Admissions, Discharges, Transfers
How the should CNA address a newly admitted resident
What is by their formal name unless otherwise specified by the resident?
The most accurate method for measuring body temperature
What is rectal?
Used bed linens should be rolled up with the ____ side in.
What is dirty?
To convert ounces to milliliters the CNA should multiply by
A resident's respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. The CNA should
What is promptly report to the nurse?
During the discharge of a resident, a facility’s responsibility for that resident officially ends when ___
What is when the resident is safely transferred into the car bringing them home (or to next residence)?
These 2 vital signs should be taken together (one after the other consecutively)
What is pulse & respirations
When making a bed, the CNA should place the draw sheet
What is on top of the fitted sheet or under the chux.
Guidelines for proper catheter care by a CNA include
What is:
1.) Making sure the catheter bag hangs lower than the bladder?
2.) What is keeping the tubing and genital area clean to prevent infection?
3.) What is emptying and recording output throughout their shift and noting color, clarity, and odors?
A resident on oxygen therapy can smoke when __
What is the oxygen has been turned off and removed from the resident?
A responsibility of the CNA during a resident's admission
What is introduce the resident to others, give them a tour, and help to make them feel welcome? (only 1 answer required)
A blood pressure reading of 151/79 would be called
What is hypertension?
Nonsterile dressings cover draining wounds?
What is false?
They are only applied to dry wounds.
This type of urinary catheter remains inside a person for a period of time
What is an indwelling (foley) catheter?
_____ never stop, adjust, or administer oxygen for residents.
What is nursing assistants?
When discharge orders are received, the CNA will remove IV lines
What is false?
In addition to the blood pressure measurement, ___ should be noted every time blood pressure is measured.
Restraints can be applied when an CNA judges a resident is a danger to himself or others
What is false? Restraints can only be applied after a physician writes the order.
Which of the following observations about a resident’s catheter drainage bag should be reported to the nurse?
a.) Catheter bag contains no urine when it is first changed
b.) Catheter bag is half full of pale urine
c.) Catheter bag is lower than the resident’s hips/bladder
d.) Catheter bag is still empty after the CNA’s entire shift
What is D?
A machine that changes air in a room into air with more oxygen
What is an oxygen concentrator?
Residents must receive this before being transferred or discharged from a facility.
What is written notice that includes where and why there are being transferred or discharged?
What are 5 questions you could ask a resident who is experiencing pain?
Can you point to where it hurts? What provokes the pain? When did it start/stop? Does anything make it better or worse? Is it constant or intermittent? Can you rate your pain for me on a scale? Can you describe the pain (quality)? Are you having any s/s with the pain? Does the pain radiate anywhere else?
What is giving resident a busy or repetitive task to focus on (ex. folding laundry)?
These specimen are collected by CNAs
What is urine and feces specimens?
NOT sputum, blood, or vomit.
Petroleum-based products, such as Vaseline and Chapstick, cannot be used on a resident, nasal cannula or mask during oxygen therapy because