Balm Reader Training Post-Test
1. As a Balm Reader, your main purpose in reading is:
a. To read to the patient
b. To promote healing through a positive interaction and relationship
c. To cure the patient
d. To complete volunteer hours
2. If a patient becomes irritable and asks that you discontinue reading. You should:
a. Ask what has caused them to be upset
b. Continue reading
c. Respect their wishes, stop reading, and ask if they need assistance from a staff member
d. Immediately stop reading and leave the room
3. The first thing you should do upon interacting with a patient is:
a. Introduce yourself, gain a sense of your patient and begin selecting a reading
b. Sit on the patient’s bed
c. Introduce yourself and summarize the program and your purpose in reading
d. Give the informed consent letter directly to the patient for them to read
4. If you have received knowledge regarding the health of a patient and are concerned for them, the best action would be to:
a. Talk about them to your friends and family in full detail, they’ll know what to do
b. Go to staff member at the healthcare facility and discuss it with them
c. Talk with the patient’s family
d. Keep it to yourself
5. All of the following are ways you can breach HIPPA regulations and possibly receive civil of criminal penalties EXCEPT:
a. Sharing the diagnosis and treatment of a specific patient with others
b. Releasing a patient’s full name to the public
c. Not submitting paperwork in a confidential manner
d. Calling a patient by their first name when you’re reading to them
6. All of the following are Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) EXCEPT:
a. Information relating to the physical or mental health or condition of a patient
b. Information of the means of payment for the provision of healthcare to an individual
c. Information about the patient’s favorite food
d. Information created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer, or health care clearinghouse
7. Which of the following is FALSE- If you become sick before a reading:
a. You should follow through with your commitment to the Balm Reader and go read to your patients
b. You should not attend the session. Instead you should try to find a substitute and notify the health organization and the Balm Reader Student Government that you cannot make it because you are ill.
8. When washing your hands before a reading, it is important to:
a. Use as much soap as possible
b. Wash them as quickly as possible so that you can get to your reading on time
c. Use hand sanitizer, because it kills more germs than soap and water
d. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds, not forgetting to scrub around the nails, between fingers, and under jewelry
9. When reading to a patient that is hard of hearing, you should:
a. Read the story in a loud voice
b. Sit in a position where they can see your face and are able to read your lips
c. Ask the patient to let you know if you need to read louder
d. Move your mouth and enunciate the words
e. All the above
10. The best way to improve your reading skills is to:
a. Massage your throat
b. Read often outside of the program
c. Practice by doing cold readings and tongue twisters
d. b and c