Define This
A method used to work with dementia residents that acknowledges their reality.
What is validation?
Support arm level with heart, feel for brachial artery, wrap cuff 1- 1.5 inches above elbow, listen carefully for first sound while deflating the cuff
What is blood pressure procedure?
The acronym that helps you know what to do if there is a fire
What is RACE? Rescue those in immediate danger, Alarm, Confine, and Extinguish/Evacuate
Blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respirations
What are vital signs?
Last sense to leave the body
What is hearing?
Amount of weight the resident can put on an arm or leg
What is weight-bearing?
This procedure is done to someone who cannot speak, breathe, or cough
What are abdominal thrusts?
Procedures used while caring for residents that prevent contamination and the spread of germs from one person to another
What are standard precautions?
Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, and Stage IV
What are pressure ulcers?
(Make sure to review stages in your book on pg 71!)
This diet can be ordered as clear or full
What is liquid?
An artificial device that replaces a missing body part
Spread feet shoulder-width apart, bend at the knees, hold close to the body, back straight, and get help if needed
What is proper lifting technique?
Diabetic patient only ate a few bites of dinner but had his full dose of insulin. He is now having this reaction.
What is an insulin reaction?
Eating, showering, bathing, dressing, and toileting
What are activities of daily living or ADLs?
Pain relief and comfort are the main concepts of this type of care that can go along with any stage of treatment
What is palliative care?
Type of resident abuse where a resident's property is misused
What is misappropriation?
Introduce resident to other staff and orient them to the room especially to the location of the call light and how to use it
Protects patient privacy and secures electronic data from being disclosed without consent
What is HIPAA/Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
Maintaining independence, preparing for death, reviewing life experiences, and adjusting to decreasing physical abilities.
What are developmental tasks for the older adult?
The most critical essential nutrient for life
What is water?
Depression, anger, questioning purpose, feeling empty, hopeless, stopping religious practice
What is spiritual distress?
In ambulating a resident with a cane this is the proper order to instruct them.
What is cane first, then weak side, then strong side?
(NA stands on the weak side)
Two steps taken to prevent the spread of infection when draining a urinary drainage bag
What are wearing gloves and cleaning the drainage tubing?
3 Stages, average lifespan 8-10 years, diagnosis typically occurs in stage 2
What Alzheimer's Disease?
(Review differences between stages, pages 189-190)
Slurred speech, facial drooping, and/or 1 sided weakness could indicate this condition which requires immediate action
What is a stroke/cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?