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A _______ is the permanent and painful shortening of a muscle.
What is contracture?
Exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are performed by a person alone, without the affected person’s help. It is done when a resident cannot move on their own.
What is Passive Range of Motion?
How many times should each range of motion exercise be performed for each body part?
What is at least three times?
What is one example of emergency surgery?
(A) Coronary artery bypass surgery
(B) Surgery to remove a ruptured appendix
What is surgery to remove a ruptured appendix?
You should tell this person if you see signs of depression in a resident.
Who is the nurse?
__________ is the method of inserting an artificial airway.
What is intubation?
The application of a cardiac monitoring device that sends information about the heart’s rhythm and rate to a monitoring station. The pads should remain dry while being monitored with this method.
What is telemetry?
What term refers to the type of ROM exercises that a resident does on his own, without any help from the NA?
What is Active Range of Motion?
What is a task of the NA in BOTH preoperative and postoperative settings?
(A) Measuring and recording vital signs
(B) Applying anti-embolic hose
What is measuring and recording vital signs?
Goals of rehabilitation include
(A) Focusing only on the resident’s physical needs
(B) Helping a resident adapt to a disability
What is helping a resident adapt to a disability?
Immobile residents should be repositioned every ____ hours.
What is two?
Bending a body part.
What is flexion?
Shoulders, elbows, wrists, thumbs, fingers, hips, knees, ankles, and toes are all included in this type of range of motion.
What is passive?
True of False
Residents is subacute settings need a higher level of care than other residents.
What is true?
The following are the purposes of _____ _____ exercises:
Helping expand the lungs
Clearing lungs of mucus
Preventing infection
What are deep breathing exercises?
An instrument used to measure oxygen levels and pulse rate is called a/an _________.
What is a pulse oximeter?
The use of a machine to inflate and deflate the lungs when a person is unable to breathe on his own.
Ex. The resident might be anxious about not being able to breathe normally while using this.
What is mechanical ventilation?
When the NA is performing ROM exercises, you should begin at the _______ and work your way downward.
What is head?
Signs of respiratory distress include:
(A) Excessive sleep
(B) Elevated respiratory rate
What is an elevated respiratory rate?
True or False
The purpose of an NA staying especially close to a resident who is using a new ambulatory aid is to catch them if they fall.
Explain your answer!
What is false?
NEVER catch someone falling - WHEN POSSIBLE, control the fall by lowering resident to the ground.
Moving a body part away from the midline of the body is known as ___________.
What is abduction?
Hollow drainage tubes that are inserted into the chest to drain air, blood or other fluid, or pus that has collected inside the pleural cavity or space.
Ex. While these are in use the drainage must be observed for amount and color.
What are chest tubes?
Exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are performed by a person with some help from the affected person.
What is Active Assisted Range of Motion?
When might suctioning be needed by a resident in subacute care?
(A) When secretions have collected in the upper respiratory system
(B) When blood oxygen level is too low
What is when secretions have collected in the upper respiratory system?
A surgically-created opening through the neck into the trachea. Your role is keeping the area clean and notifying the nurse immediately if there are any changes and NOTHING else!
What is a tracheostomy?