What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in a healthcare setting?
What is proper hand hygiene?
What are the four main vital signs that CNAs are responsible for observing?
What are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure?
When shaving a patient with a safety razor, what direction should you shave in?
What is in the direction of hair growth?
What is the age-related condition characterized by the loss of bone density?
What is osteoporosis?
What is the first step in the R.A.C.E. acronym for fire safety?
What is Rescue?
To best turn a patient gently without disturbing alignment, often used after spinal surgery.
What is logrolling?
What is a technique used to communicate with and validate the feelings of patients with dementia?
What is validation therapy?
When dressing a patient with an affected or weak side, which side should you dress first?
What is the affected or weak side?
What is the most common sign/symptom of a Myocardial Infarction?
What is chest pain?
This states a person's wishes about healthcare when he/she is no longer able to make those wishes known.
What is Advance Directive?
What is the term for the behavioral changes, confusion, and agitation that often occur in the late afternoon or evening in patients with dementia?
What is sundowning?
What is the inhalation of food, fluid, or foreign material into the lungs, which can lead to pneumonia?
What is aspiration?
This is the critical element step for the skill "foot care on one foot"