Wisconsin CNA State Exam Vocabulary Practice

What is financial abuse?

1. The improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property or other assets.

2. Emergency care given immediately to an injured person.

3. An upright panel forming the foot of a bed.

4. Gas generated in the stomach or bowels.

The correct answer is: The improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property or other assets.

Financial abuse refers to the improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property, or other assets. This can occur when a person in a position of trust misuses that trust for financial gain at the expense of another individual, often a vulnerable person such as the elderly. Examples include stealing money or property, coercing or deceiving someone into signing over assets or changes to financial documents, or exploiting an individual's resources. The context of the other choices helps to clearly distinguish financial abuse from unrelated concepts. Emergency care relates to immediate medical attention, which does not pertain to financial matters. The description of a bed's foot panel focuses on a physical component of furniture, and gas production in the digestive system is unrelated to financial transactions or abuses. Thus, the focus on the misuse of financial assets in the correct answer emphasizes the specific nature of financial abuse in contrast to these unrelated options.