Maria is giving a back rub to Mrs. P to help her relax before she sleeps. There are red areas on Mrs. P shoulder blades. How should Marietta treat those areas?
What is avoid massaging them and focus on the healthy skin.
What is aspiration?
What is the inhalation of foreign material into the lungs.
An abduction pillow is for?
What do you do if the side rail of a bed is not functioning properly?
What health condition might require a resident to wear knee high stockings?
What is axillae and when do we wash it?
What is the armpit and once a day during morning (AM) care.
Where do we place food when someone has had a stroke?
What is the stronger side of the mouth.
The resident is sweating, short of breath, and grabbing his chest. These are signs of what?
What is Myocardial Infarction (or a heart attack).
What do you do if someone is not able to move much and you are trying to reposition them in bed?
What is get help from a co-worker.
Do we ever trim toenails as NAs?
What is no.
In what order should we complete a bed bath? Or what direction?
What is start with the face and end with the peri area.
Name a high protein snack.
What are nuts, protein bars, meat sticks.
Is delirium acute and dementia chronic?
What is yes.
Should you announce what you are doing before you touch someone that is visually impaired?
What is yes.
What are the normal vital sign ranges for temp, HR, BP, SpO2, and respirations?
I'll tell you if you're right or not. Not typing all that.
What does edentulous mean?
What is having no teeth.
How many 8-ounce glasses of water should our residents have per day? And if they have less then this should we report it to the nurse?
What is 8 and yes.
The persons face is drooping and they are having a hard time forming thoughts into words. These are signs of what?
What is stroke.
The team member that assists residents to gain skills to perform ADLs is _____________.
What is occupational therapist.
What is a common sign of BPH?
What is urinary incontinence.
What does pediculosis mean?
What is lice.
The wider end of the bed pan should align with the residents ________.
What is hips.
What is common after a surgical amputation?
What is phantom limb pain.
What document lets the NA know the resident's care needs?
What is the care plan.
True or false: Long-term memory loss is a normal change with age.
What is false.