Transferriing authority to a person for a specific task.
What is Delegation?
100
Before it happens.
What is The best time to prepare for a disaster?
100
Protects those who are receiving care.
What is Legal and ethical behavior?
100
Discoloration.
What is the beginning sign of a pressure sore?
100
A disease or condition that will eventually cause death.
What is A Terminal Illness?
200
Writing down any and all important information about a resident.
What is Charting?
200
Rectal.
What is considered the most accurate temperature?
200
Identified important rights for residents in nursing homes.
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation (OBRA)?
200
Encourage client to do as much as possible and assist as needed.
What is the best way to help promote client independence in bathing a client who has had a stroke?
200
Shock, denial, anger, guilt, regert, sadness and loneliness.
What is Coping Mechanisms?
300
This describes the line of authority in a facility.
What is The chain of command?
300
Raise side rail on unattended side.
What is Making an occupied bed?
300
Watch for skin irrtation.
What is The role of a nurse aide in proper use of waist restraint?
300
Excerises that move each muscle and joint are called.
What is Range of Motion?
300
Unfocused eyes,impaired speech, rising or below-normal body temperature, cold, pale skin and incontinence (both urine and stool).
What is Signs of approaching death?
400
Defines the things that you are allowed to do and how to do them correctly.
What is Scope of Practice?
400
A Transfer belt.
What is a safety device used to assist a dependent client from a bed to a chair?
400
Examples of Living wills and Durable Power of Attorney for health care.
What is Advance Directives?
400
Set goals for a resident who has lost some ability to function due to illness or injury.
What is Rehabilitation?
400
The right to refuse treatment, the right to have visitors, and a right to privacy.
What is Some of the legal rights to remember when caring for the terminally ill?
500
It helps the resident reach and maintain the best level of health possible.
What is a Care Plan?
500
A blocked airway.
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
500
A legal advocate for residents.
What is Ombudsman?
500
A permanent and often very painful stiffening of a joint and muscle.
What is A Contracture?
500
Jaw drops causing the mouth to stay open, eyelids partially open with eyes in a fixed stare, pupils are fixed and dilated (this means there is no blood flow to the brain).
What is some changes that may occur in the human body after death?