Basic Care
A temporary meal plan that provides liquids and calories, without fiber or residue.
What is a clear liquid diet?
A convulsion or other visible evidence of sudden electrical discharge in the brain.
What is a seizure?
Breathing pattern of a period of apnea (no breaths) followed by irregular or increased breathing. It is a sign of impending death.
What is Cheyne-Stokes Breathing?
A common task, such as getting dressed, grooming, eating, bathing, toileting, and ambulating
What is Activity of Daily Living (ADL)?
Resident is lying on their back with the head and torso raised between 15 and 45 degrees.
What is Semi-Fowler's Position?
A meal plan that helps patients adjust to a soft or regular diet, especially after they have been ill or on a clear liquid diet
What is a Full Liquid Diet?
Unsupervised wandering of a nursing home, or long-term care resident, away from the facility
What is elopement?
A progressive, irreversible decline in mental abilities.
What is Dementia?
Exercises for each joint done by someone else when the client can't do them alone
What is Passive Range of Motion?
Lying on the back, face up
What is Supine Position?
Client care done in the evening or at bedtime
What is H.S. Care?
A drop in blood pressure due to a sudden change in position.
What is Orthostatic Hypotension?
Offered to patients and residents who are terminally ill and no longer seeking treatment for their disease or condition.
What is Palliative Care?
High blood pressure Abbreviation: HTN
What is Hypertension?
Law that specified the requirements for nursing assistant training
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
Bending at a joint, causing a decrease in the angle between the bones that form the joint
What is flexion?
Intentional mistreatment that causes pain or injury
What is abuse?
Stiffness and rigidity that sets in a few hours after death.
What is Rigor Mortis?
Inability to control bladder or bowels
What is Incontinence?
A healthcare setting for people who are terminally ill
What is Hospice?
Difficulty lifting the front part of the foot
What is Foot Drop?
Coordinated movement of the muscles, bones, and joints to move efficiently and safely.
What is body mechanics?
Increased confusion, disorientation, restlessness, or agitation in the afternoon or evening.
What is Sundowner's Syndrome?
Loss of function in the lower body and legs
What is Paraplegia?
A bedpan that is flatter than a regular bedpan. It is used for patients or residents who are unable to raise their hips.
What is Fracture Pan?