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Nursing Services
Chain of Command
Definitions
Patient Rights- Application
Definitions
100
2-4 years of training, plans, assigns, and evaluates nursing care, gives medication, starts IV, teaches nursing services, and administers feeding tubes
What is Registered Nurse (RN)?
100
75 hours in classroom, 100 hours of training required, helps with ADL's, provides bedside care, makes observations and reports to charge nurse, helps meet emotional needs of the resident
What is Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)?
100
the ability to begin or follow through with a task
What is self motivation or self-initiative?
100
physician reports to the resident and explains to them their medical conditions and their health conditions, they are able to meet with the physician and charge nurse to discuss how they will carry out their care plan
What is the right to be informed of medical and health conditions and be able to take part in planning their care?
100
individually identifiable health information
What is PHI (protected health information)?
200
12-14 months of training, plans, assigns, evaluates nursing care, gives medication, starts IV AFTER classes, takes/records physician's telephone and verbal orders, administers feeding tubes, does most treatments
What is Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)?
200
You are a CNA, your Charge Nurse persists on asking you to do something you are not licensed to do, who do you talk to?
What is the assistant director of nursing or the director of nursing?
200
having the ability to say or do the kindest thing in the mosst difficult situations
What is tact?
200
residents are bused to a voting station to vote for running representatives of the state. they are also able to vote on changes in meal times at their facility
What is the residents right to exercise their right as a citizen and resident of the facility?
200
legal document that allows individuals to state what medical treatment they want or dont want in the event that they become become unable to express their wishes regarding medical care
What is Advance Directives?
300
68 hrs of training, prepare/administer medications, transcribes physician orders, observes and reports effects of medications, may administer insulin after classes
What is Certified Medication Tech (CMT)?
300

Who are the four groups under the administrator in the chain of command?

Who are the therapy services, infection control, physicians, and pharmacy?

300
means you are qualified and capable of performing a task while being accurate in what you do
What is competence?
300
the resident has the choice in weather they wish to participate in bingo activities, sunday luncheons, and social gatherings in the facility
What is the residents right to participate or not participate in activities of social, religious, and community groups at their discretion unless medical risking
300
document that individuals state what measures should or shouldnt be taken to prolong life when their conditions become terminal
What is living will?
400
minimum training of 60 hours, must be a CNA first, persons specific restorative processes (feeding, ambulation), is an advocate of the restorative processes; assists with residents in self care, responsible for follow-up and maintenance of restorative plans, reports changes/observations regarding resident to supervisor
What is Restorative Nurse Assistant (RNA)?
400
ADON
What is Assistant Director of Nursing?
400

using your good judgement in what you say and do to be sure you do not violate patient rights

What is discretion?

400
the resident is allowed to have their phone in their room
What is the right to make a receive calls and in privacy?
400
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not performed when the patient stops breathing
What is do not resuscitate (DNR)?
500

who are above the CNA's, RNA's, and CMT's?

Who are charge nurses?

500
DON
What is Director of Nursing?
500
this act requires some health care organizations to provide written information to patients or residents to make their own medical care decisions
What is patient self-determination act (PSDA)?
500
the resident is allowed to bring their own furniture from home to decorate their room (a list of all items brought will be kept by whom)
What is the right to use and keep personal items, list will be kept by social services?
500
document that permits a person to appoint another person to make any decisions regarding health care if the person is unable to make decisions themselves.
What is durable power of attorney (DPOA)?