What Would You Do?

Loving Hands of Nevada provides free training and certification required for you to qualify working for us. The following is a questionnaire which allows us to determine what level of training (if any) you need. Please answer ALL the questions to the best of your current ability.

1. You are with a client who has mild dementia and their care-plan states that they should not be left alone. The client tells you to leave 15 minutes before her spouse plans to be home. She insists that she will be fine, and becomes agitated when you tell her that you need to stay until her husband returns. What would you do?
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2. Your client has high blood pressure medication that is only to be taken if his diastolic pressure is over 100. His blood pressure is 146/82. Do you give him his medication?
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3. Your client asks you to work outside of your normally scheduled hours, and wants to pay you in cash. What would you do?
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4. Your client, Mrs. Smith has some old jewelry that she wants to give to you. She insists her children don’t want the jewelry, and because you have been so kind to her, she wants you to have it. What do you do?
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5. A client that you only visit once a week has some redness around the tailbone area. This client is not very mobile,and usually spends his day sitting in a recliner, watching TV all day. What would you do?
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6. Your client is bed bound, and has had a BM. You have changed his Depends, and now are preparing to give him a bed bath. As per Universal Precaution Guidelines, what should you do before giving him his bath, or performing any other personal care or ADL’s?
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7. Your client has a cold, but refuses to take his cough syrup. What do you do?
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8. Your client slipped and fell while you were on shift. What do you do?
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9. Your client has diabetes and is on insulin. You have been trained to take his blood sugar, and when you test his BS, it is unusually low. What do you do?
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