Home Health Aide Competency Test T/F An aide may Reinforce a dressing Answer- True An aide may apply a hot pack Answer- False An aide may give an enema Answer- False An aide may administer medication Answer- False An aide may change sterile dressing Answer- False An aide may assist with change of a colostomy bag Answer- True An aide may give rectal suppository Answer- False An aide may give tubal feeding Answer- False An aide may give insulin Answer- False An aide may cut nails Answer- False In the home, it's important to be a good listener. Answer- True Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure.Answer- True You only communicate through words Answer- False 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 two days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to your supervisor. Answer- False A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicates the patient is excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse. Answer- False Always report a pulse rate if the beats per min are under 60 or over 100. Answer- True The temperature of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving about. Answer- False Recording a patients "TPR" or vital signs is not important as long as you remember what they were. Answer- False Hand washing is the single best way to decrease the transfer of pathogens. Answer- True
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