Ch. 1 & 2
The most important person at a nursing home
Who is the resident?
A resident's skin on their back appears red and swollen. You should
What is notify your supervisor and ask for directions?
To kill all microorganisms.
What is sterilization?
The degree of internal heat of a person's body.
What is temperature?
The correct way to apply a gait belt.
What is the resident's waist ?
A Central source of information about a resident
What is a Care Plan?
An object that is in the bedside that should be reported.
What are medications?
You do this before helping a resident.
What is washing your hands?
A temperature range of 98.6 - 100.6 is an example of this.
What is a normal rectal temperature?
The time that the resident should be removed and repositioned in a restraint.
What is every 2 hours?
(Blank) refers to the duties that a nursing assistant is able to perform.
What is Scope of practice?
Tone of voice is example of this kind of communication.
What is verbal communication?
A living organism that is too small to see.
What is a microorganism?
A person has a blood pressure of 100/60 mmhg. This is the number 100.
What is a systolic blood pressure?
This is the universal sign of choking.
What is clutching your throat?
The person or team leader that the nursing assistant is supposed to report to.
What is a charge nurse?
In medical terminology the (blank) gives the word's primary meaning.
What is wood root?
An infection that is acquired because of being in a health care facility.
What is a nosocomial infection?
The correct time to count a person's pulse.
What is a 60 seconds?
The resident says, "I like the head of my bed raised 45-60 degrees." This is the position the bed is in.
What is Fowler's position?
A resident falls out of bed due to a call light not being answered.
What is neglect?
This is the abbreviation for activities of daily living.
What is ADL?
A symptom that is a sign of an infection.
What is pain, reddened area, fever, swelling or chills?
A resident has an IV in the right arm. This is where you take their blood pressure.
What is the left arm?
You walk into a room and hear a nurse shouting at the resident. This is a form of (blank)
What is verbal abuse?