Infection Control
The document Country Living uses to identify a resident's illness, what should be included?
What is Daily log and vital signs?
Used by the Direct Care staff to ensure residents are reminded to take the correct medication
What is the MAR
A resident gets a skin tear, what can the staff do?
What is put a bandage on the wound?
Who at Country Living needs to be notified of incidents that occur on the weekends?
What is medical RN, Non medical Admin?
A resident does not report for dinner and refuses to eat.
What refusal form
What should be done following an employee being stuck with a resident needle after using on the resident.
What is run affected area under water, while placing pressure on affected area to remove any potential infection, use soap and water to cleanse area, apply alcohol, workmans comp, and occupational health.
Missing entries on the ADL flowsheet require
What is nurse notification
Who can provide wound care in Assisted Living?
What is a Facility Nurse?
How much time does Country Living have to report and incident to the State? Not involving abuse or neglect.
What is 24 hours?
Resident has a skin tear or skin issue
What skin log
The single most important means to prevent the spread of infection is
What is handwashing
How many staff are required for a controlled substance disposal
What is 2
How do you respond to a diabetic resident experiencing confusion, shaking, and weakness?
What is provide the resident with sugar?
The fall of a resident that requires outside treatment
What is a reportable incident to the State?
A resident who has a behavior in which it causes harm to himself or another resident
Behavioral log
Used to prevent the spread of infectious diseases within our community
What is PPE? Personal Protective Equipment
The best way to communicate with office staff for non emergencies.
What is daily log?
When should abdominal thrusts be provided?
What is while choking?
Resident falls and is transported to the emergency department who do you notify
What Administrator/RN?
A resident refuses a care or medications
What is refusal form
Must be worn while serving lunch, picking up trash, during shower and while providing direct care to residents
What is gloves
How do you document a resident fall?
What is a fall incident report?
What do you do if a residents nose is bleeding
What is apply pressure for 10 minutes?
Two residents get into a fight, is this reportable?
Yes
A resident is found on the floor and staff unaware of what happened?
Fall report