requires oxygen to survive
What is Aerobic?
True or False: the 6 links in the chain of infection are:
1. causative agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transportation
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
What is True?
PASS
What is:
Pull the pin
Aim at the base of the fire
Squeeze the handle
Sweep back and forth
When a resident leaves a health care facility without the staffs knowledge
What is Elopement?
Being aware of, recognizing, acknowledging, and valuing that behavior patterns differ between and within different cultures
What is Cultural Sensitivity?
Clean technique
What is Asepsis or Medical asepsis?
An infection that is obtained while living or staying in a health care setting
What is Health care-associated infection (HAI)?
Anything in the resident's environment that may cause illness or injury
Hazard
Leading cause of death among older adults
What is falls?
Sender communicates the message, receiver receives the message, feedback allows sender and receiver to respond to each other in some way
What is three-way communication process?
A harmful germ that causes an infection
What is an Infectious or cautious agent?
All body fluids, non-intact skin, and mucus membranes are treated as if they were infected
What are Standard Precautions?
OBRA requirement for room temperature
What is 71 to 81 degrees Farenheit?
Choking on saliva or vomitus
What is Aspiration?
Using body language such as movements, facial expressions, gestures, posture, gait, eye contact, and appearance to send a message
What is Non-verbal communication?
A disease or condition of the body that occurs when harmful germs get into the body and grow in number.
Masks that protect mouth and nose, gloves that protect skin on hands, and gown that protects skin and clothes
What is PPE?
RACE
What is:
Remove resident from danger
Activate alarm
Contain the fire
Extinguish the fire
(JK- Not Module C) Language, values, beliefs, habits, likes, dislikes, and customs.
What are characteristics of Culture?
Using written or spoken words, pictures or symbols to send a message, asking direct, open-ended questions
What is verbal communication?
Also called germs (some help and others cause problems or diseases)
What is Microorganisms?
an increase of a disease/illness among the residents in the facility during a specific period of time
What is an Outbreak?
Often referred to as a stroke
What is Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)?
(JK-Not Module C) encouraging the resident to discuss feelings openly. To respond with kindness using supportive verbal and non-verbal communication skills and acknowledge understanding of the resident's feelings.
What is Therapeutic Communication?
Characteristics of a group of people that are passes from one generation to the next
What is Culture?