Communication practice questions
Talking with residents, reporting to the nurse and keeping information private.
Communication covers how an assistant talks with residents and how information moves through the care team. The written exam asks about speaking clearly and at the resident's level, listening, and reporting observations to the nurse in a complete and exact way. It also asks about confidentiality — that a resident's personal and health information is private and is not discussed where others can hear it, and not repeated outside the care setting. The exam treats a resident's information as something to protect, and it treats a report as something to give truthfully and completely. An assistant who reports only part of what they observed is not communicating well. The questions in this domain test the concepts most often examined, each written for this site, with the full explanation free. Plain English is the rule here more than anywhere, because clear communication is what the domain is about and a candidate should not have to decode the question.
COM-001
A resident is talking about their day. What does the exam expect the nursing assistant to do?
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