General Nurse Assisting
The PPE needed for droplet precautions
What is gown, gloves, mask, goggles?
What PPE the nursing assistant should wear when caring for a patient with MRSA
What are gloves and gown?
The person responsible for identifying who is at risk for being exposed to bloodborne pathogens
Who is the employer?
A clean, dry, wrinkle-free bed helps prevent this...
What are pressure injuries?
The cleaning protocol for caring for a patient who is incontinent of urine
What is bathe and dry the affected skin area?
The number of seconds for proper hand washing
What is at least 20 seconds?
The appropriate way to carry clean linens
What is away from the body and uniform?
Procedure for handling of biohazardous materials to reduce pathogen transmission
What is put in a leak-proof "biohazard" bag?
Healthy skin is the body's first line of...
What is "defense"?
Consideration taken by nursing assistant when dressing a stroke victim?
What is dressing the affected side first?
The action the nursing assistant should take when they spot a new sore on the skin of the patient's back side
What is report immediately to the nurse?
The contaminated "red" parts of a PPE gown
What are the gown front and sleeves?
The purpose of OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard
What is to minimize exposure to bloodborne pathogens at the workplace
Changing a bedridden patient's position every two hours, helps prevent this...
What are pressure injuries?
Best way to help with putting a patient's shirt on
What is put your hand through their sleeve first then grasp their hand?
The order of doffing PPE
What is gown, gloves, glasses, mask?
The absolute best way to break the chain of infection is through this action...
What is washing your hands?
When a nursing assistant should follow bloodborne pathogen standards
What is all the time?
The proper way to dry a patient's skin during a bed bath
What is use a clean, dry towel and pat the skin dry?
During nail care, the amount of time you should soak a patient's nails in warm water before cutting
What is at least 5 minutes?
The order of donning PPE?
What is gown, mask, goggles, gloves?
These are used whenever there is a risk of spreading infection.
What are Standard Precautions?
An Enhanced Precaution to prevent droplet exposure
What is wearing an N-95 mask or respirator?
The medical term for the largest organ of the body (skin)
What is integumentary system?
When making bed, the nurse assistant should raise the bed to this height
What is hip/waste level?
What is to prevent pressure sores?
Part of the chain of infection where pathogens/germs live and grow
What is the reservoir?
This disease (that's easily preventable by a vaccine) is most commonly spread by exposure to infected body fluids and can cause serious liver damage
What is Hepatitis B or HPV?
Method for drying a patient's skin to prevent skin damage
What is patting?
When drying a patient's feet, the nurse assistant must do this
What is dry between the toes?