The body position in which the patient is laying on his/her abdomen and the body position in which the patient is laying on their back facing the ceiling.
What are prone and supine?
100
These are observations the patient reports to you (such as I feel nervous) but you can not see them.
What are subjective observations?
100
What is HIPAA?
HIPAA is used for confidentiality of a patient's records.
100
Temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respirations.
What are vital signs?
200
206
How many bones are in the body.
200
To feed a patient, they are placed in this position.
What is fowler's?
200
These are what you can physically see. (ex. someone having red blisters on their arms and legs)is the definition of objective observation?
What are objective observations?
200
Legal advocate for residents of a nursing home
Who is the Ombudsman?
200
0000 and 2400
What two ways can 12:00am be expressed in military time or what is 12 am, 12 midnight?
300
HIV weakens this body system.
What is the Immune System?
300
This type of specialist would deal with disorders of the urinary bladder.
What is a urologist?
300
This is the type of observation in which a nurse walks into a room and sees her patient throwing up.
What is an objective observation?
300
Wrongdoing to a patient usually by a doctor where this type of wrong doing to a patient is usually committed by a nurse or nursing assistant.
What is the difference between malpractice and negligence?
300
These 2 types of movements while lifting are most likely to cause injury?
What are bending and twisting?
400
Alveoli; Carbon Dioxide is exchanged for Oxygen
Where does the gas exchange take place, and what gases are exchanged?
400
Related or pertaining to
What is ac/al?
400
The action a health assistant takes if she witnesses someone harming a patient.
What is report it to your supervisor & record the behavior?
400
Draw a straight line through it, correct it, date and initial it.
What is the proper way to correct an error?
400
These result from laying in the same position for long periods of time.
What are decubitus ulcers or bedsores?
500
These blood vessels take blood away from the heart.
What are the arteries?
500
qod, qid, qs, hs
What is every other day, 4x a day, every shift and bedtime/hour of sleep
500
Hi my name is ____, and I am going to be your _______ for today.
How should you greet your patient when you enter their room?
500
This must be obtained before a hospital can share a patient's health records with another healthcare facility.
What is the patient's consent?
500
Lift with your ------, bend at your------, and keep your -------straight.