Home Safety & Fall Prevention
This wall-mounted bathroom aid gives an older adult something sturdy to hold while getting in and out of the shower.
What is a grab bar?
A resident says, “I feel nauseated.” This is the type of data the resident has shared.
What is subjective data?
A nurse puts down the chart, gives the resident full attention, and summarizes what the resident said. Name the communication skill.
What is active listening?
This long-term care advocate listens to residents’ concerns and helps resolve complaints.
Who is the long-term care ombudsman?
This medical term means difficulty swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
Keeping this small light on helps a resident see the bathroom at night.
What is a night-light?
During this step, the nurse checks the resident’s outcomes against the goals in the care plan.
What is evaluation?
This approach considers the whole person, including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
What is holistic care?
Two staff members discuss an identifiable resident’s diagnosis in a public elevator. Name the federal law associated with protecting that resident’s health information.
What is HIPAA?
A resident becomes more confused and begins wandering in the late afternoon and evening. Name this pattern.
What is sundowning?
A resident’s bathroom has slippery tile, and the resident also urinates frequently. Name the intrinsic fall risk.
What is urinary frequency?
During assessment, a resident says, “I feel dizzy.” The nurse measures the resident’s blood pressure at 92/58 mmHg. Which finding is objective data, and why?
What is the blood pressure?
This personal statement of beliefs helps a nurse decide what kind of care they want to provide.
What is a nursing philosophy?
An ordered antibiotic dose is accidentally missed. Name the type of error.
What is an omission?
This vaccine is given annually.
What is the influenza vaccine?
A nurse enters an older adult’s home and smells smoke. This is the nurse’s first priority.
What is ensuring the patient’s safety?
A care plan states, “The resident will walk 50 feet with a walker by Friday.”Name this part of the nursing process.
What is planning?
Name the nursing model that emphasizes including the patient’s preferences in daily care.
What is Human Caring?
A resident refuses pain medication. The nurse asks what concerns the resident has and respects the resident’s decision. Name the ethical principle being honored.
What is autonomy?
After walking through a snowstorm, an older adult arrives at the clinic shivering and slurring their speech. What condition should the nurse suspect and what will the body temp be?
What is hypothermia and below 95 degrees F.
An older adult takes a medication that increases urination. It could increase fall risk at night.
What is a diuretic?
Name the five steps of the nursing process in order.
What are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?
What does a nurse do when they adapt the care plan to meet a patient’s specific needs?
What is individualizing care?
A lap tray can be considered this.
What is a restraint?
A resident who was alert this morning suddenly struggles to pay attention and follow a conversation. Which condition should this sudden change make the nurse suspect?
What is delirium?