Personal Care Skills
A procedure performed front to back
What is: cleaning the perineal area?
Effective way for preventing dehydration
What is the radial pulse?
Ambulating
What is: walking?
What is: a former employer?
The sacrum (tailbone), elbows, knees, ankles, shoulder blades
What is: Areas on the body are at a higher risk for skin breakdown?
The abbreviation for Nothing by Mouth
What is NPO?
Rolling with the dirty side in
What is: The proper disposal of soiled linen
The amount of times range of motion must be performed on each body part
What is: Three
A recommendation to managing work-related stress
What is: get enough sleep?
The appropriate name for the weakened side
What is: The affected or involved side?
Item restricted in a low sodium diet
What is salt?
Before weighing a resident, this is the weight the scale must be balanced at:
What is Zero?
The action the NA takes when observing someone's walker is too short
What is: Inform the nurse?
What is: uncrossed arms, maintaining eye contact, leaning slightly forward?
Item positioned over the resident's clothing for ambulation
What is: A gait/transfer belt
Reason for a resident to have an order for thickened liquids:
What is swallowing problems?
A non-pharmacological method of reducing pain
What is changing position?
Resident reason for passive range of motion
What is: the resident cannot move on her own?
The department maintains a state's nursing assistant registery?
Colorado specific: Dept of Regulatory Agencies (DORA)
Sitting up with the legs over the side of the bed
What is dangling?
The most essential nutrient for life:
What is water?
The ONLY time a restraint can be applied
What is: A doctor's order?
What is ROM activities that the resident does on his own?
What is true?