The Basics Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Beginning steps for client care -
correct answer ✅-Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
Ending steps for client care -
correct answer ✅-Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
,Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care:
The Basics Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Long Term Care (LTC) -
correct answer ✅care given in long-term care facilities for people
who need 24-hour skilled care
skilled care -
correct answer ✅medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse
or therapist, it is available 24 hours a day, and it is ordered by a
doctor and involved a treatment plan
chronic condition -
correct answer ✅any disease or condition that lasts a long time
(usually longer than six months). It usually can't be cured and
therefore requires ongoing treatment and management. Examples
include arthritis and asthma.
Example of chronic condition -
correct answer ✅Physical disabilities
terminal illness -
correct answer ✅a disease or condition that will eventually cause
death
,Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care:
The Basics Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
acute care -
correct answer ✅24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or
injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers
subacute care -
correct answer ✅care for an illness or condition given to people
who need less care than for an acute (sudden onset, short-term)
illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness
Example of chronic condition -
correct answer ✅Heart disease
Example of chronic condition -
correct answer ✅Dementia
outpatient care -
correct answer ✅Care given for less than 24 hours for people who
have had treatments or surgery and need short-term skilled care.
, Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care:
The Basics Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
They do not require an overnight stay in a hospital or other care
facility
Rehabilitation -
correct answer ✅Restore or improve function after an illness or
injjury
hospice care -
correct answer ✅treatment of the terminally ill in their own
homes, or in special hospital units or other facilities, with the goal
of helping them to die comfortably, without pain. For people who
have about 6 months or less to live
Medicare -
correct answer ✅A federal health insurance program for persons
65 years of age and older
Medicaid -
correct answer ✅A medical assistance program that pays for
health care services for people who cannot afford them. For people
who have low income, as well as for people with disabilities.