Certification
OBRA
What is Omnibus Budget Reconcilliation Act
Prejudice toward, or discrimination against older persons or the eldery
What is ageism
A premature or undue impression about a person or group, which can lead to unfair or unequal treatment
What is a bias or prejudice
A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one human being to another.
Hint: Multiple Chains
What is Chain of Infection
Loss of consciousness
What is syncope or fainting
DOH
What is Department of Health
Intentional touching of a person without their consent, which may or may not involve harm.
What is batter.
Phrases that are used repeatedly and do not really mean anything
What is a cliche'
A method of infection prevention used what caring for persons who are infected or may be infected with certain infections diseases
What is Transmission-Based Precautions
i.e. Airborne, Bloodborne, Droplet, Contact
A complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food that causes the blood glucose to be too low; also known as insulin reaction
What is hypoglycemia
Failure to act or provide the proper care for a resident that results in an unintended injury.
What is neglect
24-hour skilled care given in hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term, immediate care for illnesses or injuries
What is acute care
Information based on what a person sees, hears, touches or smells; also called signs.
What is objective information
A condition that can be spread from one person to another or from animal to person
What is communicable
The way the parts of the body work together when a person moves
What is body mechanics
What is renewal of Nursing Assistant License
A group of healthcare professionals from different fields who work together to care for patients.
What is interdisciplinary
Communication without using words
What is non-verbal communication
A plan designed to eliminate or reduce employee exposure to infectious material
An acute (sudden onset) allergic reaction to an antigen (e.g. a bee sting) to which the body has become hypersensitive
What is anaphylaxis
UNAR
What is Utah Nursing Assistant Registry
What is assault
Information that a person cannot or did not observe but is based on something reported that may or may not be true; also call symptoms
What is subjective information
microorganisms, mostly bacteria, that are resistant to one or more antimicrobial agents that are commonly used for treatments
MDRO's multidrug-resistant organisms
A condition that occurs when blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures within the brain; can also be called a stroke
What is Cerebral Vascular Accident