HHA Patient Rights and Ethics 5

Question 1

Financial exploitation of a client involves:

Accepted Answer

Misusing the client's money or property

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Helping a client budget under supervision

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Reporting a missing item

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Documenting expenses

Question 2

A client from a different culture has specific dietary customs. The HHA should:

Accepted Answer

Respect and accommodate cultural preferences when possible

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Ignore the customs

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Insist on standard meals

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Tell the client to adapt

Question 3

The principle of beneficence in care means:

Accepted Answer

Acting in the client's best interest

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Doing nothing

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Avoiding all decisions

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Following only personal preference

Question 4

Neglect of a client can include:

Accepted Answer

Failing to provide needed food, hygiene, or care

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Providing meals on time

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Reporting changes promptly

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Following the care plan

Question 5

A client confides personal information and asks the HHA to keep it secret, but it indicates self-harm risk. The HHA should:

Accepted Answer

Report the safety concern to the supervisor

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Keep the secret completely

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Tell the client's neighbors

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Do nothing

Question 6

Respecting a client's right to make a poor but informed choice reflects:

Accepted Answer

Autonomy

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Negligence

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Abandonment

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Exploitation

Question 7

An ethical HHA documents care that was:

Accepted Answer

Actually performed and accurate

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Planned but not done

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Exaggerated to look better

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Whatever the family prefers