CNA Test #1: Modules 1, 2, and 3. Question & Answers, Verified.
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
What is it and whom does it protect? - -to ensure facilities meet certain level of care; residents in long term care
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
What is this and whom does it protect? - -ensures adequate working equipment; creat...
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CNA Test #1: Modules 1, 2, and 3.
Question & Answers, Verified.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
What is it and whom does it protect? - ✔✔-to ensure facilities meet certain level of care; residents in
long term care
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
What is this and whom does it protect? - ✔✔-ensures adequate working equipment; created safe
working conditions for employees
Medicare - ✔✔-federally funded insurance program for people who are 65 years and older
Medicaid - ✔✔-insurance program for people with low incomes, jointly funded by federal and state
government
State certification evaluation - ✔✔-state test after you complete CNA training
Registry - ✔✔-place where data, records, and lab samples are kept
What comprises the scope of practice for the nursing assistant? - ✔✔-feeding, maintain clean
environment, infection control, maintain resident's rights, NOT administering medication
Empathy - ✔✔-feel what the patient feels
Resume - ✔✔-brief summary of a person's education and work experience
Pathogen - ✔✔-microorganism that can cause disease
, Aerobic - ✔✔-exercise that requires more oxygen and improves the cardiovascular system with
efficiency
Anaerobic - ✔✔-exercise that doesn't require as much oxygen and doesn't improve the cardiovascular
system with efficiency
Antibodies - ✔✔-blood protein that attacks disease and microorganisms
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - ✔✔-spread by direct contact, if the bacterium
enters the body the person can develop serious infections of the blood, lungs, heart, or bone
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) - ✔✔-this microbe can infect wounds, the intestinal tract, and
the urinary tract
Clostridium-difficile (C-Diff) - ✔✔-microbe passed from the body in feces, alcohol-based hand rubs are
not effectiveRis
What are the links in the chain of infection? - ✔✔-pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, method of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
Medical Asepsis - ✔✔-ways to kill microbes and infections- sanitization, antiseptic, disinfection, and
sterilization
Health-care associated infection (nosocomial) - ✔✔-infection caught or contracted while in a health care
facility, insurance doesn't cover these infections
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - ✔✔-gloves, gown, mask, protective eyewear
Standard Precautions - ✔✔-Assume everyone is infected; use PPE, wash hands, handle sharp objects
carefully
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