Nurse Aide Terminology
Medical Asepsis
Resident Safety
General Nurse Aide facts
Dignity Resident Rights
100
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What is before meals
100
Removes most micro-organisms but not the spores
What is disinfection
100
Falls
What is the number one situation that results in injury to the resident
100
One eight hour shift for pay every twenty four months
What is requirements to stay active on the nurse aide registry
100
Privacy Curtain
What is something the closes prior to providing care to the resident
200
HOB
What is head of bed
200
Destroys all micro-organisms including spores
What is sterilization
200
skin injuries
What is the number two cause of injury to residents
200

Leaving your shift before your replacement arrives leaving the resident without adequate caretakers

What is Abandonment

200
"Pops," "Sweety," "Honey," etc...
What is terms of endearment that the aide should not use to address a resident
300
HOH
What is hard of hearing
300
Handwashing
What is number one way to prevent spread of infection
300
Good fitting non-skid shoes or slippers
What is something you apply before transferring or ambulating a resident
300

Act protecting resident's confidential health information

What is HIPAA?

300
Use their sir name
What is what the aide should address the resident by if they do not know what the resident prefers to be called
400
PRN
What is whenever necessary or as needed
400
20 seconds
What is how long you wash your hands for a regular handwash
400
Tight so it does not slip
What is the main thing to remember when using a gait belt, it must be
400
Subjective information or data
What is statements the resident makes such as complaints of pain
400
"BIB," "Diaper,"
What is terms the aide should not use to describe shirt savers or cloth napkins or incontinent briefs or Depends
500
COPD
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
500
Sink or Faucet
What is things your uniform or hands should not touch while washing your hands
500
Never leave the room
What is the biggest safety issue to remember when giving a shower or bath
500
Objective information or data
What is things we assess using the four senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing
500
Close the window curtain
What is something that aides forget to do that compromises resident privacy and dignity
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