Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
1) The direct care worker is busy doing Mr. Clean?s light housework. Mr. Clean asks the direct care worker to help him write a letter. What should the direct care worker say?
2) A home health aide hears a client say "Everybody would be better off without me". Which of the following may be the reason for saying this?
3) Which of the following is not true regarding special care for clients with dementia?
4) A home health aide assists an immobile client with moving. Which of the following is the right procedure for assistance?
5) A home health aide is performing perineal care for a female client. Which of the following is not true regarding this process?
6) A physician has been yelling at a client every day. The physician is violating which of the following rights of the client?
7) Which of the following senses may be heightened due to a hearing impairment?
Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
8) When a consumer starts to share spiritual beliefs with the direct care worker, the direct care worker should:
9) Which of the following guidelines is not true regarding a client's meal?
10) A home health aide is dressing a client. Which of the following is not true regarding this care?
11) Which of the following is not promoted by bathing?
Meal Preparation and Feeding
12) The consumer had a doctor's visit since the worker's last visit and tells the worker "I have to eat foods that are high-iron". Knowing the consumer's preferences, the worker suggests one of the following:
13) A home health aide sees a nice pair of sunglasses that belongs to a family member of a client and decides to take them for his or her own usage. This is an example of which of the following?
Basic Infection Control
14) How many times during a home visit should a direct care worker wash his or her hands?
Recognizing Changes in the Consumer That Need to Be Addressed
15) Mr. Smith tells the direct care worker that he has had pain for three days and no one cares. The direct care worker should:
16) Which of the following rights guarantees a client the ability to complain about his or her care without a fear of criticism?
17) Which of the following defines what it means to follow your gut?
Bathing, Shaving, Grooming and Dressing
18) Which of the following is FALSE?
19) A home health aide is dressing a client. Which of the following is not true regarding this care?
20) Why should a home health aide soak a client's hands in warm water when caring for a client's nails?
Documentation
21) The direct care worker provided several services during one home visit. The direct care worker documented that only one service was done. When the supervisor reviews the consumer's service record, which statement will the supervisor be most likely to make?
22) A home health aide exposes a client's body while bathing. This is an example of which of the following forms of unethical behavior?
23) A home health aide is expected to find a pressure ulcer in all of the following places except:
24) Which of the following may be a result of spiritual distress?
25) Which of the following is the best way to provide emotional support for a terminally ill client?
26) Why is it essential for a client to have clean, combed hair?
27) Which of the following may be affected by a client's cultural beliefs?
Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
28) The direct care worker notices that the consumer has multiple sizes of guns lying around the house and doesn't know if they are loaded or not. The direct care worker is afraid of guns. What should the worker do first?
Miscellaneous
29) The consumer had a stroke and must stay in bed while the bed is changed. Which procedure is the best choice?
Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
30) A confused consumer begins to cry out suddenly. What should the direct care worker do FIRST:
31) A home health aide sits with a client during a meal. Which of the following is encouraged of the home health aide?
Recognizing Changes in the Consumer That Need to Be Addressed
32) A direct care worker slaps a consumer. This is an example of:
33) A home health aide is severely inappropriately touched by a client. Which of the following represents what the home health aide should do?
34) A home health aide is making an occupied bed. Which of the following is not true regarding this procedure?
35) Which of the following is an exception to the right to wear one's own clothes?
36) In order to diffuse aggressive behavior of a client, which of the following actions could a home health aide take?
37) Which of the following is not a warning sign or clue that a client is being abused?
38) What is the score to indicate that a client is feeling no pain?
Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect
39) For older persons, abuse and neglect is reported to:
Miscellaneous
40) When a consumer offers the direct care worker a tip for the services. The direct care worker should:
41) A home health aide is responsible for which of the following?
42) A home health aide measures the blood pressure of a client. Which of the following is not true regarding the measurement?
43) Which of the following is considered mental abuse?
Assistance with Self-Administered Medications
44) The direct care worker can assist the consumer with self-administration of medications. It is important for the direct care worker to:
Bathing, Shaving, Grooming and Dressing
45) When giving the consumer a bed bath, it is good to:
46) A home health aide touches a client's genitals while bathing a client. The home health aide is guilty of which of the following actions?
47) You receive a puncture wound by a sharp object. What is the proper procedure following the event?
48) What provides the body with the energy it needs to function properly?
Consumer Control and the Independent Living Philosophy
49) Mrs. Jones tells the direct care worker that she would like her hot dog fried not put in the microwave. The direct care worker has never fried a hot dog. The direct care worker should:
Toileting
50) The consumer must use a bedpan with assistance while in bed. The direct care worker should:
51) Which of the following is an example of false imprisonment?
Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
52) An angry consumer curses loudly at the direct care worker. It would be BEST for the direct care worker to:
Meal Preparation and Feeding
53) The direct care worker who assists with meal preparation for a consumer with no dietary restrictions should:
Assistance with Ambulation and Transferring
54) It is important for the direct care worker to remain in front of the consumer for a few minutes after they stand up and before helping them to a chair, bed, or start to walk because:
55) Which of the following is not a job responsibility of a home health aide?
Miscellaneous
56) The direct care worker has many responsibilities. Which one below is NOT one of the responsibilities?
57) Which of the following is not an example of the Client's Bill of Rights?
58) Which of the following does not affect blood pressure?
59) Which of the following is not a characteristic of a caring employee?
Miscellaneous
60) A consumer gives the direct care worker $50 as a birthday gift. The direct care worker should:
Toileting
61) The consumer must use a urinal while in bed. The direct care worker should do all of the following but ONE ? select the one that the worker should not do:
Meal Preparation and Feeding
62) Providing well balanced meals that limit fatty foods would help the consumer who has one of the following illnesses:
63) Which of the following is not a symptom of digestive or urinary infections?
64) A home health aide is assisting a client to sit on the side of the bed. Which of the following is not true regarding this process?
Confidentiality
65) Mr. Smith confides to the direct care worker that he is not happy with one of his children’s drug use behaviors and doesn’t want anyone to know. The worker should:
66) The right to choose a certain pharmacy is guaranteed by which of the following?
Bathing, Shaving, Grooming and Dressing
67) Which of the following is NOT correct regarding elastic stockings?
68) What is the Braden scale?
Miscellaneous
69) The consumer tells the direct care worker that they aren't happy with the person who is the consumer's power of attorney or guardian. The direct care worker should:
70) A home health aide is giving a client a partial bedbath. Which of the following is not true regarding this process?
71) A home health aide assists transferring an immobile client. Which of the following is the right procedure for assistance?
Handling of Emergencies
72) Part of a direct care worker's job is to report "critical incidents." An incident can be changes in a consumer?s behavior or condition, or accident that happens to the consumer or the worker while working with the consumer. When reporting a "critical incident", the worker should:
73) Which of the following may a dramatic change in weight indicate?
74) Which of the following is not a fear of a terminally ill client?
75) A home health aide comes to the room of a client who has just recently smoked a cigarette. Which of the following is true regarding measuring the oral temperature?
76) A home health aide is performing passive range of motion exercises. Which of the following is not true regarding these exercises?
77) A home health aide has a client that suffers from dementia. Which of the following does not come as a result of dementia?
78) Which of the following does not represent an example of neglect?
79) A client's neighbor comes to the facility and asks about information regarding the client's file. If the home health aide shows the neighbor the file, the home health aide is guilty of which of the following?
80) Which of the following is true regarding data collection and reporting a client's health status?
Universal Precautions
81) The major recommendation of universal precautions is to minimize contact with which one of the following?
Miscellaneous
82) The Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrust) should be used if the consumer is:
83) Which of the following is not true regarding signs and symptoms of clients with extreme blood sugar levels?
Documentation
84) Every consumer receiving homecare services will have a record that is kept at their home. All services, interventions and uncommon observations are to be recorded. The direct care worker notices that "prepare lunch" hasn't been recorded for several days while they were off. The direct care worker should:
Confidentiality
85) The meaning of confidentiality is:
Confidentiality
86) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a law that protects:
Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect
87) For children, abuse and neglect is reported to:
88) A physician just finds out that a certain client has cancer. Which of the following guarantees the client the right to be told this information?
89) A home health aide is assisting a client to transfer from the bed to a wheelchair. Which of the following is not true regarding this process?
Hair, Skin and Mouth Care
90) Common sites for pressure sores are:
91) A home health aide records a client's vital signs. Which of the following is not considered a vital sign?
Universal Precautions
92) Which one of the following would NOT spread communicable diseases?
93) Which of the following is not true regarding clients with impaired vision?
94) A home health aide is moving a client to the side of the bed. Which of the following is not true regarding this process?
Recognizing and Reporting Abuse and Neglect
95) Abuse can be infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish and/or willful deprivation by a caretaker of goods or services which are necessary to maintain physical or mental health.
96) Which of the following does the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1987 give clients the right to make a decision about?
97) A home health aide is recording the intake and output of a client. Which of the following is not true regarding this process?
Assistance with Ambulation and Transferring
98) "Ambulate with assistance" means:
Bathing, Shaving, Grooming and Dressing
99) When helping the consumer to dress, which of the following is NOT correct?
You have answered of 99 questions correctly and have therefore passed this Home Care Aide Training Exam.
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You have answered of 99 questions correctly.
In order to pass this exam you need to get a minimum of 75 questions answered correctly. You can try again any time.
In order to pass this exam you need to get a minimum of 75 questions answered correctly. You can try again any time.