NACC - PSW EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024-2025 WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Which law ensures that every citizen has access to health care? Ans✔✔- The Canada Health
Act
The most pressing cause of health care reform has been : Ans ✔✔- Rising costs of providing
technology, drugs and services
Respiratory Therapy Ans✔✔- Support services provided through home care DO NOT include
Takes into account the whole person Ans✔✔- A holistic approach to health
People with strong emotional health do not show their emotions easily. Ans ✔✔- Do people
with strong emotional health show their emotions easily?
Appears suddenly and lasts a short time Ans ✔✔- Acute Illness
This is not true of chronic illness Ans✔✔- People usually recover from chronic illness
A system that arranges human needs into categories Ans✔✔- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
the bill identifying human rights that are guaranteed to everyone in Canada; on every level and
embedded in the Constitution of Canada Ans✔✔- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
, Freedom from discrimination, harassment. Equal treatment with respect to services and
facilities, age, sex, ethnicity. Does not promote the right to vote Ans ✔✔- Provincial Human
Rights Codes
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. Ans✔✔- informed consent
careless neglect, often resulting in injury. Prison term is unlikely. Ans✔✔- Negligence
Intentional attempt or threat to touch a persons body without the persons consent. Ans ✔✔-
Assault
the illegal restraint of another person's movement Ans ✔✔- False Imprisonment
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience Ans ✔✔- prejudice
Self care activities that people perform to remain independant and function in society Ans ✔✔-
Activities of Daily Living
Personal Support Worker Ans✔✔- Unregulated Health Care Provider
An approach to work that demonstrates a respect for others, commitment, competence and
appropriate behaviour Ans✔✔- Professionalism
Work settings that provide acute care Ans✔✔- Hospitals
service that provides a temporary break to family caregivers Ans✔✔- respite services
older adults with limited care needs Ans ✔✔- Residents in retirement facilities