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Home Care Aide Skills Exam Questions and Answers
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Home Care Aide Skills Exam Questionsand Answers
Common Care Practices - Answers -1) Identify self to the client when beginning care?
2) Use infection control measures and Standard Precautions to protect the client and
the HCA
throughout procedure?
3) Promote client's social and human needs throughout procedure?
4) Promote client's rights throughout procedure?
5) Promote client's safety throughout procedure?
6) Promote client's comfort throughout procedure?
7) Leave common use items within client's reach at end of care (e.g., phone, glasses,
remote, tissues, glass
of water)?
SWIPES - Answers -1) Gather supplies before starting the task.
2) Wash your hands before contact with a client.
3) Identify yourself by telling the client your name.
4) Provide privacy throughout care with a curtain, screen, or door.
5) Explain what you are doing to the client.
6) Scan the area to be sure everything is back in place after the task is done.
Handwashing - Answers -1) Make sure all supplies are withing easy reach so that no
contaminated surface is touched throughout the task.
2) Turn on warm water at sink.
3) Wet hands and wrists thoroughly.
4) Apply soap (skin cleanser) to hands.
5) Lather all surfaces of fingers and hands, including above the wrists.
6) Use friction rubbing soapy hands together for a minimum of 20 seconds, keep fingers
pointing down.
7) Thoroughly rinse all surfaces of hands and wrists.
8) Use clean, dry paper towel to dry all surfaces of hands, wrists, and fingers.
9) Use clean, dry paper towel or clean dry area of paper towel to turn off faucet.
10) Dispose of used paper towel in trash immediately after shutting off the faucet.
Feeding a Client - Answers -1) Ensure client is sitting upright in chair before begins
feeding?
2) Sit to feed the client?
3) Offer the client fluid to drink during the meal?
4) Talk to client during the meal?
, 5) Wait to offer another bite of food or fluid to drink until client swallowed or client's
mouth is ensured empty?
6) Alternate the type of food offered with bites or ask about client's preference for each
bite?
7) Limit the amount of food on fork or spoon to provide as bite-size?
8) Leave the client with a clean mouth area at the end of the skill?
9) Offer or apply clothing protector before beginning skill and remove before completing
procedure?
10) Leave overbed table clean and dry and cleared of meal items (e.g., food, dishes,
tableware) at end of
the procedure?
11) Dispose of clothing protector (if used) and trash appropriately?
Helping a Client to Walk - Answers -1) Put on and properly fasten non-skid footwear on
the client.
2) Stand in front of and face client.
3) Brace the client's lower extremities.
4) With transfer (gait) belt place belt around the client's waist and grasp the belt while
assisting client to stand. Walk slightly behind and to one side (weaker side) of client for
the full distance, while holding onto the belt.
5) Without transfer belt place arm around client's torso while assisting client to stand.
Walk slightly behind and to one side (weaker side) of client for the full distance with arm
supporting client's back.
6) Assist client to where he/she is going and remove transfer belt, if used.
7) Wash hands
Helping a Client to Take Medication - Answers -1) Remind the client it is correct,
scheduled time to take his/her prescribed medication.
2) Take the medication container from where it is stored, look at the label, and verify the
5 Rights - medication, client, amount, route, and time.
3) Open the container, look at the label and verify the 5 Rights again.
4) Hand the correct dosage to the client, hand the open container to the client, or
transfer the medication to an enabler.
5) Offer the client a full glass of fluid (for oral medications).
6) Observe and make sure the medication is taken.
7) Close the medication container and put it back in the appropriate place. Read the
label and verify the 5 Rights once again.
8) Document that the client has taken the medication. If he/she has not, document that
as well.
9) Wash hands.
Cleaning and Storing a Client's Dentures - Answers -1) Put on gloves.
2) Line sink/basin with a towel/washcloth or by filling it with water.
3) Obtain dentures from client or gently remove them from client's mouth if he/she is
unable to do so. Take the lower denture out first, then the upper denture.
4) Rinse dentures in cool running water before brushing them.
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