Content Outline - Home Health Aide
Examine the assessment questions based on various types and their responses.
Sample Questions
The HHA Written Examination is comprised of seventy-five (75) multiple choice questions.
I. Role of the Home Health Aide ...................... 25%
a. Professional boundaries and behaviours
- Tasks and responsibilities
- Delegated tasks
- Moral, legal and ethical behaviour
- Professional communication
- Professional conduct
b. Data collection, recording and reporting
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II. Physical Care ................................................50%
a. Activities of daily living
- Personal hygiene, grooming, and bathing
- Ambulating, transferring, and positioning
- Toileting, and bowel, and bladder incontinence care
- Dressing
- Feeding, eating, and drinking
b. Basic care skills
- Maintaining safety
- Performing range-of-motion exercises
- Infection control
- Providing basic emergency care
- Performing simple dressing changes
- Assisting with self-administration of medication
- Assisting in activities directly supportive of skilled services
- Assisting with routine care of prosthetic, orthotic, or assistive devices
c. Care across lifespan
- Care of infants, children, adolescents, and the elderly, including those with chronic and terminal illness
- Care for those with physical disabilities
- When caring for a dying client, the nurse aide should:
III. Psychosocial Care .......................................13%
- Providing care sensitive to the spiritual beliefs, culture, sexual orientation, preferences, and gender identity of the client
- Addressing social, emotional, and mental health needs
- Communicating with the client and family
IV. Personal and Household Maintenance Activities .............. 12%
- Shopping in accordance with dietary guidelines
- Accompanying the client to appointments as required
- Assisting with telephone usage
- Planning and preparing meals, and following food safety guidelines
- Keeping the client’s home environment in a condition that promotes health and comfort.