Dementia
What is the first thing people with dementia lose?
What is short term memory?
What is the appropriate amount of time to scrub your hands during handwashing?
What is 20 seconds?
The F.A.S.T acronym is used for folks suffering from this condition? Bonus if you can state what the acronym means.
What is stroke? F-facial drooping, A-arm weakness, S-slurred speech, and T-time.
Documenting lunchtime more accurately would be this in military time
What is 1200 (no colons or am/pm)
Malignant means that
What is cancerous
The causes of dementia are not fully known, but some cases of dementia are related
What is changes in the brains blood vessels
Your direct supervisor asked you to wipe down the countertop with a germicidal wipe. This cleaning process is known as
What is disinfection?
During an evacuation the residents moved first should require the
What is least amount of assistance or ambulatory residents?
Electronic documentation is completed upon
What is as you perform you cares
Agenda behavior involves
What is resident controls activity and tasks
Giving a resident with Alzheimer's disease an environment in which they can be safe often requires them to live in this type of environment
What is an Alzheimer's unit or memory care unit
The category of isolation used for the infection is determined by the
What is method by which the disease is spread
What can a CNA do to help someone with dyspnea?
Put the head of the bed up as dyspnea means they are having difficulty breathing.
It is appropriate for a CNA to use what when the resident speaks a different language than their own
Orthostatic hypotension symptoms might include
What is fainting or dizziness with change of position
Sundowning is when
What is having confusion or behavioral changes later in the day or early evening
Infectious waste includes
What is anything contaminated with bodily fluid
We place this device within reach of the residents at all times
What is call light?
When communicating with a resident the nursing assistant should
ADL stands for
What is Activities of Daily Living
True of False. Once the cause of dementia is identified and treated, the dementia will go away.
What is false?
The first thing to take off when doffing PPE
What is gloves?
To prevent injury, a nursing assistant should lift with what part of the body
What is legs and NOT the back?
Complaints from residents are confidential. This procedure is guaranteed by
Considering a whole system, such as a whole person, rather than dividing the system into parts is
What is holistic care