Confusion
A patient may only get more confused when the sun starts to set
What is sundowning?
A patient has orders to stay in bed and not able to get up out of bed at all.
What is strict bed rest or complete bed rest?
This type of care is given before breakfast
What is early morning care/ AM care?
These devices are used for patients who have a hard time hearing and make sounds louder.
What are hearing aids?
A person who chooses no action to be done on them when their heart stops or they stop breathing.
No resuscitation measures at all.
As dementia progresses, death is near and patient may elect to go on this type of care
What is hospice care?
A CNA helps the resident move their limbs and joints for them. Practicing bending and moving completely for them.
What is passive range of motion?
This type of care is done when the patient is officially declared deceased.
What is post mortem care?
This is the type of condition that a patient loses much of their hair.
What is alopecia?
An illness that has no cure and the patient will likely pass away from an illness.
These are the 3 stages of Alzheimers disease.
What are mild (memory loss and getting lost), moderate (inability to learn new things) and severe (unable to communicate and bed bound)?
These are used to help transfer a patient when they are able to stand and walk but they still need some support and are usually held by the waist.
What is a gait belt?
What is a complete bed bath?
This is described as a person with general vision cloudiness and makes everything they see blurry.
What are cataracts?
A patient cuts themselves, and the blood starts to hemorrhage and squirt out of their arm. Usually means which type of vessel is cut
What is an arterial cut?
This is known as grown adults taking care of their parents while also taking care of their own children and household needs.
What is the sandwich generation?
These are the two range-of-motion exercises for the feet.
What are dorsiflexion and plantar flexion?
This is the order of how to take off clothes for a disabled patient and how to put on clothes for a disabled patient.
What is take off strong and put on weak?
A patient is having a stroke and these are the sign of a stroke developing. What is the acronym we use for stroke patients?
What is BE FAST?
balance, eyes, face, arms, speech and time
A patient ingests something that they are allergic to and experience a catastrophic, life-threatening reaction which causes them to have trouble breathing, facial swelling and break out in hives.
What is anaphylactic allergic reaction?
A random onset of confusion/delirium can signal this infection
What is a UTI
These types of stocking are put on to help with blood flow and circulation of the legs/feet.
What are compression socks/ TED hoses?
A safety razor is NOT used on patients who take this type of medication.
What are anticoagulants?
What is metastasis?
These are the 5 stages of dying.
What are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance?