The Health Assistant
What can a health care worker do to ensure that a patient understands medical information?
What is... Use appropriate Lay terms
Why should transmission- based garments never be removed outside of an isolation room?
It would increase the risk of spreading infection
On the underside of the patients wrist
What is the strongest muscle in the body?
Leg muscles
Which of these body cavities is located on the front Side of the body?
A list of written statements describing proper conduct for a group of people is what....
What is...
Code of ethics
When should sterile gloves be worn?
When treating an open wound
An average above normal range of less than 120 mm is the standard for which blood pressure measurement?
Systolic
When sitting in a chair, how often must patients be repositioned?
Every 15 minutes
What does the abbreviation Dx refer to?
Diagnosis
The Omnibus Budget reconciliation Act (OBRA) included which of the following regulations?
Residents Bill of Rights
Which of the following is true of autoclaving>
Items for specific procedure are often wrapped together
When counting pulse, what should you be aware of>
The volume and rhythm of the pulse
Stage 2
Which of these planes divides the body into frontal and back sections?
Frontal
What patients should be considered infectious?
All patients should be considered infectious
Which of the following is not standard practice for a patient with chickenpox?
Maintain room temperature of 90 Degrees
What increase a persons pulse rate?
Temperature/Fever
to keep the airway open in unconscious and semi conscious patients
What does the gastric refer to?
Stomach
What is offered to employees who have been determined to be at risk for exposure to bloodborne pathogens?
Free Hepatitis B vaccination
Pathogens
Where should the thermometer be located in the patients mouth for an oral reading?
Under the tongue, side of mouth
What should the healthcare worker do if a patient shows signs of orthostatic hypotension while sitting in a dangling position?
Help the patient to lie down
Thoracic