Medications
If you’re not sure what a pill is or don’t remember if you took your medication, what should you do?
Ask your nurse
Check your pillbox
What does your wheelchair/walker have on it to keep it still?
Brakes!
(2 ways)
cell phone
call light
You have to visit the dentist every 6 months. You visit in April, when will be your next visit?
You want to get out of bed, but you feel dizzy. What should you do?
Sit upright until dizziness goes away
Drink water/eat a snack
Ask your nurse for help/to check your blood pressure
A fellow resident offers you one of their pain pills. What’s the safest response?
Tell them no
Tell the nurse
What must you do before you stand up from your wheelchair?
Lock the brakes
You need to call someone urgently, but your phone isn't working. What should you do?
Ask your spouse/family
Ask your neighbor
Communicate via email/computer
You broke your ankle on the second saturday in march. The doctor says you will have to have your cast for 6 weeks. When will the cast probably be removed?
End of April
You need to use the bathroom but it's late at night and the room/hall is dark. What should you do?
Turn on the light
Use a flashlight
Use a nightlight
You notice your medication looks different than usual. What should you do before taking it?
Ask the nurse
Your walker/wheelchair is across the room, and you need to get from your bed to the bathroom. You feel dizzy. What should you do?
Ask for help
Press call button
What would you do if your TV remote isn't working?
Ask nursing/maintenance
Replace batteries
You have physical therapy at 9:30, you have occupation therapy at 11, both last 1 hour each. How much time do you have between your appointments?
30 minutes
You feel severe chest pain, but you're alone in your room. What should you do?
Yell for help
Call 911
Press call light
You find a pill in your sheets. What should you do?
Tell your nurse
Do not take the pill!!!
If your walker/wheelchair brakes aren't working, what should you do?
Ask the nurse/put in a maintenance request
You keep getting spam calls from an unknown number on your phone. What should you do?
Block the number
Do not pick up any calls
You are supposed to take a medication every 8 hours, if you take the first dose at 10:00 when will you take the next two doses?
6:00
2:00
You want to make a frozen meal for dinner, but you take it out of the freezer and notice it's not frozen. What should you do?
Throw it away!
Your blood pressure medicine says "hold if SBP is >120". Your blood pressure is 140/80. Should you take your blood pressure medication?
SBP = systolic blood pressure, the top number
What are 4 steps you must do to transfer from your bed to your wheelchair?
Make sure wheelchair is close
Make sure wheelchair is locked
Stand safely, nose over toes
Pivot
Feel the wheelchair seat on the backs of your legs
Touch the armrests
Sit down slowly
You get a phone call from someone you don't know, saying they're from the IRS and you have unpaid taxes. They ask for a credit card number to make an immediate payment. What should you do?
Do not give them your financial information!
A soccer match last for 90 minutes. If the match starts at 2:10pm, when will it be over?
3:40
Your doctor told you to take 40mg of fish oil, but the pills are too big for you to swallow. What should you do?
Take 2 smaller pills (2 20mgs)