PSW Practice Exams 2025-2026: Key Concepts and Regulations, Exams of Management of Health Service

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NACC PSW Personal Support Worker PRACTICE EXAMS 2025-2026 GUIDE

aS | The Canada Health Act - ANSWER-Which law ensures that every citizen has access to health care? FESS SAC 4.917 The most. pressing canse of health care reform has been : Support services provided through home care DO NOT include - ANS Respiratory Aholistic approach to health - Takes into account the whole person Do people wilh strong emotional health show their emotions casily?- ANS WP BSSBewia Acute Lliness - NSE. BBREESBUGIaRHenelabistaSa0nt Hn People usually recover from chronic illness - This is not true of chronic illness Maslow'’s Hierarchy of Needs - ANS ___-A system that arranges human needs into categories Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - ANS -_-the bill identifying human rights that are Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Provincial Human Rights Codes - ANS Freedom from discrimination, harassment. Equal informed conseat-~ A172) SRSESSISS iae Ol apo nbs eel bs teeeeEieay Newligenes-—_-caroloss noglee|, often resulting in inhury. Prison Lorm is unlikely. Assanlt- Intentional attempt or threat to touch a persons body without the persons False Inprisonment 1/91 SSS RTE cove - preconceived opinin that i not based on eason or actual experience Activities of Daily Living - ASW: SIS@ESOibaies uel Pepi: BeMOnip iene Unregulated Health Care Provider - AN SW) \-BRRSOHaISMppore Worker Professionalism - ANSE {RIB@ee HO Sola lieielenigistiaest is seoeuOnUEnely Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Autonomy - ANS1/E) 5ESSS aie neo beS Hae Belson pieieinoes Function of the Care Plan- ANS ___ -Provide central reference point on the clients health Subjective Data - 41 S/F X- EGE IDSSOn eels le bO nn eaaES On CennOnOosei Se nnNGEa Graphic sheet - A.V WF SURES aae2 ste nets allo sens Elon iieee eee OEOM Speaker to reciever - ANS -exchange of information Verbal communicalion - NSW SSSSSSS a SSelL6)ollStS oS lei SBUKEN WOnenNTO Nn ING Closed quesLions - Questions thal canusnally be sed with yes or no. Focussing as a communication tool - ANS When a person is rambling Questions - ANS Used to promote good communication receptive aphasia - ___-difficulty understanding spoken or written words, language apraxia of speech - ANS — -caused by brain injury Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Dysarthria - ANSWER-difficulty forming words, slurred speech but can understand what is said. Speech and language disorders - Can cause problems relating to family and friends Meniere's disease - ANS1/) SQRIES ane el fell nO nn US ene eAnInE Oss Not obvious hearing problems - ANS -_ -loneliness and isolation If the hearing aid is not working - ANS — -check that it is turned on Distal - ANSWER {QS SiiEaetnes i OnUEne POIpOn Ore netiel- 5 EE BRP - ANSWER SQRESCMESENaieeee STAT - ANSWERER Falls - ANSWERS MEOH eeaelenoanalI SOnnES Fall prevention ~ ANS 1k IB0RBBBIIS ise sisHELBHES iia leeeeastiialls watliebbaisy Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | bia - ANSWER Support Workers at risk for - ANS Back injuries Friction - VS 1 ®-ARSEBSEREBIODBOSes oHon! Sisin ibbinelonlbed Shee When Lransferring a client - ANS Move the strong side First Plantar flexion ~ 411° SSDS ae aed ine eon ee eNO NEUSNA ‘Trochantor Roll - ASW SIGUE WSTON DISSES ie eoneieleeleialiolsneae nian Contracture - ANSWERS SSI eiie bili Sse ee laetiellsHeTeinesUseeENGIe Flexion - ANS Wk SQSGMeEne DOeRe Beet Anmbulation - ANS 1/5) {S2S@E@Ha Ine D0 ia0 lee es eshtisilo Uns ee hrten peels! Asingle tip cane - [STS RERSa CARRERE ae Cycle of abuse - “honeymoon phase, tension building phase, abusive incident. Both Situation with an abusive client - ANSWER SSRSEONCHEReIehent Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Not a sign of physical abuse - ANSWER SiESeISOe OLS a potential sign of sexual abuse - intense fear of bathing or perineal care financial abuse - ANS 15 /- SREB Ean eevee Ol tn inveatninl One OnesOnAnalal When you suspect a client is being abused - ANS —— -Tell your supervisor Home management duties include - ANS — -Ligh housckecping tasks When working ina clients kitchen - Use paper towel to dry hands Misesica- the many processes involved in the ingestion, digestion, absorption and Protein - ANSWER GSHea MOE HoeileetO Ww EenenneDalt Daily Value - 4VSWE 1: SSSR iene ls alittle One lhe itneneani Seana! [ihe condition in which the hod is unable to produce ents isin, Does Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Nursing diagnosis ~ 4.NS1// HQIEB)E Spo iaatlean be ineeletlailainle sees Trendelenburg position - ANS W/E) SRSRRSETSIDSH ia lp eee oO EOE ENE Dea isirined Sims position - ANSE) SSSBIISHES ISS Ealele anne ls val anes Enea Fowler's position - AN'S1/ 2) 3SRSIEHaE BDsIEOa ae Beaton Has eas ielsealbenweemiao Semi-Fowler's Position - the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees water temperature for bed bath - ANS ——-40.5 degrees (L05F) alopecia- ANSWER fMIOSS Blestic stockings - IVS) RUGS Wn ils S Ee ene DIS oelol as eae siess une One Radiation pain - ANS WE SQ IMEDMUSDEeaesO MEnnOnenianed Amount of time between medication and procedure - ANS wer SOs How often should a client who tires easily rest? - ANS _-As often as they need too. Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Adults of all ages often fear - ANSWER-GEBIOnE Pallstive care- 1S SS es SSE The last sense to be lost as death approaches - ANSWERS DNR - ANSW 5 (QHOERESUSSIaIe minelucinamolenn Lochia~ 11S abdominal incision - —_-eaused by cesarian delivery mactitis- ANSW 2) BIRR eee ae Beet When infants are placed for sleep - ANS -lay them on their backs. Do not use pillows. Cord and circumcision care - ANS _-given at every diaper change ean occur hefore birth, at birth, or during childhood or developmental disabili Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | enorexia nervosa ~ SSS li manic phase of bipolar disorder - -—_-behaviour becomes disorganized and chaotic, avoid Schizophrenia - ANSWER (Q]Si008OEEanCe In anenalIemanons Substance dependence disorder - The deliberate misuse of medications illegal drugs Cognitive- chow we encode, process, store, and retrieve information, Not related to Doliriom-_anental disorder marked by confusion; nncontrolled excitement. deraris- __~a slowly progressive decline in moma abililics, including memory, Sundowning - 4/VSWE 1 ESGHES BEOOIs hose la es lee ete Os eee ROL Older stomachs - ANS — -decreased digestive juices posilion for using a bedpan - ANS 2) OWS SOSH Ter bedpan Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Supine position - _ lying on back. facing upward prone position - lying on abdomen, facing downward do not do this with an indwelling catheter - ANS tape any leaks at connection site indwolling cathotcr - ANS WE - GRSDSUE OER enn en He DOH ore IprOloneeeluae clean the perineum - ANS -before collecting midstream specimens focal impaction - ANSWER {IQ BROIOHEOGNG Len GbE Enel D nM pIOnICCeennninenee lan bovel taining - Ri Empty an ostomy pouch - ANS _ -when feces is present Melena - ANSWERS) Ostomy - ANSWER SURES bean Glass thermometer - ANS rarely used in a health care setting radial pulse ~ ANS SSSA Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | Bpidermis- ANSWER GEESE How many bones in the body - ANS WER QOBBORES Layers of skin - ANS WE NSE ICERIS (DERMIS NS MDC HEaneOLS Skeletal muscles - — Under voluntary control Cerebral cortex - ANS _--place for the highest functions of the brain Mechilla~ the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing Arteries - ANSWER QQESBIG0g Wasa OnUEneIneaEE Voins - ANS 7/2 SSS SSSSIS i aE blo ose ne nea small nicstino- AS RS Goal of first aid - A1'SWE 5 [(SRS0SBO SAH Sie Seen lai oises ita DOCOmIENe NUDES During a stroke - 4iVS1/ {QS Salis eee Bete ee enevalni@esionon Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee aS | a.c- ANSWER-SQROReeaS connective tissue - ‘S17 SESS SS SESE hemoglobin - 0 homvostasis- steady state or stable internal environment maintained when the organs mastication - ANS 2): {RS BROCESSORehewine perinenm - 4.NS1/£/ {SSS SS enn esis eel tenant jin 1° SSS see skeletal muscle - striated and voluntary, appears striped under a microscope Plasma - ANSWE-{iQUIeIBeEROnDIOOd Left Ventricle - ANSWER-BQRDOBEREINE LEME ED Mnpeleant eeneieclDIOocMOnmebods: Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged - ANS _-between the alveoli and capillaries Kidneys “Filter blood from the renal arteries and produce urine as waste Mn ec ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee