Basic Nursing Skills and Personal Care
Wash front to back
What is how to perform female pericare?
RACE
what is the acronym for Rescue, Activate, Contain and evacuate or extinguish?
Wearing a mask
Which PPE are used for droplet precautions?
sender, message and receiver
What is required for communication
Disease causing agent.
What is a pathogen/bacteria/germ?
brushing hair, brushing teeth, dressing, eating, bathing, ambulatin
What are Activitites of Daily Living?
anything that restricts a residents movement
What is a restraint?
grab the palm of one gloved hand turning glove inside out and removing the other glove turning it inside out
what is the correct way to remove gloves
Communication without using words. Examples: Facial expressions, body language, nodding, smiling, etc.
What is non-verbal communication?
paralysis on one side of the body
What is Hemiplagia?
What is bed bath water temperature?
bending at the knees, keeping back straight, using leg muscles, and holding objects close to the body
What is Good or proper body mechanics?
Applying gloves and gown to avoid coming in contact physically with the resident or the resident's bodily fluids.
What are contact precautions
face resident, speak slowly and clearly and you a lower toned voice but don't yell
What is the appropriate way to talk to someone that is hearing impaired?
your patient is weak/paralyzed on the left side, you place a cane on this side of the body for him to use
What is the right side?
keep the bag below the level of the bladder and off the floor
what are 2 important measures to take with caring for catheters?
give patient the call light ask if anything else is needed and perform hand hygeine
What are key actions when leaving a patient room?
prevent the spread of pathogens or infection from one resident to another and to protect staff
what is use of standard precautions?
An irreversible chronic cognitive/neurological disease
What is Alzheimer's?
This is a normal part of aging
What is slowing down of movement?
privacy, dignity, respect
what are the appropriate treatment of residents?
gait belt, hoyer lift and sit to stand
what are devices used for transferring patients safely?
an infection obtained while in the hospital
what is nosocomial?
Refer to this to find out what the resident is able to do and what is to be done for the resident. Every resident should have one and it should be updated regularly
What is the careplan?
This chronic disorder affects the Lungs
What is COPD?