Infection Control/Safety
These two things will greatly reduce the risk of infection to you and the residents
What are proper use of gloves and hand hygiene?
You obtain this initially, then every 30 minutes x 2, every 1 hour x 2, every 4 hours x 4 and every 8 hours x 4
What is Neuro check/ Neurological Assessment?
These areas should remained locked at all times to prevent potential harm to a resident with dementia
What are the care cabinets, soiled utility room, medication cart, medication room, and shower room?
This must be accurately filled out within 24 hours of admission to account for the residents belongings
What is Personal Inventory Record?
A pressure ulcer can develop within this amount of time
What is within 2 hours?
Must be 18 years old and must have 2 trained staff to operate this
What is the Hoyer Lift?
This would be an incorrect way to apply denture adhesive and would cause a build up of adhesive in the grooves of the dentures
What is applying a solid line of adhesive along the denture grooves?
When a resident begins to exhibit a behavior, these are two main areas to assess and begin ruling out any needs the resident may have
What are physical and emotional needs?
This must be completed within 24 hours upon admission and read no earlier than 48 hours after given and no later than 72 hours after given
What is a Mantoux (TB test)?
In an emergency, these are the two acceptable places in a chart to find the resident's code status
What is a signed advance directive or circled in red on the first page at the top right side of the last signed physicians orders?
By wearing gown and gloves when providing care to a resident that has c-diff you are following this
What is Transmission Based Precautions?
This is a partial or full thickness wound in which a flap may or may not be present
What is a Skin Tear?
According to Teepa Snow, this is the best way to approach a resident with dementia to prevent causing an unwanted behavior
What is slow, from the front, at eye level or below and and at an arms length?
These two types of medications must be dated when opened and discarded after 28 days.
What are eye drops and insulins?
Someone outside of the facility who investigates residents' complaints and concerns.
What is an Ombudsman?
When using this at all times while working, you can prevent injury to your body
What is Proper Body Mechanics?
If a resident is on thickened liquids, you would offer this for them to rinse their mouth during oral care
What is appropriately thickened water?
This is the correct response when a resident becomes agitated and possibly physically aggressive
What is calm, stay at an arms length if possible, maintain eye contact, eliminate triggors causing agitiation and offer time for resident to vent frustrations?
If a resident requires a two-step Mantoux, this is when the 2nd step must be scheduled
What is within 1 to 3 weeks (7 to 21 days) of the initial Mantoux test?
In the event of a fire alarm these are the people responsible for arriving at the location of the "fire" with a flashlight, unit keys and fire extinguisher
Who are members of the maintenance department, the Heath Care Center charge nurse and The Courtyards director or after hours The Courtyards Level 2 nurse?
By always washing the peri-area front to back, beginning with the urethra, and using a different part of the washcloth with each stroke, the resident's chance greatly reduces of contracting this.
What is a Urinary Tract Infection?
These are steps that must be taken if a resident obtains a skin tear
What are fill out incident report, contact physician and family, process any order and write any treatment order on treatment sheet?
These would be interventions to try when a resident is resistive to care or is already showing signs of agitation/aggression
What are dim the lights, decrease noise level, decrease stimulation, apply lavender oil and/or try music therapy?
When obtaining a weight, these are the steps to take if the residents weight is 5 pounds more or less than the previous weight taken
What are to reweigh resident and if weight is still 5 pounds more or less then notify nurse and nurse is to notify physician?
The CNA is allowed to do this with a resident's concentrator and portable oxygen
What is turn the concentrator and portable oxygen on and off if the nurse has already preset the liter flow of oxygen?