Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: The Basics
1. Beginning steps for client care: -Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (curtain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
2. Ending steps for client care: -Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
3. Long Term Care (LTC): care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care
4. skilled care: medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, it is available 24 hours a day, and it is ordered by
,a doctor and involved a treatment plan
5. chronic condition: any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer than six months). It usually can't be
cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management. Examples include arthritis and asthma.
6. Example of chronic condition: Physical disabilities
7. terminal illness: a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
8. acute care: 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers
9. subacute care: care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an acute (sudden onset,
short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness
10. Example of chronic condition: Heart disease
11. Example of chronic condition: Dementia
12. outpatient care: Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatments or surgery and need
short-term skilled care. They do not require an overnight stay in a hospital or other care facility
13. Rehabilitation: Restore or improve function after an illness or injury
14. hospice care: treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or other facilities, with
the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain. For people who have about 6 months or less to live
15. Medicare: A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older
16. Medicaid: A medical assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them. For
people who have low income, as well as for people with disabilities.
, 17. Nursing assistants are not allowed to: Insert or remove tubes, give tube feedings, or change
sterile dressings
18. Nursing assistants are part of: A team of health professionals
19. assistive or adaptive devices: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform
activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
20. occupational therapist: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp. motor skills of the upper
extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
21. The chain of command protects employees from: Liability
22. chain of command: the line of authority that moves from the top of a hierarchy to the lowest level
23. In continence is: Not a normal part of aging
24. transmission-based precautions: CDC precautions used in patients known or suspected to be
infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or contact routes; used in addition to standard precautions
25. scope of practice: defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform as allowed by
state or federal law
26. care plan: is individualized for each resident. It lists the tasks that team members, including NAs, must preform.
27. policy: Is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
28. procedure: a method, or way of doing something
29. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA): Passed in 1987 in response to reports of poor
1. Beginning steps for client care: -Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (curtain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
2. Ending steps for client care: -Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
3. Long Term Care (LTC): care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care
4. skilled care: medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, it is available 24 hours a day, and it is ordered by
,a doctor and involved a treatment plan
5. chronic condition: any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer than six months). It usually can't be
cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management. Examples include arthritis and asthma.
6. Example of chronic condition: Physical disabilities
7. terminal illness: a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
8. acute care: 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers
9. subacute care: care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an acute (sudden onset,
short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness
10. Example of chronic condition: Heart disease
11. Example of chronic condition: Dementia
12. outpatient care: Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatments or surgery and need
short-term skilled care. They do not require an overnight stay in a hospital or other care facility
13. Rehabilitation: Restore or improve function after an illness or injury
14. hospice care: treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or other facilities, with
the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain. For people who have about 6 months or less to live
15. Medicare: A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older
16. Medicaid: A medical assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them. For
people who have low income, as well as for people with disabilities.
, 17. Nursing assistants are not allowed to: Insert or remove tubes, give tube feedings, or change
sterile dressings
18. Nursing assistants are part of: A team of health professionals
19. assistive or adaptive devices: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform
activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
20. occupational therapist: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp. motor skills of the upper
extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
21. The chain of command protects employees from: Liability
22. chain of command: the line of authority that moves from the top of a hierarchy to the lowest level
23. In continence is: Not a normal part of aging
24. transmission-based precautions: CDC precautions used in patients known or suspected to be
infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or contact routes; used in addition to standard precautions
25. scope of practice: defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform as allowed by
state or federal law
26. care plan: is individualized for each resident. It lists the tasks that team members, including NAs, must preform.
27. policy: Is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
28. procedure: a method, or way of doing something
29. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA): Passed in 1987 in response to reports of poor
