Safety
The method of clearing a blockage from the trachea.
What is the abdominal thrust?
Thinner, more fragile skin.
What is normal?
Phrases or sayings that are often repeated and don't really mean anything.
What are clichés?
The membrane surrounding the heart.
What is the pericardium?
Wandering around in the same area repeatedly.
Pacing.
The number one safety risk for the elderly.
What are falls?
Loss of Long Term Memory.
What is abnormal?
Being on time and in uniform with your ID every day is an example of this.
What is professionalism?
The body system most effected by COPD.
What is the respiratory system?
Things we all do as part of living.
What are ADL's or activities of daily living?
Walking without lifting the feet from the floor, can cause a safety risk.
What is a shuffling gate?
Muscle atrophy.
What is abnormal?
The system in a workplace where there are people who supervise us and to whom we report.
What is the chain of command?
Ureters, kidneys, urethra, bladder.
What are parts of the urinary system?
The number of Milliliters in an ounce.
What is 30?
We need to monitor patients difficulty swallowing when they are eating.
What is dysphagia?
Urinary incontinence.
What is abnormal?
The place where your STNA certificate will be recorded by the state.
What is the nurse aid registry?
The body system most effected by CHF.
What is the cardiovascular system?
An infection that is red and swollen at the site with drainage and pain.
What is a localized infection?
The side a person should carry a cane on.
Slower absorption of nutrients in the GI system.
What is normal?
The ID that you need to bring with you to your state test. (two items)
What are your Social Security card and your State issued photo ID? (driver's license is acceptable)
An illness caused by a blockage of the circulation in the brain that leads to brain tissue death.
What is a CVA or a Stroke?
The most accurate way to take a temperature.
What is rectally?