A student nurse employed as a personal care assistant may perform ...

[maegan_martin]

A student nurse employed as a personal care assistant may perform patient care:
 
  A. learned in school.
  B. expected of a nurse at that level.
  C. identified in the position's job description.
  D. requiring technical rather than professional skills.

Question 2

Mrs. Johnson is an older adult African American who has gone to the clinic where a RN volunteers twice a week. Mrs. Johnson is a diabetic and has some skin breakdown on the calf of her right leg. Mrs. Johnson's skin is very darkly pigmented.
 
  In order to best examine Mrs. Johnson's skin, the nurse should use: A. ultraviolet light.
  B. florescent light.
  C. natural sunlight.
  D. incandescent light.

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Answer to Question 1

C
During the time a student nurse works as an employee of a health care facility, he or she must only perform tasks that appear in a job description for a nurse's aide or nursing assistant. Even if a student nurse has previously learned a task or procedure in nursing school, he or she must not perform this task as a nursing assistant because it is outside the scope of the nursing assistant job description.

Answer to Question 2

C
For detecting skin changes in dark-skinned patient, sunlight is the best choice.

[maegan_martin]

Excellent

[6ana001]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review