Nurse Aide I
This phrase describes the official list of duties that a Nurse Aide I is legally allowed to perform in North Carolina.
What is the range of function?
This female structure produces the ovum (egg).
What are the ovaries?
This is the chain of events that allows infection to spread from one person to another.
What is the chain of infection?
Bacteria are considered living organisms because they meet this requirement of cell theory.
What is being made of cells?
This person is responsible for the safe nursing care provided by the entire nursing staff in a facility.
Who is the Director of Nursing (DON)?
This term refers to a person trained and listed on the North Carolina Nurse Aide Registry who provides basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
What is a Nurse Aide I?
Any bleeding from the reproductive area outside of normal cycles (or after menopause) must be reported immediately and is called this.
What is abnormal bleeding?
This term refers to practices that reduce the number and spread of germs.
What are medical asepsis?
This scientific idea explains that all living things are made of cells, cells are the basic unit of life, and all cells come from existing cells.
What is cell theory?
An illness or injury from which a person will not likely recover is known as this.
What is a terminal illness?
This is required for initial listing on the North Carolina Nurse Aide Registry, and it must be renewed every 24 months with proof of paid employment.
What is passing the competency exam?
This term refers to the monthly shedding of the uterine lining.
What is menstruation?
Residents with weakened immune systems should not be exposed to sick visitors because they are considered this.
What is susceptible hosts?
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell, similar to how Standard Precautions control what comes into contact with the body.
What is the cell membrane?
ursing assistants are supervised by these licensed professionals.
Who are RNs or LPNs/LVNs?
This process occurs when a licensed nurse assigns a task to a Nurse Aide I while still maintaining responsibility for the outcome.
What is delegation?
In both males and females, these are considered normal findings: no pain, no discharge, and no unusual bleeding.
hat are normal observations of the reproductive system?
This term describes a resident who contracts an infection after entering a health care facility.
What is a healthcare‑associated infection (HAI)?
This part of the cell contains genetic material and controls cell activities, much like a “command center.”
What is the nucleus?
This federal‑state program provides health coverage for people with low income.
What is Medicaid?
Skills such as bathing, grooming, and assisting with eating are categorized as these, which differ from basic nursing and interpersonal skills
What are personal care skills?
In men, this gland commonly enlarges with age and can cause urinary difficulty, though the condition is usually non‑cancerous.
What is the prostate?
This type of precaution is used when a resident has an infection that spreads through coughing or sneezing, requiring a mask within 3 feet.
What are droplet precautions?
Cell theory helps CNAs understand infection prevention because it teaches that germs multiply only when conditions are right. These conditions include moisture, warmth, and this final requirement.
What is food (nutrients)?
In the PRIDE acronym, the letter “E” stands for this.
What is ethics and laws?