NNAAP NURSE AIDE EXAM: ALREADY GRADED A+.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FORMAT
Fraud
An intentional effort to deceive another individual for personal gain.
Neglect
the failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental
anguish, or mental illness.
Misappropriation of Property
illegal or improper use of resident's money, property, assets; by another, without
consent, for personal gain.
Abuse
willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or punishment with
resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.
Health Care Personnel Registry (HCPR)
Lists pending allegations and substantiated findings of nurse aides.
Nurse aides cannot be employed in a nursing home with a substantiated finding on the
HCPR.
Ethics
the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions.
Code of Ethics
a set of guidelines for maintaining ethics in the workplace.
Basic Human Rights
are protected by the Constitution of the United States and state that a person has the
right to be treated with respect, live in dignity, pursue a meaningful life and be free of
fear.
Ombudsman
someone who supports or promotes every resident living in N.C. long-term care center.
The order Combined Vital Signs are taken...
Temperature
Pulse
Respirations
Blood Pressure
Dignity
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
Empathy
identifying with the feelings of others, without feeling sorry for the person.
Basic Restorative Care
Care provided after rehabilitation when the resident's highest possible functioning has
been restored following illness or injury.
Basic Restorative Care is...
trying to get the patient to the highest level of function.
Prosthetic Device
an artificial device used to replace a limb, appendage, or other body part.
, Examples: implanted lenses, cochlear implant, hip prosthesis, artificial body part such
as leg or hand.
Orthotic Device
a device for supporting immobilizing, or treating muscles, joints, or skeletal parts which
are weak, ineffective, deformed or injured.
Examples: brace or splint.
Supportive Device
special equipment that helps a disabled or ill resident with movement.
Examples: canes, walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, and motorized chairs.
Assistive (Adaptive) Devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily
living. It promotes independence.
Examples: wedge pillows, sipper cups, large grip utensils, zipper pull, electric
toothbrush, and etc...
Bowel and Bladder Training
Measures taken to restore function of urination and defecation by resident, with ultimate
goal of continence.
Success for bowel and bladder training can take...
8 to 10 weeks.
Urination (voiding)
process of expelling urine, emptying the bladder.
Defecation
evacuation of feces from the rectum.
Continence
ability to control defecation and urination.
Incontinence
inability to control bladder and/or bowels.
The cell theory states that...
all living things are made up of cells.
Combined cells form...
tissue.
Combined tissue forms...
organs.
Combined organs forms...
a system.
Combined systems form...
an organism.
Tumor
A mass of abnormally-growing cells; may be benign or malignant.
Benign
mild, not cancerous.
Malignant
cancerous
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FORMAT
Fraud
An intentional effort to deceive another individual for personal gain.
Neglect
the failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental
anguish, or mental illness.
Misappropriation of Property
illegal or improper use of resident's money, property, assets; by another, without
consent, for personal gain.
Abuse
willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or punishment with
resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.
Health Care Personnel Registry (HCPR)
Lists pending allegations and substantiated findings of nurse aides.
Nurse aides cannot be employed in a nursing home with a substantiated finding on the
HCPR.
Ethics
the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions.
Code of Ethics
a set of guidelines for maintaining ethics in the workplace.
Basic Human Rights
are protected by the Constitution of the United States and state that a person has the
right to be treated with respect, live in dignity, pursue a meaningful life and be free of
fear.
Ombudsman
someone who supports or promotes every resident living in N.C. long-term care center.
The order Combined Vital Signs are taken...
Temperature
Pulse
Respirations
Blood Pressure
Dignity
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
Empathy
identifying with the feelings of others, without feeling sorry for the person.
Basic Restorative Care
Care provided after rehabilitation when the resident's highest possible functioning has
been restored following illness or injury.
Basic Restorative Care is...
trying to get the patient to the highest level of function.
Prosthetic Device
an artificial device used to replace a limb, appendage, or other body part.
, Examples: implanted lenses, cochlear implant, hip prosthesis, artificial body part such
as leg or hand.
Orthotic Device
a device for supporting immobilizing, or treating muscles, joints, or skeletal parts which
are weak, ineffective, deformed or injured.
Examples: brace or splint.
Supportive Device
special equipment that helps a disabled or ill resident with movement.
Examples: canes, walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, and motorized chairs.
Assistive (Adaptive) Devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily
living. It promotes independence.
Examples: wedge pillows, sipper cups, large grip utensils, zipper pull, electric
toothbrush, and etc...
Bowel and Bladder Training
Measures taken to restore function of urination and defecation by resident, with ultimate
goal of continence.
Success for bowel and bladder training can take...
8 to 10 weeks.
Urination (voiding)
process of expelling urine, emptying the bladder.
Defecation
evacuation of feces from the rectum.
Continence
ability to control defecation and urination.
Incontinence
inability to control bladder and/or bowels.
The cell theory states that...
all living things are made up of cells.
Combined cells form...
tissue.
Combined tissue forms...
organs.
Combined organs forms...
a system.
Combined systems form...
an organism.
Tumor
A mass of abnormally-growing cells; may be benign or malignant.
Benign
mild, not cancerous.
Malignant
cancerous
