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Basic Nursing Skills and Personal Care
Safety
Infection Control
Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Physical Health & Illness
100
Wash cleanest to dirtiest. Using a new part of the wash cloth with each wash.
What is pericare and how is it performed?
100
SweepDescribe RACE and PASS.
R-remove P-Pull A-Alert A-Aim C-Contain S-Squeeze E-Evacuate S-Sweep
100
The basic precautions used to prevent spread of infection from one resident to another. Example-Washing Hands, Wearing gloves if possible contact with bodily fluids.
What are standard precautions?
100
What are the elements to effective communication?
Sender, message and receiver
100
Disease causing agent.
What is a pathogen?
200
What are ADLs and examples of some of them.
What are Activitites of Daily Living. Examples: brushing teeth, combing hair, bathing, etc.
200
Anything restricts a resident's mobility.
What is a restraint? If ordered by a Dr. a restraint has to be removed and checked for pressure every two hours
200
Describe the correct way to remove PPE and where is it removed and disposed.
Gloves-grab palm of one hand, turning glove inside out and then removing other glove turning inside out. Then remove gown, rolling away from your body, soiled side in. Always dispose of any PPE in the resident's room. Gloves-grab palm of one hand, turning glove inside out and then removing other glove turning inside out. Then remove gown, rolling away from your body, soiled side in. Always dispose of any PPE in the resident's room.
200
Communication without using words. Examples: Facial expressions, body language, nodding, smiling, etc.
What is non-verbal communication?
200
paralysis from the neck down paralysis on one side of the body paralysis from the waist down
What is quadriplagia? Hemiplagia? Paraplagia?
300
Moving the resident as one unit.
What is log rolling?
300
Describe Proper Body Mechanics
What is Good body mechanics means using largest, strongest muscles of your body to do the job (legs and arms). Keeping the back straight and lifting with the legs. Remember: hold objects close to your body while lifting and carrying to avoid injury.
300
Applying gloves and gown to avoid coming in contact physically with the resident or the resident's bodily fluids.
What are contact precautions
300
What is the appropriate method for talking to someone who is hard of hearing?
Always face the resident at eye level. Make sure not to touch the resident prior to them seeing you so that you dont startle them. Always ensure that there is adequate lighting so they can see your face and read your lips. Remember: People who lose their hearing often lose the ability to hear high pitched sounds so you don't need to talk louder or yell if they can't hear you. Use a normal tone and the above tactics.
300
What does the word "flaacid" mean. If a resident used a cane, where would you place the cane and where would you position yourself for ambulation?
What is Flaacid means affected or paralyzed. If a resident uses a cane they would place the cane in the "strong" sideor "unaffected" side. The CNA would stand behind and slightly to the side of the "weak" or "affected" side while the resident ambulates.
400
What are the two most important things to remember with catheter care?
ALWAYS keep the catheter bag BELOW the level of the bladder. Always practice good infection control measures when working with catheters and catheter supplies. Example: using gloves, alcohol wipes and disinfecting with M9 solution after use.
400
What do you do everytime you leave the resident's room?
What is making sure that the call light is withing reach and perform appropriate hand hygiene. (PPSW-Privacy, Positioning, Safety and Wash Hands).
400
What is the goal of infection control or isolation?
Prevent the spread of pathogens, or infection from one resident to another(and to protect staff too!)
400
What is the most common type of dementia?
Alzheimer's Disease. Remember: Alzheimer's is an irreversible disease but it often is not the cause of death; viral or bacterial infection is usually the cause.
400
What are the normal physical signs of aging
Hair turns gray or white, skin wrinkles and become more dry.
500
What are the top 3 key elements to remember for all resident cares?
1. Safety 2. Infection Control 3. Dignity
500
What is a "restricted limb" and why is this important?
Restricted limbs are limbs that cannot obtain blood pressures from, no IV sticks, and always be extra careful while moving or adjusting them. Examples: paralysis, flaacid limb, dialysis shunt, mastectomy, swollen, fractured, immobilized, etc.
500
What is the proper disposal of a dirty needle if found in the resident's bed linens?
Directly to sharps container to prevent a needle stick.
500
What is the best way to communicate a change in the resident's condition?
Verbally notify the nurse as well as fill out a "STOP AND WATCH" early notification slip describing the event and the resident's change in condition.
500
Life-threatening/emergency situation; results in hypertenstion (often systolic >200). It is characterized by intense headache, profuse perspiration, facial erythema, goos bumps, nasal stuffiness, feeling of impending doom and generally occurs after cervical spine injury.
What is autonaumic dysreflexia?