The Patient's or Resident's Environment
These regulations state that a resident's unit in a long term care facility must be clean, safe, orderly, and free of obstacles in the pathway.
What are Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) regulations?
When assisting a client with a disability, the nursing assistant may need to provide the client with extra time to do things (complete ADLs) _________________
What is independently?
Pain, surgery, and paralysis all contribute to a person's inability to do this independently.
What is reposition self?
Technique used to prevent spread of infection when handling soiled linen.
What is rolling to the center of the bed (to confine the soiled are inside)?
The position a persons arm should be in when taking their blood pressure.
What is level with the heart and palm facing up?
The best action to take when the Nursing Assistant observes that the trash can is overflowing in the resident's room and the resident reports nearly falling because of it.
What is don gloves, gather trash, and remove it from the room.
This is the major focus of physical rehabilitation.
What is help the person manage disabilities?
What should the nursing assistant do immediately if a newly developed reddened area on the coccyx is observed?
What is report to the nurse?
Raising the bed to a comfortable working height help prevent this.
What is back injury?
Action the nursing assistant should take when a temperature of 99.6 F with an oral electric thermometer.
What is chart the finding?
The nursing assistant is preparing to gather clothing to dress a resident for morning care. THIS must be obtained prior to opening a wardrobe or drawers for clothing items.
What is permission?
This is the main reason physical rehabilitation uses exercise.
The position a nursing assistant places a resident in who needs assistant with eating.
What is High Fowlers?
This should be done with clean linen, not used to change a resident's bed.
What is place in linen hamper?
Method in which the nursing assistant should measure respirations that are irregular.
What is count for a full minute?
The nursing assistant is helping to safely transfer a resident to a specialty bed. The nursing assistant does THIS upon observation of the bed and noticing the wheels on the specialty bed are unlocked.
What is tell the healthcare team to stop.
(For safety purposes, to lock brakes)
Building this is the main reason a nursing assistant encourages a resident to be as independent as possible.
What is self-esteem?
This position along with this support helps the client with discomfort in their abdomen after surgery to be comfortable and decrease strain on their abdominal muscles.
What is supine with pillows under knees?
Its purpose is to hold the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread in their proper places.
What is a mitered corner?
Action nursing assistant will take when a blood pressure measurement needs to be repeated to assure an accurate measurement.
What is fully deflate the cuff and wait 1 full minute before reinflating it?
These are the 2 main reasons the nursing assistant maintains the resident's environment in the healthcare facility.
What are mood and comfort level?
Becoming familiar with how the resident should be using it is the best way to help a resident who is learning how to use this.
What is an assistive device?
The following are all true regarding complications of this:
1.contractures lead to loss of motion of joints 2.decreased filling of the lungs allows mucus to collect 3.hot, red, painful areas form in lower legs.
What is immobility?
The direction the pillow is placed on a made bed, for infection control purposes.
What is with the closed end of the pillowcase toward the door?
What the nursing assistant should do if a blood pressure is taken and sound to be very different that when is was last recorded.
What is take the blood pressure again and tell the nurse about the difference.