Unit Test — Unit test Answers

Which type of data is provided by a person about feelings or perceptions?

A new nursing assistant is starting her shift. Without knowing their histories, she observes the actions of four patients. Adora is using a TTY, Riley requires an amplifier, Zina is using hand gestures to interact with her nursing assistant, and Amal is using a magnifier. Which best explains the possible needs of these patients?

Forms of nonverbal communication include

Jamal is a nursing assistant who is working with a visually impaired patient. Jamal entered the room and introduced himself. He listened to the patient and answered questions while he took vital signs. Every time he took a vital, however, the patient was startled. Which best describes how communication could be improved?

Graham is a nursing assistant who has not seen his patient in a couple of days. He notices that the patient seems to understand him, but cannot communicate. The patient has slurred speech and vision impairments. Which should Graham most likely do?

Mateo is a patient who is hearing impaired. Which would best help the nursing assistant communicate with Mateo? Select all that apply.sign languagebrailleelectronic reading machineshearing aidscorrective lensesamplifierstext telephone

Which type of key observation would involve asking the patient if they know what month it is?

Which communication barriers may a nursing assistant have to overcome? Check all that apply.stereotypesphysical environmentemotionsphysical appearancelanguagebody language

Julia is a new nursing assistant who comes from an Eastern European country. When Julia is working with US patients, she feels they are too loud and talk too closely to her. She also does not like that they stare at her when she talks. Which types of nonverbal communication are different between Julia's culture and that of her patients?

Why is it important that notes be free of spelling and grammatical errors?

Which would most likely be reported immediately as a significant change?

Which best describes why it is important for a nursing assistant to think about nonverbal communication?

A supervisor was monitoring call signals between different patients and the nursing staff. The chart shows the responses of each staff member. Response of the Nursing Staff to the Patient's Call SignalHow would the supervisor rank the staff members, from least successful to most successful, based on their call responses?

Ernie is a nursing assistant who is preparing a shift report. He is documenting on a patient with a painful muscular condition. He documents the vital signs, activities, and the amounts of times the patient asked for medication. He also documents that the patient asked for medication very frequently but did not to have physical signs of pain and was likely trying to abuse the pain medications. Which mistake did Ernie make?

A patient has dementia. Which techniques of verbal communication should a nursing assistant use? Check all that apply.choosing simple words and short sentencesalerting the patient when entering or leaving a roomminimizing distractions and noise to keep the patient focusedspeaking loudly in a raised voiceallowing enough time to respond and not interrupting holding the patient's hand while talking to the patient

Which are included in medical records?

Which are examples of objective data that could be gathered? Select all that apply.heart rateurine volumetemperaturepainexcitement

A nursing assistant is updating electronic medical records for a patient. She makes sure that every section is included and is complete with all of the needed information. She also makes sure that all of the abbreviations are correctly done. She then runs the spell check. What step is the nursing assistant missing?

Which would be important for a nursing assistant to have before communicating with a patient?

Fernando is a nursing assistant who is working with a patient. The patient will not look at him when he makes eye contact, and the patient's father answers the questions Fernando asks the patient. Fernando notices the patient's nonverbal communication and asks another question directly of her, which her father again answers. Fernando assumes the patient is either not paying attention or is rude. Which did Fernando do incorrectly?