NACC - PSW Exam Review 200 Questions
The Canada Health Act - Which law ensures that every citizen has access to health care?
Rising costs of providing technology, drugs and services - The most pressing cause of health
care reform has been :
Support services provided through home care DO NOT include - Respiratory Therapy
A holistic approach to health - Takes into account the whole person
Do people with strong emotional health show their emotions easily? - People with strong
emotional health do not show their emotions easily.
Acute Illness - Appears suddenly and lasts a short time
People usually recover from chronic illness - This is not true of chronic illness
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - A system that arranges human needs into categories
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - the bill identifying human rights that are guaranteed
to everyone in Canada; on every level and embedded in the Constitution of Canada
Provincial Human Rights Codes - Freedom from discrimination, harassment. Equal treatment
with respect to services and facilities, age, sex, ethnicity. Does not promote the right to vote
informed consent - Must include information about the nature of the treatment, discuss potential
risks and side effects, likely consequences of not having the treatment. Does not include
reassurance that this is the best and only option.
Negligence - careless neglect, often resulting in injury. Prison term is unlikely.
Assault - Intentional attempt or threat to touch a persons body without the persons consent.
False Imprisonment - the illegal restraint of another person's movement
prejudice - preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
Activities of Daily Living - Self care activities that people perform to remain independant and
function in society
Unregulated Health Care Provider - Personal Support Worker
, Professionalism - An approach to work that demonstrates a respect for others, commitment,
competence and appropriate behaviour
Hospitals - Work settings that provide acute care
respite services - service that provides a temporary break to family caregivers
Residents in retirement facilities - older adults with limited care needs
Membership of the healthcare team - determined by the clients needs
opportunity for collaboration - benefits of team approach to health care
Case manager - evaluates a clients needs and coordinates the services of the health care in a
community team
Delegated task responsibility - You, and the RN are responsible
Stress - the emotional, behavioural, or physical response to an event or situation. Not influenced
by gender.
Displacement - When you respond in anger to someone who was not the person who angered
you.
Non-maleficence - duty to do no harm, provide a safe environment
Autonomy - self-government, respecting personal preferences
Function of the Care Plan - Provide central reference point on the clients health problems,
needs and care for communication and to ensure everyone provides the same care. NOT to
provide information that never changes.
Subjective Data - things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses;
symptoms
Graphic sheet - used to record measurements and observations made three to four times per
day.
Speaker to reciever - exchange of information
Verbal communication - expressing ideas to others by using spoken words, NOT the truest
reflection of a persons feelings.
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