Equipment Used
What should you do first when doing the Heimlich maneuver?
Position yourself behind the resident
How many people need to help lift and move a resident into bed?
2 people
What is always done before catheter care?
Peri- care
What is required before you put on gloves, and after you take them off?
Hand hygiene.
Which system consists of your heart, blood vessels and blood and helps tissues get enough oxygen and nutrients?
The circulatory system
What do you always give the resident after making an occupied bed?
Their call light.
What are ADL's
Activities of daily living
What do you do after putting on gloves when providing incontinent care?
Remove soiled pads, clothing, and linen.
You need to help assist their weak side.
What system breaks down food physically and chemically so it can be absorbed and used by cells?
The gastrointestinal system
Equipment that helps protect employees from serious injury or illness resulting from contact with workplace hazards? (PPE)
Personal Protective Equipment
Hard, leak proof containers and usually red in color, where contaminated supplies or used sharps are placed into?
Bio hazard Container
What is needed for good hand hygiene?
water, soap, papertowels
What is required to work in a LTC?
pass background check, pass written skills & oral competency testing, must work 8 hours every 24 months (2 years)
Name the four ways the urinary system changes in the elderly:
The ability of kidneys to filter blood decreases, bladder tone weakens, bladder holds less urine, and bladder does not empty completely
What method is using specific infection control practice to prevent contact with body fluids at the person served?
Standard Precautions
The set off methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease?
Infection Prevention
The spread of infection within the healthcare setting? (HAI)
Healthcare acquired infection
What is the most important thing a CNA can do to prevent the spread of disease?
Hand Hygeine
An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms?
Localized Infection
What 5 things do you need to make an unoccupied bed?
Clean fitted and flat sheets, incontinent pad, bedspread, pillowcase, and gloves
What is respite care
Temporary care given when a primary caregiver is gone or working .
What is the Health insurance probability and accountability act?
federal law that requires health information be kept private and secure, and that organizations take special steps to protect this information.
What is medicaid?
medical assistance for low income people and persons with disabilities funded by the federal and state governments. Person must qualify.
Name the four ways the circulatory system changes in the elderly