Basic Nursing Skills
The electric shaver that the nurse aide is using to shave a client begins to spark and smoke. The nurse aide does this first.
What is unplug the shaver?
When the nurse aide gives evening care to a client with a full set of dentures, proper procedure requires that the dentures be placed here.
Where is in a denture cup with the clients name on it?
A visitor enters the room while the nurse aide is changing the client. The nurse aide SHOULD respond by asking the visitor to
What is "Would you mind waiting in the lobby"?
This statement strongly supports a client is considering suicide.
What is "I might as well be dead"?
A client is paralyzed on the right side. The nurse aide should place the signaling device...
What is on the left side of the bed next to the client's hand.
The MOST important reason for using soap and water to clean a client's skin after elimination is to.
What is remove feces and urine from the skin?
When assisting a client in resolving grievance, the nurse aid should report the grievance to
Who is the nurse in charge?
Nurse aides can provide a sense of security by
What is explaining all routines and procedures?
To lift an object using good body mechanics, the nurse SHOULD
Right before dinner a client is incontinent of urine. The nurse aide SHOULD
What is clean the client and take to dinner as soon as possible?
What is listen to concerns and offer support?
A confused and disoriented client is begging to go home. The nurse aide's best response to this client is
What is to ask the client to tell the nurse aide about his/her home?
While eating dinner a client starts to choke and turn blue. The nurse aide SHOULD.
What is call for assistance and perform the Heimlich maneuver. (Abdominal Thrust)
The female should perineum should be cleansed
What is front to back?
A client only communicates in a foreign language and a nurse aide needs to communicate with them, they should
What is use an interpretation guide?
In an alert and oriented client touches a nurse aide inappropriately, the nurse aide's BEST RESPONSE is to
The nurse aide is responsible for for all the fire prevention measures, except.
A nurse aide should give an unconscious client oral hygien at LEAST every
What is 2 hours?
A client only responds to every questions by nodding their head "yes". The nurse aide must
What is inform the nurse of the client's behavior?
The client looks forward to playing Bingo each morning. The nurse aide SHOULD
What is plan the client's schedule so client is bathed and dressed in time for Bingo?