Patient Safety
A resident has right sided weakness. What side to dress first?
What is the Right side
What is the number 1 way to decrease spread of infection?
handwashing
How often should immobile clients position be changed?
Every 2 hours
Name a food on a liquid diet.
(Jello, water, popcycle)
ADL
Activity of Daily Living
What is the most common cause of falls in LTC?
What is improper transfer techniques
When washing hands, you need to rub hands together for how long?
20 seconds
Sitting or semi sitting with HOB elevated is called
Fowlers position
Many elders lose their appetite due to this
decrease in taste buds
NPO
Nothing by mouth
You break a pair of dentures, what should you do?
What is tell the charge nurse
This environmnet promotes growth of bacteria
Warm, dark and moist places
Basic rule of body mechanics.
Bend from knees and hips
3 ounces of ice cream = how many cc's
90 cc
CHF
Congestive Heart Failure
The Heimlich maneuver is used when?
Client is choking
Hep B vaccine protects the person against effects on (which organ)
LIVER
Two types of restraints
Chemical and physical
Heimlich maneuver is used on who
Choking patient
CPR
Cardiopulmonary Resusitation
How many people are needed to run a mechanical lift?
Two.
What is a symptom of local infection?
reddness
What muscle groups are to be used in heavy lifting.
Leg muscles
What BODY system is responsible for using the food we eat.
Digestive System
ROM
Range of Motion