Protocol 101
Every CNA is required to carry this. This form is created to make your shift go smoothly and to safely know how to quickly care for each resident.
What is a shift saver.
When a resident refuses or cannot eat their meal, the CNA should do this to help them get nutrition.
What is offer a different meal or alternative?
Before touching or providing care for a Resident, after touching body fluids, After touching a resident, after touching a resident's surroundings. These are times to?
What is times to perform hand hygiene.
CNAs should make sure these 3 items are always within reach to help prevent falls in a resident’s room.
What are call lights, personal items, and mobility aids? (Walker/WC)
When I'm ready to take my break I should?
What is notify my hall partner and the supervisor nurse.
This is the primary purpose of using a gait belt when assisting a patient.
What is to provide safety and stability during transfers \ ambulation? (Fall Prevention)
Before serving a meal in a resident’s room, making sure the resident is sitting up, has used the restroom, and has a bedside table ready helps ensure the meal is delivered this way.
What is promptly.
You must wash with Soap and water and not hand sanitizer when caring for a resident with what type of infection?
What is GI (CDIFF)
This type of project allows Staff to use any creative idea or personal touch to improve either their work flow or the resident’s experience.
What is a “Do It Project”?
When wiping a resident, always wipe in this direction to prevent infection.
What is front to back?
CNAs perform this type of rounding at the start of their shift to check on each resident’s safety, comfort, and immediate needs and that previous shift performed essential duties.
What are walking rounds.
Before serving a meal, a CNA should always do this to ensure the resident receives the correct foods.
What is check the resident’s diet?
This is the # 1 way to prevent infections in Longterm care?
What is hand hygiene.
You do this when introducing a team member or transitioning care at a shift to boost your residents experience and trust by highlighting the positive qualities of another staff member.
What is managing up?
List our 5 facility Values
What is Compassion, Integrity, Teamwork, Trust, and Excellence.
This type of report must be filled out for any resident injury, fall, near fall, or other unusual incident.
What is an incident report?
Restorative sleep - If a resident doesn't wish to wake during normal breakfast hours staff can?
What is make them an alternative breakfast when they get up. (pantry food items)
Notify supervisor nurse if residents are sleeping past 10 AM
This type of precaution is used when residents have a foley cath, an open wound, or drug resistant bacteria.
What is Enhanced Barrier Precautions.
When a resident falls, the CNA should do this first, even if the resident says they are okay.
What is stay with the resident and call for help, and wait for the nurse to assess them before moving?
JCHC Mission statement is?
What is Excellence in healthcare, delivered with compassion.
If a CNA is unable to log on to a computer to chart for their shift they should.
What is Contact IT Immediately
In a nursing home, plated meals should be delivered and served to residents right away — ideally within this amount of time after preparation — to meet CMS food safety and palatability standards.
What is 15 minutes.
(YOU CANT REHEAT)
If you have symptoms like sore throat, cough, runny nose, N/V, or Diarrhea your next steps should be?
What is Contact the Supervisor nurse and infection prevention nurse.
We had ____ falls in the month of September.
What is 23 falls
Taking videos or photos of a resident without using designated IPAD or Nursing phone is considered?
What is HIPAA