Abbreviations
Vocabulary
Legal
Red Cross
Hodge Podge
100
twice a day
What is b.i.d?
100
Blue color to the lips due to decreased amount of oxygen in the blood.
What is cyanosis?
100
A federal act that regulates the education and registration of nursing assistants
What is “The Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act”(OBRA)?
100
The number of compressions and breaths during CPR
What is 30:2
100
These are the five levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
What is: Physiological, Safety, Love/Belonging, Esteem, Self-Actualization?
200
Stroke
What is CVA? (cerebral vascular accident)
200
Progressive deterioration of mental function.
What is dementia?
200
This law provides protection of adults considered vulnerable due to physical, mental, or emotional impairment
What is the Vulnerable Adult Law.
200
How deep you compress the ADULT chest during CPR?
What is AT LEAST 2 inches?
200
For which age category are these activities meant for? *Finger painting *Building blocks *Toys that can be pulled or pushed *Listening to songs *Education toys
What are toddlers?
300
Before meals
What is a.c.?
300
Items, such as eating utensils, which are altered to make them easier to use by residents with functional limitations
What is adaptive equipment?
300
This act requires Federally funded health care facilities to inform residents about their rights to make treatment choices
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)?
300
This is performed if a person is choking.
What is the Heimlich maneuver/clearing the obstructed airway/abdominal thrusts.
300
These are the five vital signs.
What is temperature, pulse, respiration, pain, blood pressure?
400
Hard of hearing
What is HOH?
400
The act of eliminating urine
What is void?
400
Residents have the right to: *Be informed of their rights *Receive quality care *Be respected and protected from harm *Refuse treatment, etc.
What is the "Resident’s Bill of Rights"?
400
Who you call in case of an emergency.
What is 911?
400
This type of temperature is the least accurate.
What is axillary temperature?
500
Heart attack
What is MI? (myocardial infarction)
500
An advocate or representative who speaks or writes in support of the resident’s causes or complaints.
What is an ombudsman?
500
This act offers legal protection to bystanders who give help to those who are injured. The protection is intended to reduce the fear of being sued for unintentional injury or wrongful death.
What is the Good Samaritan Act?
500
Adding this with CPR can increase the changes of reviving a person.
What is an automated external defibrillator (A.E.D.)?
500
What is the normal rate of respirations for an adult?
What is 16-22?