Nurse Aide Role
When changing a resident what direction would you wipe in?
Front to Back
How many times can disposable gloves be worn?
What must an NA do before entering a room?
Knock and announce themselves
Describe the steps in taking a radial pulse.
2 finger, radial vein, inside hand, count 60 seconds
An NA should use friction for at least ____ seconds when washing their hands?
20
You are asked by a resident for a glass of water. The resident is NPO for surgery but has asked you to get the water anyway. Is it in your role as a nurse aide to do this?
No
When a resident goes to fall the NA should
Lower them to the ground
You walk in a room and a resident has took a dump so bad it is all over the residents bed and clothes. The resident also has dementia so they have it all over their hands and fingers. What do you do and where do you start?
Answer as class
You walk into Mr. J room and see he is unconscious and do not know what is going on. Tell me what steps you would take next.
Ensure he has a pulse and attempt to arouse him. Yell for the nurse and do whatever she needs you to do from that point forward.
Standard precaution should be practiced on
Everyone in the nurse aides care.
A call light is going off on hall 2 but you are working on hall 1. Is it your job to go down and answer that call light?
Yes
If a resident is choking the NA should get permission to do the Heimlich maneuver by
Asking them
What is a stage 1 pressure injury?
Intact skin that is warm and bluish purple.
A call light goes off and you are asked to put a resident on the bedpan. Walk me through the steps to get on the bedpan.
Answer call light, wash hands, provide privacy, ......
In what environment do microorganisms grow best?
Give me 5 examples of things that are outside of a nurse aide scope of practice and 5 things that are within.
In-Scope: changing, showering, walking, ROM, feeding
Out-Scope: Prescribing meds, sterilized dressing change, tube feeding, removing stitches, diagnosing.
During a fire what residents are evacuated first?
Mobile
What is another name for a pressure injury?
Pressure ulcer
You are giving a full bed bath walk me through the steps.... they have a catheter.
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Washing hands breaks what chain of infection
Mode of transmission
The phone is ringing and it is Mrs. Johnson's daughter Anita. Answer the phone as if she just called you and play out the scenario when she asks about how Mrs. Johnsons blood work went.
What does PASS and RACE stand for?
Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
Remove, Activate, Contain, Extinguish
This piece of equipment is used to help transfer residents who are unable to bear any weight on their legs and are heavier than a person can lift
Hydraulic lift or mechanical lift
Name 3 positions and describe them.
Fowlers (45-60)
Prone (stomach)
Sims (crazy)
Most common way to get a blood born infection in longterm care is by
contact with infected blood