It's what ADL is the abbreviation for
What is Activities of Daily Living?
An assistive device use for a person who can bear weight but needs support on both sides
What is a walker
The proper angle of the head of the bed when a resident is eating in bed and why.
What is 75-90 degrees, to reduce chance of choking or aspiration?
An equipment used to measure temperature
The personal hygiene skill all students will be tested on.
What is Hand Hygiene (washing hands)
The skill used to keep joints flexible and connective tendons and muscle tissue pliable.
What is ROM (range of motion)
The 4 measurements used that represent functions that are essential for life
What are vital signs
PPE donned before touching anything deemed "dirty".
What is gloves?
This number is called to check how fast the person's heart is beating
The nutrient that has no calories, but is essential to life.
What is water?
Step(s) to properly put on PPE
Gown, Mask, Eyewear, Gloves
A task a nurse can assign to the CNA to prevent blood formation of blood clots in the legs
What is applying a TED stocking/antiembolism stockings?
It measures the pressure of the circulating blood on the walls of the arteries
What is blood pressure?
The name for the special diet that is all clear liquids, plus any other food that an be poured at room or body temperature
What is the full liquid diet?
Steps to properly removed PPE
Gloves, Eyewear, Gown, Mask
CNAs use a gait belt when assisting a patient to walk because this body system becomes weaker after 65-70 years of age.
What is musculo-skeletal system?
The traditional way of measuring a person's blood pressure is with a stethoscope and a _______________
What is sphygmomanometer?
Gossiping, being tardy for work, and showing lack of empathy for the residents are poor examples of this.
What is work place professionalism?