The Body and Its (Dys)Function
Terms
Illnesses and Injuries
The Nursing Assistant Role
Miscellaneous
100
Signs: facial droop, sudden headache, blurred vision, slurred speech
What is a Stroke (CVA)?
100
Prosthesis
What is a device used to take place of missing body part?
100
Diabetes is a condition of this body organ and body system
What is pancreas and endocrine system?
100
Hours between repositioning a patient
What is 2 hours?
100
Sense of hearing
What is the last sense a dying patient will lose?
200
Acceptance
What is the final stage of dying?
200
RACE
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish or Evacuate?
200
Gland that produces Diabetes
What is the pancreas?
200
Person that you report to if change in patient condition
What is nurse or charge nurse?
200
These are the first people to be evacuated in case of an evacuation
What is ambulatory patients?
300
Double Points Symptoms: constipation, decreased urination, sudden confusion, sunken eyes
What is dehydration?
300
Term for knowing what you want to say but not being able to say it
What is aphasia?
300
A sign of the 2nd stage of pressure ulcers
What is blistering?
300
Normal body functions and senses decline
What is the normal part of the aging process?
300
5 stages of grief (in order)
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance?
400
System which works with Sensory and Endocrine Systems to direct all body systems
What is Nervous System?
400
Extent to which the resident is able to move a joint
What is range of motion?
400
Inflammatory disease which makes joints red, swollen, and warm during flare ups
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
400
Double Points- Condition where you would not use a gait belt
What is (any of the following) a) broken ribs b) abdominal surgery c) g tube d) colostomy?
400
Dressing the client's affected left side
What side do you dress first?
500
Gait belt
What is a safety device used to transfer patients?
500
Focus on comfort care, instead of finding a cure
What is palliative care?
500
Speak in a loud and slow manner
What to do when a patient is totally deaf or hard of hearing?
500
Double Points- Isolation precaution name and isolation supplies for person with active shingles
What is airborne and contact precautions with gown, N95 mask, and gloves?
500
Level with the resident's hips
What is the correct height for supportive devices (walker, cane)?
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