FALLS & MOBILITY
Most residents are care planned to always be wearing WHAT during ambulation?
What is: grip socks on BOTH feet.
Name the resident on a textured modified diet due to being edentulous.
Who is: Dean Otto
The fire alarm goes off, the first thing you do is....
What is: Check the fire panel.
What is a non-pharmacological intervention?
An intervention for a behavioral expression which does not include the use of medication.
Her favorite color is purple and seems happiest when she is wearing this color.
It's NOT Barbara.
Who is: Pete Loree
List the general Post-Fall process.
Obtain vitals, observe resident for signs of injury, notify LN, PoA, PCP/Hospice, complete incident report (paper AND PCC forms), LOCK post-fall PCC form, place on Alert, and write TSP.
Name 2 resident that do not have dentures and have all their natural teeth.
Who are: Freddena Huston and Nola Emery
A resident who is care planned as a 1pp xfr was so weak today that you had to call in a second person to help. After providing the care, you next ...
What is: Notify the clinical team of the weakness.
Name 3 interventions for Michael.
What are: playing the violin, playing on his tablet, exercise, gardening, asking him help with something (folding sheets, puzzle - things done together)
This person gets angry if other residents are perceived to be not "acting right" or "are in other people's business."
Who is: Ace Kau
A resident WILL receive an evaluation from EMTs if they fall, hit their head, and they also ...
What is: Take anti-coagulation medication.
Name 3 female residents who are care planned for FEMALE ONLY staff for dressing/grooming, showering and toileting.
Who are: Verona Dennis, Jane Otto, Dixie Maddox
A resident to resident altercation occurs. Immediate calls need to go to ...
Who are: The on-call nurse, Hannah, both parties' PoAs and PCPs.
Who's care plan includes: "He also does not like when someone sits in 'his chair' at the end of the hall or anywhere near his chair. We have separated the chairs and are encouraging the use of other chairs for other residents."
Who is: Dean Rogers
This person should be offered small snacks every 2 hours or so.
Who is: Linda Scott
Name 9 residents who use assistive devices and what device do they use?
EVERYONE SHOULD ALWAYS BE DIRECTED TO USE AN ASSISTIVE DEVICE except: Rodney, Ace, Verona, Larry, Linda S, Kent, John C, Julie S, Jane.
Why is it important to soak dentures overnight?
What is: So they do not dry out and warp.
You check in on a resident who is not on hospice. You find them in bed not breathing and do this next ...
What is: Check their Resuscitation code status and direct someone to call 911.
This person to be encouraged to keep his door shut/locked when in his room to prevent unwanted visitors.
Who is: Ace
He prefers to use his own plastic "camping" utensils for meals.
Who is: Leo Hecht
Restrictions associated with hip precautions include:
Do not cross affected/operated leg over the other leg.
Do not turn leg inward (pigeon-toed).
List the steps of how to properly clean dentures.
Wash hands and put gloves on. Place a washcloth in bathroom sink to prevent dentures from breaking if dropped, ask resident to rinse mouth with warm water to loosen dentures, place dentures in denture cup with cleaning solution to soak OR use a soft toothbrush, denture cleaner and toothpaste to clean dentures (do not use hot water). Always rinse dentures after storage before giving back to resident to reinsert.
A news reporter shows up at the community. It's in the evening and all the managers have gone home. They reporter says "they just have a couple quick questions." You respond....
What is: Politely tell the news reporter you are unable to share information, take down their name and number, give them the number for Brookdale's media relations (615) 564-8666 or media.relations@brookdale.com. Then phone Hannah.
This person has periods of increased confusion with religious delusions and hallucinations that wax and wane but appear to present more frequently in the evenings. During these episodes she will believe God is speaking to her and she will speak in scripture that is difficult to redirect. Staff to offer to read the Bible with her.
Who is: Joyce
Dean is on Alert for aggressive behavior toward another resident. We chart on the behaviors AND ...
What is: Interventions tried, especially if medications were given.