A food consistency that is blended or ground into a thick paste - often baby food consistency.
What is puree?
The amount of fluid a resident consumes.
What is intake?
This type of communication involves the use of spoken words.
What is verbal communication?
When you keep something separate or by itself.
What is isolation?
Dx stands for this.
What is diagnosis?
The US Department of Agriculture Developed this icon to promote healthy eating practices.
What is My Plate?
The amount of fluid eliminated by a resident.
What is output?
This type of communication is done without using words.
What is nonverbal communication?
Precautions needed for disease that travel by droplets in the air.
What are droplet precautions?
BP stands for this.
What is blood pressure?
The most essential nutrient for life.
What is water?
This is how 8 ounces of fluid in the residents chart would be recorded.
What is 240 mL?
These are phrases that are used over and over but don't really mean anything.
What is a cliché?
Transmission precautions needed when a person in at risk for transmitting a microorganism by touching an object or person.
What are contract precautions?
ROM stands for this.
What is range of motion?
This should never be referred to as a bib.
What is a clothing protector?
NPO stands for this.
What is Nothing By Mouth?
Difficulty understanding spoken or written words.
What is receptive aphasia?
Transmission precautions used to protect against diseases that can be spread through the air.
What are Airborne Precautions?
Abbreviation for "before meals".
What is AC?
CNA's may use this to help describe the location of food on a plate for residents who are visually impaired.
What is the face of a clock?
This occurs when the body does not have enough fluid.
What is dehydration?
Difficulty communicating thoughts through speech or writing.
What is expressive aphasia?
Transmission based precautions are always added in addition to this.
What are standard precautions?
Abbreviation for three times a day.
What is t.i.d?