infection control
This is the most important way to prevent the spread of infection in healthcare.
Handwashing
What role does the ombudsman play?
A long term car ombudsman and the Ohio department of health investigate complaints, protect residents, and ensures facilities follow the law
The normal adult pulse range
60-100
This device must be locked before transferring a resident.
Wheelchair
This must be done before and after every resident contact?
Hand Hygiene
This infection causes severe diarrhea and requires contact isolation, including hand washing with soap and water instead of alcohol based sanitizer
Clostridioides difficile
A resident has declined their scheduled bed bath. What right are they exercising?
The right to refuse.
This vital sign measures the force of blood against artery walls.
Blood Pressure
If a resident begins to fall, the CNA should do this first?
Ease them to the floor
When giving a bed bath, wash this body part first
Face
PPE that protects the mouth and nose from droplets.
Mask
Ask the nurse
The medical term for breathing
Respiration
This acronym used for fire safety in healthcare facilities.
RACE (rescue, alarm, contain, extinguish/evacuate)
When transferring a resident this belt is used for safety. Where should it be placed on a resident?
Gait belt. Below Breasts (squishy area)
This chain describes how infections spread and includes pathogen, host, and transmission
The chain of infection
Residents have the right to participate in this planning of their care.
The care plan
A resident complaints of a headache, and feeling dizzy. The CNA takes their vital signs and measures the following:
Pulse- 76
BP- 135/89
R- 17
Interpret these readings
Hypertension
This safety device is used when raising the occupied bed to give residents care to prevent them from falling.
Side rails (bedrails)
Where are pillows placed when positioning resident on their side?
Head, upside arm, behind back and between knees and heels.
When removing gloves, this is the first part of the glove you should touch
outside of one glove with the opposite gloved hand
Before providing care, the nursing assistant must do this to respect autonomy.
Knock, ask permission, pull privacy curtain
You finish feeding your resident hot soup, and are ready to take their vital signs.
P- 80
BP- 122/70
R- 17
Temp- 101.7
What do you do next?
Wait 10 minutes after resident had eaten or drank anything before taking the temperature. If resident then has a fever, tell the nurse.
If a resident is choking and cannot speak or cough, the CNA preforms this procedure.
Abdominal Thrusts (formally Heimlick maneuver)
When documenting, CNAs should record only this type of information,
Objective