Death & Dying
The last sense to go when someone is dying.
What is hearing?
A resident who is dizzy and has a low blood pressure is at high risk for this common safety event.
What is a fall?
This type of injury happens when the top layer of the skin separates from the underlying tissue due to friction or shearing forces.
What is a skin tear?
This document identifies a resident’s unique strengths, needs, and preferences for daily care.
What is the individualized care plan?
This stage of dementia often includes mild forgetfulness but the person can still complete most ADLs.
This stage of dementia often includes mild forgetfulness but the person can still complete most ADLs.
Breathing that is fast and shallow that slows down with periods of apnea
What is Chenye-Stoke breathing?
CNAs must check a restrained resident at least every 15 minutes and perform these types of care every 2 hours.
What is releasing restraint, perforning ROM, repositioning, and tolieting?
Condition caused by unrelieved pressure over a bony prominence, can be prevented with repositioning.
What is a pressure ulcer (decubitus ulcer)?
This federal law protects residents’ dignity, privacy, and rights while living in a long-term facility.
What is the Resident Rights (OBRA) law?
This hallmark symptom of Parkinson’s includes stiff, jerky movements that make walking difficult.
What is rigidity?
Process of dying someone may see things that are not there?
What are hallucinations?
Using a restraint without proper authorization is a serious violation.
What is false imprisonment?
Type of confusion has a rapid onset and is often reversible with prompt treatment.
What is delirium?
This pressure ulcer stage shows intact skin with persistent redness that does NOT blanch.
What is Stage 1?
This ulcer stage involves partial-thickness skin loss and may appear like a blister
What is Stage 2?
Limbs displaying net like discoloring of red abd purple.
What is mottling?
The first thing a CNA should do when witnessing a seizure.
What is stay with the patient/resident and call for help?
A resident behind pacing, yelling, and becoming more agitated as the evening approaches.
What is sundowning?
This ulcer stage has full-thickness tissue loss where fat may be visible, but bone and muscle are NOT exposed.
This ulcer stage has full-thickness tissue loss where fat may be visible, but bone and muscle are NOT exposed.
This late-stage symptom includes loss of ability to swallow or walk.
What is severe functional decline?
"Why isn't anyone doing anything!" He was just fine yesterday! You are all just going to let him suffer!"
What is anger?
A resident develops a headache, left-sided weakness, and dysarthia.
What is a CVA (stroke)?
This term describes care focused on maintaining a resident’s highest level of independence over time.
What is restorative care?
This stage shows exposed bone, tendon, or muscle, and often includes tunneling.
What is Stage 4?
A resident who sees insects on the bed that aren’t there is having this type of experience.
What is a visual hallucination?