Intro to Nursing
Nodding your head silently or crossing your arms are both example of this.
What is nonverbal communication?
PASS stands for this.
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
These are the 5 areas that must be cleansed daily.
What are:
Teeth
Perineum
Face
Hands
Underarm
Feet
The following are instructions for this type of specimen collection:
Clean the perineal area before collecting the
specimen. Have patient begin voiding, stop, place the specimen container, then resume voiding.
What is Midstream (or clean-catch) Urine Specimen?
1. Wash / Sanitize hands
2. Knock; pause for a response; enter the room
3. Greet the resident (example: “Good morning”)
4. Introduce yourself with name/title (example: “I’m Paul, your nurse assistant”)
5. Ask for permission to check the ID band (read name on band)
6. Respectfully greet the resident by name (example: “Nice to meet you, Mr. Lim”)
7. Explain procedure and ask permission to perform skill.
8. Gather supplies (you must really gather all supplies you will need)
9. Provide privacy
What is the Opening Procedure?
The right to competent care that is delivered with respect is established under this.
Resident's Bill of Rights
RACE stands for this.
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish?
This is how frequently you should perform mouth care on the following types of patients/residents:
-Mouth breathers
-Unconscious patients/residents
-Those on oxygen therapy
-Those on NPO status
What is Every 2 Hours?
These devices, also known as "Condom" or "Texas", are used for an incontinent male patient.
What are External Catheters?
1. Perform “opening procedure".
2. Verbally acknowledge resident’s complaint of "having difficulty breathing".
3. Adjust HOB to appropriate level as quickly as possible.
4. Re-check resident’s breathing.
5. Perform comfort measures (pillows, raising FOB to preventsliding, etc).
6. Perform “closing procedure”.
7. Report and record (resident’s complaint, what you did to help, and the results of your actions).
What is "Positioning a Resident in Fowler's Position?
An official appointed to investigate complaints about health authorities, trusts, and practitioners.
Who is an Ombudsman?
Grabbing at the neck, inability to speak, cyanosis and panic are all signs of this.
What is Choking?
Injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin
What are Decubitus Ulcers?
This position is a position in which a patient is positioned on their back with the head and trunk raised to between 15 and 45 degrees, although 30 degrees is the most frequently used bed angle.
What is Semi-Fowlers?
After performing opening procedures, the next step in Making an Occupied Bed is this.
What is remove and fold any reusable linen (blanket/spread) and place over a clean chair?
Feeding, bathing and dressing patients, serving meals, making beds and keeping rooms clean are all examples of these activities.
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADL)?
A hazardous material spill is an example of this type of code.
What is Code Orange?
Full thickness skin loss with extensive destruction; tissue necrosis; or damage to muscle, bone, or supporting structure (such as tendon, or joint capsule) is an example of this stage of decubitus ulcer.
What is Stage IV?
Itchy skin is an uncomfortable, irritating sensation that makes you want to scratch
What is Pruritus?
When serving a meal tray and feeding a paralyzed resident, the second step after performing opening procedures is this.
What is Validate and Check for the Correct Resident by Reading the Name Printed on ID Band?
Act passed in 1987 that required nurse's aides to be trained and pass competency tests. It also established standards of care for MediCare and MediCal reimbursements.
Snow storm, transportation accident, earthquake and tornado are all examples of this type of disaster.
What is External?
Type of prosthesis used to enable the amputee to engage in/adapt to a specific physical activity.
What is an Adaptive Device?
An adult needs about this much fluid per day.
What is 2000 ml?
A resident is 5 ft 4 in tall and weighs 140 lbs. This is how tall they are in cm and how much they weigh in kg.
What is 162.56 cm tall and 63.5 kg?