Residents Rights & Professionalism
This federal law protects a resident's private health information.
What is HIPAA?
This is the single most important way to prevent the spread of disease.
What is handwashing?
Residents should be repositioned at least this often to prevent pressure injuries.
What is every 2 hours?
This abbreviation means a resident cannot have anything by mouth.
What is NPO?
This is the primary goal of restorative care.
What is promoting independence?
This person should be notified immediately if abuse is suspected.
Who is the charge nurse?
These precautions are used with every resident.
What are Standard Precautions?
This side of the body is dressed first for a resident with one-sided weakness.
What is the weak side?
This is the normal adult pulse range.
What is 60–100 beats per minute?
This therapy encourages residents to talk about their past.
What is reminiscence therapy?
This Residents' Right allows family and friends to visit.
What is the right to have visitors?
This emergency procedure is performed when a choking resident cannot speak, cough, or breathe.
What are abdominal thrusts?
This direction should always be used when providing perineal care.
What is front to back?
This is equal to 8 ounces.
What is 240 milliliters?
These are the best type of directions to give a resident with Alzheimer's disease.
What are short, simple directions?
This is when documentation should be completed.
What is immediately after providing care?
This is what the "A" stands for in the RACE fire safety acronym.
What is Activate the alarm?
This is where a urinary drainage bag should always be kept.
What is below the level of the bladder?
This is the normal adult respiration range.
What is 12–20 breaths per minute?
This is how an NA should respond when a resident is hallucinating.
What is reassure the resident and assess their feelings?
This is one task that is outside a nursing assistant's scope of practice.
What is inserting a catheter? *Also acceptable: administering medication, changing sterile dressings, diagnosing illnesses.
This is the correct order for putting on PPE.
What is gown, mask/goggles, then gloves?
This is where a transfer belt is correctly placed.
What is over the resident's clothing around the waist?
This is the safest position for a resident while eating.
What is High Fowler's or an upright 90° position?)
This is what an NA should encourage residents to do during restorative care whenever it is safe.
What is do as much as possible for themselves?