Vocabulary
Care facilities for people who need 24-hr skilled care
What is Long-Term Care
2:30 pm
1430
_________ tell people what they should do while _________ tell them what they must do.
What is Ethics and Laws
__________ __________ involves the use of words, spoken or written while __________ ___________doesn't use words at all.
What is verbal communication and nonverbal communication
Getting information from many sources, including medical history, physical assessment, and environment, and reviewing this information with the purpose of identifying actual or potential problems
What is assessment
Bathing, assistance with walking, eating and drinking, dressing, transferring, and elimination are all called
What is Activities of daily living
2310
11:10 pm
Law that was passed in response to reports of poor care and abuse in long-term care facilities
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
3 barriers to communication
What is: Resident doesn't hear or understand, use of slang or profanity, use of cliches, responds with "why", gives advice, ask questions that only require yes or no answers, speaks different language, and uses nonverbal communication,
Putting the care plan into action
What is implementation
A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs.
What is a policy
1745
5:45 pm
3 different resident rights
What is: Quality of Life, Services & activities to maintain a high level of wellness, right to be fully informed about rights and services, Right to participate in their own care, to make independent choices, privacy & confidentiality, dignity, respect, and freedom, transfers and discharges, to complain, to visits, and rights with regard to social services
_________ _________ is based on what a person see, hears, touches, or smells while ________ ___________ is something a person cannot or did not observe, but is based on something that the resident reported
What is objective information and subjective information
Activities not listed on the _____ ______ should not be performed
What is care plan
Federal health insurance for people aged 65 or older vs Medical assistance program for people who have a low income or disability
What is Medicare vs Medicaid
4:00 am
0400
Legal document that allow people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have in the event they are unable to make those decisions themselves
Advance Directives
People who have hearing impairment may use _____, _______, or ______
What is hearing aid, sign language, or read lips
5 rights of delegation
What is right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction or communication, and right supervision or evaluation
Occurs when blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures within the brain
What is a cerebrovascular accident
Midnight
0000 or 2400
The Nursing Assistant suspects that a resident in the facility is being abused due to multiple unexplained bruises, refusal to answer most questions, and refusal of ADL’s. Which of the following actions should the nursing assistant take next?
Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing
What is expressive aphasia
The nursing assistants accurate _______ and ______ are an important part of planning and evaluating care