Scott, Webb: Long-term Caring: Residential, Home and Community Aged
Care, 5th Edition
Chapter 1: Health and Aged Care Services in Australia and New Zealand
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nursing/care team is comprised of:
a. registered nurses, enrolled nurses and personal carers
b. registered nurses and doctors only
c. registered nurses and enrolled nurses only
d. only those who give direct hands on care to the resident
ANS: A
2. The healthcare funding program in Australia is called:
a. federal taxation
b. the National Disability Insurance Scheme
c. Medibank
d. Medicare
ANS: D
3. Ageing in place refers to:
a. low-care residents staying in low-care facilities as their care needs increase
b. staying at home for as long as possible
c. choosing an aged care facility to age within
d. setting aside discrete places within aged care facilities for older clients
ANS: A
4. Private hospitals are:
a. owned by for-profit organisations
b. owned by for-profit or not-for-profit organisations
c. owned by not-for-profit organisations
d. publicly funded from federal funds
ANS: B
5. In Australia, NDIS stands for:
a. National Disability Insurance Scheme
b. National Division for In-patient Support
c. Needing Disability Insurance Scheme
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d. New Directions Insurance System
ANS: A
6. Primary care involves:
a. any care undertaken within a primary healthcare unit
b. team care led by an enrolled nurse
c. focusing on tasks and jobs
d. total care
ANS: D
7. The goals of aged care facilities include:
a. promoting understanding of changes
b. preventing communicable diseases
c. treating chronic illnesses
d. all the above
ANS: D
8. If you are instructed to undertake an activity that you are unsure of, you should:
a. delegate it to another care worker
b. advise the RN that you do not feel competent in doing the activity
c. simply refuse to undertake the activity
d. do another activity instead
ANS: B
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the ‘Five rights of delegation’?
a. Client
b. Task
c. Circumstance
d. Instruction
ANS: A
10. Scope of practice includes:
a. when the task is beyond the legal limits of your role
b. relieving for the RN when they are on a break
c. undertaking any activity that you feel you can do
d. the legal limits of your role
ANS: D
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11. The health status of the New Zealand Māori is:
a. generally poorer than that of other New Zealanders
b. no different than that of other New Zealanders
c. generally poorer in the North Island only
d. generally poorer in the South Island only
ANS: A
12. A personal care worker who enters the home of their client in the community, does so as:
a. a healthcare professional with the right to enter the house
b. an invited guest into the home
c. a legally entitled worker
d. a friend of the client
ANS: B
13. A personal support worker provides which of the following services?
a. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, housekeeping, shopping and
managing money
b. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, and housekeeping only
c. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, only
d. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, housekeeping and shopping
ANS: D
14. Planning care for a resident is usually completed by:
a. the support worker and resident
b. the RN, resident and family
c. the doctor and resident
d. the nursing team and doctor
ANS: B
15. Promotion of resident dignity can be achieved by:
a. listening with interest to the person
b. respecting the person’s social status
c. using the person’s name and title
d. all the above
ANS: D
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TRUE OR FALSE?
16. Range-of-motion exercises are only undertaken by a physiotherapist.
ANS: F
17. Functional care is team care led by a registered nurse.
ANS: F
18. A physiotherapist assists persons with musculoskeletal problems, focuses on restoring
function and preventing disability from illness.
ANS: T
19. An enrolled nurse completes a three-year bachelor program.
ANS: F
20. Most aged care facilities follow the Eden Alternative.
ANS: T
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Care, 5th Edition
Chapter 1: Health and Aged Care Services in Australia and New Zealand
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nursing/care team is comprised of:
a. registered nurses, enrolled nurses and personal carers
b. registered nurses and doctors only
c. registered nurses and enrolled nurses only
d. only those who give direct hands on care to the resident
ANS: A
2. The healthcare funding program in Australia is called:
a. federal taxation
b. the National Disability Insurance Scheme
c. Medibank
d. Medicare
ANS: D
3. Ageing in place refers to:
a. low-care residents staying in low-care facilities as their care needs increase
b. staying at home for as long as possible
c. choosing an aged care facility to age within
d. setting aside discrete places within aged care facilities for older clients
ANS: A
4. Private hospitals are:
a. owned by for-profit organisations
b. owned by for-profit or not-for-profit organisations
c. owned by not-for-profit organisations
d. publicly funded from federal funds
ANS: B
5. In Australia, NDIS stands for:
a. National Disability Insurance Scheme
b. National Division for In-patient Support
c. Needing Disability Insurance Scheme
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d. New Directions Insurance System
ANS: A
6. Primary care involves:
a. any care undertaken within a primary healthcare unit
b. team care led by an enrolled nurse
c. focusing on tasks and jobs
d. total care
ANS: D
7. The goals of aged care facilities include:
a. promoting understanding of changes
b. preventing communicable diseases
c. treating chronic illnesses
d. all the above
ANS: D
8. If you are instructed to undertake an activity that you are unsure of, you should:
a. delegate it to another care worker
b. advise the RN that you do not feel competent in doing the activity
c. simply refuse to undertake the activity
d. do another activity instead
ANS: B
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the ‘Five rights of delegation’?
a. Client
b. Task
c. Circumstance
d. Instruction
ANS: A
10. Scope of practice includes:
a. when the task is beyond the legal limits of your role
b. relieving for the RN when they are on a break
c. undertaking any activity that you feel you can do
d. the legal limits of your role
ANS: D
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11. The health status of the New Zealand Māori is:
a. generally poorer than that of other New Zealanders
b. no different than that of other New Zealanders
c. generally poorer in the North Island only
d. generally poorer in the South Island only
ANS: A
12. A personal care worker who enters the home of their client in the community, does so as:
a. a healthcare professional with the right to enter the house
b. an invited guest into the home
c. a legally entitled worker
d. a friend of the client
ANS: B
13. A personal support worker provides which of the following services?
a. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, housekeeping, shopping and
managing money
b. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, and housekeeping only
c. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, only
d. Assistance with bathing or showering, dressing, undressing, housekeeping and shopping
ANS: D
14. Planning care for a resident is usually completed by:
a. the support worker and resident
b. the RN, resident and family
c. the doctor and resident
d. the nursing team and doctor
ANS: B
15. Promotion of resident dignity can be achieved by:
a. listening with interest to the person
b. respecting the person’s social status
c. using the person’s name and title
d. all the above
ANS: D
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TRUE OR FALSE?
16. Range-of-motion exercises are only undertaken by a physiotherapist.
ANS: F
17. Functional care is team care led by a registered nurse.
ANS: F
18. A physiotherapist assists persons with musculoskeletal problems, focuses on restoring
function and preventing disability from illness.
ANS: T
19. An enrolled nurse completes a three-year bachelor program.
ANS: F
20. Most aged care facilities follow the Eden Alternative.
ANS: T
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