Job Titles
These people can assist the resident with things they need help with - like getting a glass of water or reading them a book or playing a game of cards ...
Who are ANY staff in the community... Administrator, Nurse, Caregiver, Med Tech, Lead Med Tech, Sale Person, Activity person, etc.
Call light or beeper or pager goes off and this person will come and help the resident
Who is caregiver or Med Tech first and foremost
OR ANYONE in the community who hears this call.
This is a process for a Lead Med Tech when the cart is inspected and made sure that is in correct order, clean and with correct dates on each internal item that requires dates.
What is a med cart audit
You plug this in and turn it on and it uses suction power to clean
What is a vacuum
When a resident wants to talk and would like for other people to talk with them. This usually leads into conversations.
What is being social
Lisa Highland
Who is our Wellness Director (Nurse)
This person assists resident when they ask for a snack.
Who is caregiver or Med Tech first and foremost
or anyone in the community.
This process is when ONLY either 2 nurses or a nurse and an administrator is getting rid of a medication
What is destroying a narcotic
You use this to wipe after spraying glass cleaner on surfaces
What is a paper towel
A resident has eaten breakfast and it is not time for lunch yet, but states they are hungry. They will eat this in between meals.
What is a snack
This person is the ONLY person that can bubble pack meds in the community.
RN Supervisor or Meagan
This person conducts checking in meds, reordering meds and PRN medication orders for the resident or residents
Who are the Med Techs
The lead med tech can do this but not a regular med tech
What is train other med techs
You use 2 hands to hold this and 2 arms to move this and a sweeping motion does the job. People usually call this item a _________.
What is a broom
Staff will do these things for residents like setting up music for dancing or singing, set up paint for painting, set up cards to play a card game or doing Hand toss Hoola Hooping.
What is an activity.
Mary Rogowski
Who is our Administrator
Assists with setting up, serving and cleaning up meals.
Who is Caregivers, Med Techs, Administrators or nurses right now
BUT when we get one a COOK!
Caregivers cannot do this unless they are trained in doing this.
What is pass medications.
This item has a about a foot long handle & bristles on the end of it. You scrub a certain type of bowl with it.
What is a toilet brush
Staff will set up/cook these that are named Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
What is a meal.
These 2 staff delegate duties for staff of what needs to be done in the resident's community.
Who is the Administrator or the Wellness Director (Nurse)
This is the phrase when a resident is able to give their own medications with a doctor's order.
What is Self-Administer
This has a name: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time.
What are the 5 Rights
This requires 2 hands to hold and 2 arms to maneuver in a back and forth motion or side to side motion on a floor with tile or linoleum and when you are done it needs to be rinsed and rung out.
What is a mop
Sanitizing the bathroom, vacuuming, sweeping etc. These are all things to do for the resident's home community that we all do on all shifts.
What is cleaning / daily tasks.
These people can call the pharmacy
Who is Med Tech, Lead Mead Tech, Nurse or Administrator
This person has the right to make decisions for a resident either financially or medically
What is a POA
If a resident refuses their medication what shape is used with your initials in the MAR to show that
What is a circle.
This item is used after you spray a cleaning spray on a surface like the counter tops or tables
What is a cleaning rag
This is what you do when these items that the resident wears are dirty.
What is laundry.
This person's main job is getting more residents in our community.
Who is Peggy Vanderleest or Sales Person is the main person OR ANY OTHER STAFF CAN REFER people
This person makes all the final decisions for the community
Who is the administrator
(This has multiple answers) ALL nurses, med techs and Lead Med Techs and administrators are required to do this with the med carts
Keep carts clean outside and inside, organized and things properly labeled
You will use this for VERY HIGH places and corners of the ceilings to clean cobwebs. It has an extension so it expands for longer reachable areas
What is a duster
*************DOUBLE JEOPARDY**********
A resident tells you they are in pain and ask if they can have a Tylenol? You go and look in the resident's MAR and you see that have a PRN Tylenol medication order for every 6 hours. It is now 5pm and the resident had it last at 12:15pm. What time can the resident have their next PRN Tylenol dose?
When is 6:15pm.
These people are allowed to pass medications.
Who is Med Tech, Nurse or Administrator.
This person or these people are the main priorities in the community
Who are the residents.
If fore some reason a medication is not given, what is done to the back of a paper MAR?
What is document why it was not given.
You do this LOTS during your full day either at home or at work or out in public - this is a process so that you both kill germs and stop the spread of them.
What is wash your hands
A resident asks if they can have their PRN medication. PRN stands for this.
What is as needed
This person is the one who helps with the financial part of a resident Moving In.
Who is the the sales person.
8am medications are brought to resident in her room. She has 3 pills she has to take. She refuses them. 3 attempts were tried. This refusal is her right. The following people are notified.
Who are the doctor, if they have a POA and the nurse.
A resident falls these people are notified.
The nurse, administrator & doctor.
This item holds MOST of the cleaning tools.
What is the housekeeping cart or cleaning cart.
Residents' feet and hands are soaked and nails were trimmed and lotion applied.
What are pedicures & manicures.
This person is going to be setting up scheduled games, outings, coloring, painting, LOTS of things to do for the residents. This person will also be delegating these things to be done with the residents. Name this position or title of this person.
Activity Director
This item is applied to an ankle of a resident for safety for them incase they try to get outside and they should not.
These are things that you will pop out of cards or cut out of plastic packs.
What are pills.
This stuff comes in many types of containers or bottles. You will use this for disinfecting your hands.
What is Hand Sanitizer.
This you will do when a person or people come into our resident's community and ask questions and want to see the place.
What is give a tour.