The Nurse Aide
The nurse aide is an important team member in ______ centered care.
What is Person, patient, or resident?
Legally able to diagnosis a patient
What is a physician or doctor?
Inflammation of the appendix
What is appendicitis?
The head is this to the chest
What is superior?
It is important to wash your hands with friction for this amount of time.
What is 20 seconds?
The ________ of command must be followed when reporting resident or personal issues or concerns.
What is the chain of command?
This person evaluates and develops treatment plans to increase movement, improve circulation, promote healing, and regain or maintain mobility.
What is a physical therapist?
A doctor who specializes in feet
What is a podiatrist?
This is found in the medial antecubital area.
What is the brachial pulse?
What is the call bell or signaling device?
This type of report must be completed after an unexpected event occurs.
What is an incident report?
Mr. Dart suffered from a CVA which impaired his swallowing. This type of therapist will be consulted.
What is a speech-language pathologist (or speech pathologist)?
Decrease in muscle mass, wasting away
What is atrophy?
A horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections.
What is the transverse plane?
Avoid putting lotion here when providing foot care
What is between the toes?
These written documents provide a method or way of doing something and is required at medical facilities.
What is a procedure?
Mrs. Manning is a new resident at the Meadowlands Retirement Home. She asked the NA to speak with someone about her financial situations as she is concerned she will not be able to pay for the home. The NA knows this person would be able to assist Mrs. Manning.
What is a medical social worker (or social worker)?
This abdominal quadrant is where the appendix is located
What is the right lower quadrant?
The opposite of lateral
What is medial?
The first sound heard while obtaining a manual blood pressure
What is systolic?
These are documents, which are legally required for all medical facilities, outline the course of action that should be taken during certain situations.
What is a policy?
This type of therapist helps with ADLs.
What is an occupational therapist?
Medical term for abnormally heavy sweating
What is diaphoresis?
Another term for posterior
What is dorsal?
This must be done to the scale before the client steps on it to ensure the accuracy of the weight
What is zeroing the scale?