Abbreviations
MI
What is heart attack?
Passed in 1996, this law helps keep health information private and secure, and applies to all healthcare providers
What is HIPAA?
Definition of Medicare
What is a federal care plan for 65+, disabled ppl of all ages, and has four parts?
To put on and to remove is called
Donning and doffing
If a resident has trouble speaking English, the NA can communicate with
What is body language, gestures, and visual aids?
every morning
Sets a minimum standard for NA training, sets resident assessment requirements, identifies residents' rights
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)?
Examples of psychosocial needs
What is being with other people, love and affection, safety and security?
After helping a resident onto a fracture pan, the NA must put the resident in...
What is Fowler's position?
A resident is grimacing. Why?
What is pain or discomfort?
PO
by mouth
Form of abuse, separating a person from others against their will
What is involuntary seclusion?
How a disease is transmitted from one human to another
What is chain of infection?
Moving a body part toward the middle of the body
What is adduction?
A neighbor notices a resident has doctor's coming in and out of their room. He asks the NA how the resident is doing. The NA says...
What is "I'm sorry, but I can't share that information. It's confidential,"?
HTN
Name three residents' rights
What is quality of care, right to be fully informed, right to participate in their care, right to make choices, right to privacy/confidentially, right to dignity, respect, freedom, right to complain, right to visits?
When a muscle gets smaller and weaker
When undressing a resident, you start with the _____ side first.
What is strong?
A resident wants you to give them Advil. You, the NA, say no because it's...
What is outside my scope of practice?
TPN
What is total parenteral nutrition? What is giving complete nutrition through IV?
When a NA anticipates potential problems and needs before they occur
What is being proactive?
Another name for indwelling catheter
What is Foley catheter?
Most skills require you to _____ and _____ the bed.
What is raise and lower?
For a NA, professional means (name 3)...