Hospitals, long-term centers, memory care facilities, surgery centers, home health agencies, surgical centers and clinics, to name a few, serve as?
Types of Healthcare Agencies
100
Assists nurses and gives care. Supervised by a licensed nurse.
What is a Nursing Assistant?
100
Staff members work together as a group. Each person does his or her part to give safe and effective care.
What is teamwork?
100
Understanding the legal limits of your role. What you can or cannot do.
What is Scope of Practice?
100
The exchange of information.
What is communication?
200
Health Promotion
Disease Prevention
Detection and treatment of disease
Rehabilitation and restorative care
The purposes of healthcare
200
Diagnoses and treats disease and injuries.
What is a Physician?
200
Rules, or standards of conduct, for professional group members to follow.
What is Code of Ethics?
200
You are assitant to the nurse.
You report observations to a nurse about person's physical and mental status.
Perform only those nursing tasks you are trained to do.
Perform only the nursing tasks that your state and job description allow.
What is scope of practice for Nursing Assistants?
200
The oral account of care and observations.
What is reporting?
300
Provides housing, personal care, support services, healthcare, and social activities in a home like setting to persons needing help with daily activities.
What is Assisted Living Residences
300
Assist ill and injured persons with movement and pain management.
What is a Physical therapist?
300
Sets minimum requirements for nursing assistants training and evaluation.
What is OBRA?
300
The right task
The right circumstance
The right person
The right direction and communication
The right supervision
What is The five rights of delegation?
300
Written account of care and observations.
What is recording?
400
A heath care agency or program for persons who are dying.
What is Hospice?
400
Deals with social, emotional, and environmental issues affecting illness and recovery. Coordinates community agencies to assist the person and family.
What is a Social worker?
400
Has information about each nursing assistant, such as full name, date of birth, date competency exam passed and information on findings of abuse, neglect, or dishonest use of property for at least five years.
What is Nursing Assistant Registry?
400
Step 1- Assessment and Planning
Step 2- Communication
Step 3- Surveillance and Supervision
Step 4- Evaluation and Feedback
What is The Delegation Process?
400
Contains chief complaint, past health problems, allergies, current drugs, childhood illnesses, family health history, and life-style habits.
What is a Health History?
500
Provides emergency care, surgery, nursing care, x-ray procedures and treatments, and laboratory testing. Can be inpatient or outpatient. Treats acute, chronic, or terminal illnesses.
What is a Hospital?
500
Fills drug orders written by doctors; monitors and evaluates drug interactions.
What is a Pharmacist?
500
Unfamiliar Language
Giving your opinion
Talking a lot when others are silent
Pat Answers
What are communication barriers?
500
You say no to a nurse's direction when beyond legal limits of your role.