HHA PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
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Can HHA legally reinforce a dressing - ANSWER- true Can HHA legally apple a hot pack - ANSWER- false CAn HHA legally give enema - ANSWER- false Can HHA legally administer medication - ANSWER- FAlse Can HHA legally change a sterile dressing - ANSWER- False CAn HHA legally assist with change of a colostomy bag - ANSWER- True CAn HHA legally give a rectal suppository - ANSWER- False Can HHA legally give a tubal feeding - ANSWER- False CAn HHA legally give a insulin - ANSWER- False CAn HHA can legally cut nails - ANSWER- FAlse As a home health aid you - ANSWER- Work as part of the health care team When you work in the home you will be - ANSWER- Working under the supervision of a professional supervisor As an HHA is is your responsibility to - ANSWER- Do only the task the registered nurse or professional therapist assigns you In the home it is important to be a good listener - ANSWER- true Always tell the patient what you are going to do - ANSWER- true You only communicate through words - ANSWER- False Which of the following is important when communicating with people - ANSWER- All the above courtesy , tact, listening body language is - ANSWER- A way communicating feelings by using body, facial expression and the eyes 1 / 2
Aide care for a conscious patient should be preceded by - ANSWER- giving an explanation of what is going to be done Miss Ferris , an HHA, is assigned to care for Mr. Conway. Miss Ferris notices that she feels very angry when she is with Mr. Conway . what should miss Ferris do because she feels this way - ANSWER- Talk with agency supervisor about the situation HHA accused of stealing 5 dollars the aide has not taken the patient's money, but the patient does not believe this what should the aide do - ANSWER- Notify the Agency Supervisor If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient legally it was not done - ANSWER- True If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the nurse is coming in 2 days you do not have to report the skin breakdown to your supervisor - ANSWER- False A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicates that a paitent is excited and does not need to be reported to a nurse - ANSWER- false A patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days what should you do about it - ANSWER- Report it to the nursing supervisor which of these actions is an HHA permitted to take in a relation to drug administration - ANSWER- Recording and reporting the patients reaction to the medication When the patient complains of pain, what should the HHA do - ANSWER- Ask the patient to describe the pain A patients prescription for heart pills has recently been charged. The HHA should notify the agency supervisor immediately if the patient makes which of these comments - ANSWER- I have a rash on my stomach since I've been taking pills Mrs. Rand, who has diabetes and take insulin regularly tells the HHA jittery what should the aide to immediately - ANSWER- Giver her a glass of orange Always report a pulse rate if the beats per minute are below 60 or over 100 per per minute - ANSWER- true The temperature of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving around - ANSWER- False Recording a patients "TRP" or vital signs is not important as long as you remember what they are - ANSWER- False Which, if any, of the following body areas is 99.6 F a normal temp - ANSWER- Rectum
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