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Healthcare Social Worker Practice Test

Check what you know about the healthcare social worker job with 15 free questions and instant explanations.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
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15 multiple-choice questions on healthcare social worker knowledge, safety and vocabulary. Submit to see your score and explanations, or open any question’s answer as you go. Nothing is saved or shared.

Question 1 of 15An advance directive:
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Answer: States care wishes. It records wishes.

Question 2 of 15Hospice provides:
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Answer: End-of-life care. Comfort at end of life.

Question 3 of 15Discharge planning:
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Answer: Arranges care after the hospital. It prepares for home.

Question 4 of 15A health care proxy:
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Answer: Makes decisions for a patient. A chosen decision-maker.

Question 5 of 15Before telling a family news:
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Answer: Ask what they understand. Ask before you tell.

Question 6 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Arranging care after the hospital.”
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Answer: Discharge planning. Discharge planning: Arranging care after the hospital.

Question 7 of 15What does “Skilled nursing facility” mean?
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Answer: A facility providing rehab and nursing.. Skilled nursing facility: A facility providing rehab and nursing.

Question 8 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Legal document stating care wishes.”
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Answer: Advance directive. Advance directive: Legal document stating care wishes.

Question 9 of 15What does “Readmission” mean?
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Answer: Returning to the hospital soon after discharge.. Readmission: Returning to the hospital soon after discharge.

Question 10 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Review of emotional and social needs.”
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Answer: Psychosocial assessment. Psychosocial assessment: Review of emotional and social needs.

Question 11 of 15What does “Length of stay” mean?
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Answer: Time a patient spends in the hospital.. Length of stay: Time a patient spends in the hospital.

Question 12 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Public health insurance for low-income people.”
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Answer: Medicaid. Medicaid: Public health insurance for low-income people.

Question 13 of 15What does “Capacity” mean?
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Answer: A patient’s ability to make decisions.. Capacity: A patient’s ability to make decisions.

Question 14 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Person who makes decisions for a patient.”
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Answer: Health care proxy. Health care proxy: Person who makes decisions for a patient.

Question 15 of 15What does “Interdisciplinary team” mean?
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Answer: Doctors, nurses, therapists and others.. Interdisciplinary team: Doctors, nurses, therapists and others.

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