NACC PSW PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Rising costs of providing technology, drugs and services
Answer: The most pressing cause of health care reform has been :
●● Support services provided through home care DO NOT include
Answer: Respiratory Therapy
●● A holistic approach to health
Answer: Takes into account the whole person
●● Do people with strong emotional health show their emotions easily?
Answer: People with strong emotional health do not show their emotions
easily.
●● Acute Illness
Answer: Appears suddenly and lasts a short time
●● People usually recover from chronic illness
Answer: This is not true of chronic illness
,●● Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Answer: A system that arranges human needs into categories
●● Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Answer: the bill identifying human rights that are guaranteed to
everyone in Canada; on every level and embedded in the Constitution of
Canada
●● Provincial Human Rights Codes
Answer: Freedom from discrimination, harassment. Equal treatment
with respect to services and facilities, age, sex, ethnicity. Does not
promote the right to vote
●● informed consent
Answer: Must include information about the nature of the treatment,
discuss potential risks and side effects, likely consequences of not
having the treatment. Does not include reassurance that this is the best
and only option.
●● Negligence
Answer: careless neglect, often resulting in injury. Prison term is
unlikely.
, ●● Assault
Answer: Intentional attempt or threat to touch a persons body without
the persons consent.
●● False Imprisonment
Answer: the illegal restraint of another person's movement
●● prejudice
Answer: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual
experience
●● Activities of Daily Living
Answer: Self care activities that people perform to remain independant
and function in society
●● Unregulated Health Care Provider
Answer: Personal Support Worker
●● Professionalism
Answer: An approach to work that demonstrates a respect for others,
commitment, competence and appropriate behaviour
●● Hospitals
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Rising costs of providing technology, drugs and services
Answer: The most pressing cause of health care reform has been :
●● Support services provided through home care DO NOT include
Answer: Respiratory Therapy
●● A holistic approach to health
Answer: Takes into account the whole person
●● Do people with strong emotional health show their emotions easily?
Answer: People with strong emotional health do not show their emotions
easily.
●● Acute Illness
Answer: Appears suddenly and lasts a short time
●● People usually recover from chronic illness
Answer: This is not true of chronic illness
,●● Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Answer: A system that arranges human needs into categories
●● Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Answer: the bill identifying human rights that are guaranteed to
everyone in Canada; on every level and embedded in the Constitution of
Canada
●● Provincial Human Rights Codes
Answer: Freedom from discrimination, harassment. Equal treatment
with respect to services and facilities, age, sex, ethnicity. Does not
promote the right to vote
●● informed consent
Answer: Must include information about the nature of the treatment,
discuss potential risks and side effects, likely consequences of not
having the treatment. Does not include reassurance that this is the best
and only option.
●● Negligence
Answer: careless neglect, often resulting in injury. Prison term is
unlikely.
, ●● Assault
Answer: Intentional attempt or threat to touch a persons body without
the persons consent.
●● False Imprisonment
Answer: the illegal restraint of another person's movement
●● prejudice
Answer: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual
experience
●● Activities of Daily Living
Answer: Self care activities that people perform to remain independant
and function in society
●● Unregulated Health Care Provider
Answer: Personal Support Worker
●● Professionalism
Answer: An approach to work that demonstrates a respect for others,
commitment, competence and appropriate behaviour
●● Hospitals
