Safety
Nurse aide finds a uncapped needle on the floor, they carefully pick it up, report to nurse and discard it where?
All sharps (needles) go into sharps containers.
When the valves in the legs weaken, it can result in?
Varicose Veins
When a resident is new to the facility, what can an aide do to help them feel welcomed?
Orientate him and his family to the facility
The nurse aide knows that the axillary temp is
One degree lower than an oral temperature.
When answering the phone at work, a person is calling and wanting information on one of your residents, you would
Find the nurse and ask her to speak with the caller r/t not being able to give out resident information.