SMQT Resident Rights and Dignity 3

Question 1

Under resident rights regulations, a resident's right to privacy during personal care means:

Accepted Answer

Staff must ensure doors are closed and the resident is draped appropriately during care

Answer

Residents have the right to privacy during personal care, treatment, and bathing, which requires appropriate draping and ensuring doors or curtains are closed.

Question 2

A resident wants to send and receive personal mail without interference. Under CMS regulations, the facility:

Accepted Answer

Must permit the resident to send and receive mail unopened

Answer

Residents have the right to send and receive personal mail unopened, and facilities cannot interfere with this communication.

Question 3

When a surveyor observes that a nursing home posts a resident's care schedule on their room door without consent, this is most likely a violation of the resident's right to:

Accepted Answer

Privacy and confidentiality of personal and clinical records

Answer

Publicly posting personal care information without consent violates the resident's right to privacy and confidentiality of their records.

Question 4

A resident asks to use the telephone in private. The facility's only phone is in the nurses' station where staff work. The facility should:

Accepted Answer

Provide reasonable accommodations for private telephone access

Answer

Residents have the right to private telephone communication, and facilities must make reasonable accommodations to facilitate this.

Question 5

Under OBRA regulations, which of the following best describes a resident's right to receive visitors?

Accepted Answer

Residents have the right to receive visitors of their choice at any time, subject to reasonable clinical restrictions

Answer

Residents have the right to receive visitors of their choosing, and facilities may only impose reasonable, clinically justified restrictions.

SMQT - Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test Practice Test

SMQT - Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test Practice Test

SMQT Resident Rights and Dignity 3