Chapter 3 Complete Test Bank Caregiver Role & Legal Ethics

Chapter 3

The Role of the Personal Care Provider, Workplace Ethics, and Legal Aspects of Care

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a personal care provider you will demonstrate accountability by

A) keeping absences to a minimum.

B) being on time when you are scheduled to work and returning from breaks on time.

C) doing an assigned task as well as you can.

D) all of the above

required by the personal care provider to fulfil this role

2. A patient complains to you about the care he/she is receiving. You should report this to

A) your immediate supervisor.

B) the physician.

C) any registered nurse.

D) all of the above

required by the personal care provider to fulfil this role

3. A personal care provider may be required to provide the following document when employed:

A) drivers’ license

B) criminal record check

C) no documents are required for employment

D) bank statement

necessary for a personal care provider.

4. Emotional health refers to:

A) eating a nutritious balanced diet and drink adequate fluids to maintain your hydration

B) sleeping for eight hours per night to optimize your health

C) caring about oneself and living a balanced life

D) the well-being and balance of a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

necessary for a personal care provider.

5. Emotional signs and symptoms of stress include:

A) forgetfulness, difficulty learning, unable to make decisions or choices

B) unable to change ineffective habits or behaviors

C) constant worry, mood swings, easily discouraged

D) muscle tension, neck or shoulder pain, frequent headaches

exhaustion

6. Distress (also known as stress exhaustion) occurs:

A) when a person becomes overwhelmed by the stress response and is able to cope with the stressors in life

B) when a person becomes overwhelmed by the stress response and is no longer able to cope with the stressors in life

C) due to the result of one extremely stressful situation

D) to clients only

exhaustion

7. Which of the following is part of a personal care provider’s job description?

A) performing selected activities of daily living

B) administering medications

C) regulating an IV

D) suctioning

8. Before performing an activity or task, the personal care provider needs to:

A) ensure someone is watching them while they perform the activity or task

B) check with their employer before assuming that the activity or task is within their scope of practice

C) realize that all provinces and territories have the same scope of practice

D) call the nurse they are working with

9. Examples of regulated health-care providers include:

A) nurses and physical therapists

B) personal care providers

C) personal care providers and paramedics

D) paramedics and occupational therapy and physiotherapy assistants

10. As a personal care provider, you

A) need to be accountable to your regulatory college

B) do not need to be aware of regulated and unregulated health-care providers

C) are accountable for working within your scope of practice

D) are not required to ask for assistance when a client’s care needs exceed your training

11. Before a task is delegated, both the nurse and the personal care provider must consider the following factor(s):

A) the nature of the task and the condition of the client

B) that a physician agrees with the delegation

C) that the personal care provider needs to be supervised performing the task

D) that the personal care provider may not refuse the task delegated

delegation for a particular task.

12. Generally nurses are allowed to perform the following controlled act:

A) perform intubation

B) prescribe medications

C) diagnosis clients

D) administer a substance by injection or inhalation

delegation for a particular task.

13. As a personal care provider you will find many cultural differences among coworkers and patients and it is best to?

A) Keep an open mind.

B) Do not make snap judgments.

C) Do not bias your expectations before you get more facts.

D) all of the above

14. Checking your client’s identification before providing care reduces the risk of injury and suffering for clients. This is an example of:

A) non-maleficence

B) beneficence

C) beneficence and non-maleficence

D) autonomy

15. Permission granted by an adult who is conscious and clear of mind is called

A) consent.

B) confidentiality.

C) responsible care.

D) civil rights.

client’s civil rights and the client’s right to provide or withhold informed

consent.

16. Which of the following is an example of negligence?

A) failure to raise the side rails on a patient’s bed and the patient falls

B) restraining a patient without the doctor's order

C) refusing to place an intravenous line

D) none of the above

client’s civil rights and the client’s right to provide or withhold informed

consent.

True/False Questions:

1. Generally, the client’s personal care takes priority over home management.

are required by the personal care provider to fulfil this role.

2. The personal care provider should maintain short, clean nails, however, nail polish or artificial nails are allowed.

are required by the personal care provider to fulfil this role.

3. Personal care providers frequently receive injuries to legs and hips.

necessary for a personal care provider.

4. It is important that personal care providers are accepting of others and recognize that other people will have different points of view, beliefs, and values.

necessary for a personal care provider.

5. It is important for the personal care provider to avoid stress.

stress exhaustion.

6. Stress exhaustion is also known as distress.

stress exhaustion.

7. If the personal care provider does not understand something, they should ask for help from your supervisor.

8. Two possible duties which may fall within the personal care provider’s scope of practice are performing range of motion exercises and deep-breathing and coughing exercises.

9. Unregulated health-care providers are required to meet the criteria established by a fourth party, their self-governing, professional college.

10. One of the functions of a professional college is to establish educational standards.

11. Dispensing medication can be delegated to a personal care provider by a nurse.

12. Personal care providers cannot accept delegation from a physician.

13. The personal care provider learns that his/her client has several bank accounts. The nursing assistant should inform the charge nurse about this.

14. The personal care provider may discuss a client’s care with family members.

15. Under normal circumstances, the personal care provider must obtain consent from a family member before care is provided to a client.

of a client’s civil rights and the client’s right to provide or withhold

informed consent.

16. Holding or restraining a person without proper consent is known as false imprisonment.

of a client’s civil rights and the client’s right to provide or withhold

informed consent.