The purpose of a care plan is to ensure:

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: A care plan ensures consistent, individualized care , tailoring interventions to each client's needs, per healthcare standards. Uniform routines ignore personal differences. Lab results or doctor's orders are separate records. PSWs follow care plans to deliver specific, reliable care, making 'Consistent care is given as required to individual clients' the correct purpose.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Bottle feeding newborns requires safety. Tilting the bottle ensures formula fills the nipple, preventing air swallowing, per infant care guidelines. Burping every 5 minutes is excessive. Saving formula risks bacteria. Propping is a choking hazard. PSWs follow this technique, making it the correct method.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: PSWs lack authority to predict death. Saying 'I don't know' is honest, deferring to experts, per scope. Choice B shifts abruptly, C involves the nurse well, and D is true but vague. The key picks 'A', aligning with PSW limits, making it the correct response.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts brain function, causing memory problems from hippocampal damage, difficulty speaking from Broca's area impact, and personality changes from frontal lobe injury all documented in neurology. 'All of the above' reflects TBI's broad effects, per rehab studies. PSWs support clients with these varied deficits, making it the correct and comprehensive answer.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) needs oversight. Crushing alters meds unless ordered. Water may not help enough. Holding skips doses improperly. Reporting to the supervisor ensures nursing assessment, per PSW scope, making it the correct and safe action.