical needs must be met before status needs can take priority.
True
Yes or No: Answer the resident's call light promptly.
Yes
Yes or No: Ask for permission to enter the resident's room.
Yes
Yes or No: Ask permission before giving care to the resident.
Yes
Yes or No: Be considerate of the resident's needs, wants, and rights.
Yes
Yes or No: Call the resident by their preferred name.
Yes
Yes or No: Offer the resident choices.
Yes
Yes or No: Respect the resident's values, culture, and religion.
Yes
Yes or No: Take an interest in the resident's stories.
Yes
Yes or No: Treat the resident like a customer.
Yes
Your perception of a resident can be affected by:
Your own values and culture.
Residents must be treated with ______________ and kindness at all times.
respect
If a resident receives respect and recognition from others, they have _____________.
status
True or False: A frail or confused resident doesn't have sexual needs.
False
True or False: A person's status needs must be met before they can meet their social needs.
False
True or False: If a resident is in pain their social need become less important.
True
Who is considered part of a resident's family?
All significant others.
True or False: A resident who doesn't attend religious services does not have spiritual needs.
False
True or False: Once a person has met a higher level need, they never have to worry about meeting a lower level need.
False
It is important to develop a positive relationship with resident's families because they:
Are a part of the caregiving team .
____________________ means making decisions for oneself and being independent.
Autonomy
What is the term for people who are important to a resident, or related to the resident be marriage or ancestry?
Family
When we receive information that is corrective or evaluative, what is that information called?
Feedback
The eight themes of care are a "map for how to give the best care" and include:
Communication & autonomy and respect & maximizing capabilities.
The goal of an Eden alternative nursing facility is to:
Eliminate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom.
Key principles of the Eden Alternative care model includes:
Every resident can grow as a person.
What is the most important part of a nurse assistant's job?
Meeting all the resident's needs.
Yes or No: Insist that the resident wear an outfit you've chosen.
No
Yes or No: Leave the door open while the resident gets dressed.
No
Yes or No: Rush the resident through their morning care.
No
Yes or No: Touch the resident's belongings without permission.
No
Yes or No: Use baby talk when speaking to the resident.
No
Yes or No:Take the resident to an activity they won't understand.
No
True or False: As a resident becomes more dependent on staff, they may have less self-worth.
True
True or False: How we feel about ourselves can depend on how others react to us.
True
__________-______________ is a sense of valuing oneself and the skills and talents that make you unique.
Self-esteem
What is our highest level of needs in Maslow's hierarchy?
Self-fulfillment needs
What is right?
Something we have a just or legal claim to.
When someone has a physical or emotional reaction to an event or situation, and that reaction causes them mental tension, what is the reaction called?
Stress
It is important to treat a resident with dignity and respect because when residents have dignity:
They feel better about themselves, their self-esteem improves, and they play a more active role in their care.
What is the task for the older adults in Erickson's theory of psychosocial development?
They must feel fulfilled with their life.
What is the BEST way to support a resident's quality of life?
Treat them with dignity and respect.
True or False: A resident has less independence if you do everything for them.
True
A resident;s personal ________________ impacts quality of life.
history
You will often have more contact with residents than their own ______________ members do.
family
Physical needs are those that are essential to human life such as oxygen, _________, and water.
food
Maslow's _______________ ____ _________ includes physical, security, social, status, and self-fulfillment needs.
hierarchy of needs