Vocabulary
What is a legal record of all medical care a patient, resident, or client receives?
What is a medical chart
What should you do each time you greet a resident?
What is introduce yourself
What does NPO mean?
What is nothing by mouth.
A resident refuse to believe diagnosis of a terminal illness. This is an example of when defense mechanism.
What is denial
When you make a mistake charting what do you do?
What is draw a line through it.
What is a tracheostomy?
What is a surgically created opening through the neck into the trachea.
Some residents have trouble understanding or using verbal communication, what is that due to?
What is a barrier
what is TID?
What is Three times a day.
Anger is a natural?
What is Human emotion.
What is a sentinel event?
What is edema?
What is swelling in the body tissue caused by excessive fluid.
What is Doctors, nurses, residents, and families.
What is 3:33 in military time?
What is 15:33
Which of the following is a common cause of confusion?
What is urinary tract infection.
Some facilities will require documentation on a "check off" sheet. This is also called?
What is communication without using words, such as through gestures and facial expressions?
What is nonverbal communication
What is the difference between verbal and nonverbal communication?
What is verbal involves using words and nonverbal is communication with body language.
What is P.C. mean
What is after meals
If a resident becomes combative, the best response by the nursing assistant would be to?
What is stay at a safe distance from the resident
What is usually found on a assingment sheet?
What is residents name and room number, medical diagnosis, activity level/transfer status and diet orders.
What is impairment?
What is a partial or complete loss of function or ability.
What are 3 barriers to communication?
What is patient is HOH, Patient is hard to understand, using slang or profanity, resident speaks a different language.
What is cardiology?
What is the study of the heart.
What should the nursing assistant do first when dealing with a resident who has a visual impairment?
What is knock on the door and announce yourself.
When completing an incident report, the nursing assistant should include what?
What is what she saw, the time, the condition the person is in, state the facts, and describe the persons reaction.