General Healthcare
What is the goal of holistic care?
What is providing care that is unique for the person-focusing on physical and mental health.
What personal protective equipment (PPE) is absolutely necessary when caring for a client or resident on airborne protection?
What is a mask
How is a standard bedpan positioned?
What is like a regular toilet seat (narrow end pointed towards to foot of the bed)
Where should dentures be stored?
What is a denture cup with lukewarm water
What is the normal adult range for a pulse?
What is 60-100bpm
How can the nursing assistant helps meet the clients' need for love and acceptance?
What is a smile, touch, a kind word.
For nursing assistants, what is the most important method of preventing the spread of infection?
What is washing your hands
What is it called when a person voids 300 mL of urine over a 24-hour period?
What is oliguria. (small amount 100-400ml over a 24* period of time)
Poor oral hygiene puts a person at risk for?
What is bad breath, gum disease, tooth loss
What is a normal adult pressure?
What is 120/80mm Hg
When dealing with a difficult resident, how can the nursing assistant shows empathy?
What is putting yourself in their shoes/situation
Who is at high risk for getting TB tuberculosis?
A patient who has HIV/AIDS (immune system is no longer able to fight off infections)
A fecal impaction is relieved by
What is oil retention enema
When it is clear that the resident cannot hear with his or her hearing aid in place, the nursing assistant first?
What is checking and replacing the battery
What is a normal adult blood sugar?
What is 70-120 mg/dL
Which right is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
What is privacy
What is the purpose of an antiseptic agent? (hand sanitizer)
What is to remove transient flora from the skin.
How high above the individual should an enema bag be elevated?
What is 12-18"
What type of patient should NOT be given a back massage?
What is a patient with fractured ribs, recent back surgery
What is the normal adult respirations
What is 12-20 breaths per minute
What is the the range of tasks the nursing assistant is legally permitted to do called?
What is scope of practice
Give an example of a specific defense mechanism
What are antibodies or vaccinations
The nursing assistant has collected a stool sample inappropriately when?
What is touching the bag with gloved hands
Being encouraged to brush his or her own teeth supports a patient's sense of self-worth as well as
What is improves muscle tones in their arms
What is the normal range for an oral temperature?
What is 97.6-99.6