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This 24 hour facility provides care to people with ongoing conditions who are generally unable to manage activities of daily living.
What is long term care?
This is the exchange of information with others, which involves sending and receiving messages.
What is communication?
Following the manufacturer's instructions, lifting the patient/resident 2 inches above the bed, and stabilizing the patient's balance before unlocking the lift wheels are steps to take when using this device.
What is a Hoyer Lift.
What is the general rule for bathing a patient/resident?
What is from clean to dirty.
These measurements can indicate illness in a person.
Name these measurements in the correct order by which they are measured and recorded.
What are the ABCs of Basic Life Support (BLS)?
What are Airway, Breathing, and Circulation?
Name the disease that causes a portion of the brain to degenerate, resulting in rigidity of muscles, a shuffling gait, a mask-like face, and tremors.
What is Parkinson's Disease.
Name the 4 senses that the CNA will use to gather objective data/information from the patient to report to the Nurse.
What is:
Observing or suspecting abuse should be reported the to a licensed nurse immediately. CNAs, LVNs, RNs, MDs and other healthcare professionals, teachers, law enforcement, and clergy are required to report abuse under what California law?
What is the Mandated Reporter law.
Under this California regulation, a CNA training program will have no more than 15 students per class, and a minimum recommendation of 60 theory hours and 100 clinical hours is to be taught by a licensed RN or LVN.
What is Title 22, Div 5 CCR 71835.
This action is to have the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
What is empathy
Normally living in and on the body, these microorganisms do not cause harm in healthy people as long as they remain in the same location and in the same quantity.
What is normal flora.
What method of telling time is used in the United States?
What is Greenwich Mean Time?
Taking the patient/resident to the bathroom, offering a bedpan, urinal, or an incontinent brief change, helping with perineal care if needed, and assisting with hand washing to help the patient/resident prepare for the day ahead.
Name this type of personal care.
What is AM care.
Name the code for active shooter.
What is code silver?
What are the sudden angry outbursts, verbal aggression, or physical aggression often seen in the prolonged middle stage of Alzheimer's Disease.
What are catastrophic reactions.
NWB (non-weight bearing) is a term stating a person is unable to touch the floor or support any weight on one or both legs. The NA can perform this activity only if there is a _______________ in the patient's chart.
What is a Doctor's order.
Certain groups are more vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Which 5 groups are often residents in long-term care facilities?
Who are the:
Elderly
The physically ill/disabled
The developmentally disabled
The mentally ill/disabled
People with communication problems (visual, hearing, speech).
1. Following procedures and policies
2. Reporting concerns or problems to your supervisor
3. Accepting constructive feedback
4. Maintaining educational requirements
Where is Chapter 1: The Nursing Assistant in Long-Term Care
of our textbook, Assisting A Foundation In Caregiving.
This Federal Agency regulates the safety of employees and healthcare facilities, plus creates policies and regulations for chemicals, biohazardous materials, and body mechanics. Name this agency.
What is OSHA?
An extreme response to an infection in the bloodstream, it is systemic and a life-threatening medical emergency.
What is sepsis.
Skin breakdown usually occurs at points of the body that bear much of the body's weight. Where are these pressure points mainly located?
What are over bony prominences.
This type of urine collection requires the use of an antiseptic wipes prior to voiding and discarding the first and last void of the urine stream.
What is a clean catch urine specimen.
Classified as essential nutrients, they are needed for the body to function but the body does not produce them on its own. Name the 6 basic nutrients.
What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water.
These exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are done by a resident himself, without help. Abbreviated as AROM, what is this meaning of this acronym?
What is Active Range of Motion.
This type of care is for a personal with terminal illness who generally has less than 6 months to live.
What is hospice care.
It is the unlawful application of force directly or indirectly upon another person or their personal belongings, causing bodily injury or offensive contact.
What is battery.
Identified in the OBRA Act of 1987, these privileges relate to how residents must be treated while living in a long term care facility and provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers.
What are Residents Rights?
Name this pyramid.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
With assistance from the CNA, in this type of transfer technique, the patient/resident bears at least some weight on one or both legs and spins to move their bottom from one surface to another.
What is a pivot transfer.
The acronym, CAUTI, describes and infection that occurs in the urethra, bladder, or kidney when bacteria travels up a catheter.
What is Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infection.
Considered to be the most accurate temperature, this measurement's normal range is 98.6F to 100F.
What is a rectal temperature.
This is the process by which the body breaks down food and transforms nutrients to enter cells for the body to use for energy and growth.
What is metabolism.
Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, cognitive therapy, and mental health services make up this type of care.
What is rehabilitative care.
Grief if a deeply emotional response to loss. There are five adaptive stages of grief, which every individual may or may not reach at different times.
What is
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
This type of abuse is characterized by emotional distress or agitation, withdrawal from daily activities, neglect of self-care, and expressions of worthlessness.
What is emotional abuse.
This statement "patients/residents have the right to access social services including, counseling, contacting legal and financial professionals, and help in solving problems with others". Where can this statement be found?
What is The Patient/Residents Bill of Rights?
An unexpected event that causes serious injury or death; also called an adverse event. Name this event.
MRSAs and VREs are bacteria resistant to strong antibiotics. Name the 2 antibiotics.
What is Methicillin and Vancomycin?
Somnambulism, bruxism, and sleep apnea are disruptive sleep disorders. What is the name of this category of disorders?
What are parasomnias.
Turbulent flow is when chaotic changes in pressure and speed occur in an artery, making the first Korotkoff sound. Name this pressure.
What is systolic pressure.
Rapid weight gain, noticeable edema, shortness of breath, hypertension, and CHF are often association with this type of fluid imbalance.
What is fluid overload.
The Nursing Process an organized method used by the RN to determine residents’ needs, plan the appropriate care to meet those needs, and evaluate how well the plan of care is working. The Nursing Process is used to create a patient's Care Plan.
Name the 5 steps of the Nursing Process.
What are:
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The Nursing Process an organized method used by the RN to determine residents’ needs, plan the appropriate care to meet those needs, and evaluate how well the plan of care is working. The Nursing Process is used to create a patient's Care Plan.
Name the 5 steps of the Nursing Process.
What are:
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Actions, or the failure to act or provide proper care for a person, resulting in unintended injury.
What is negligence.