People living in long term care centers are called - Residents These individuals perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse - CNA As a nursing assistant you are apart - The nursing and health team A hospice is - A health

People living in long term care centers are called - Residents These individuals perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse - CNA As a nursing assistant you are apart - The nursing and health team A hospice is - A health care agency for persons who are dying Residents of long-term care centers are informed of their rights - orally, written, and visuallyu Touching a persons body without his/ her consent - Battery Knowledge of what is right and wrong conduct is - ethics How many hours of instruction does OBRA require - 75 A nurse asks you to preform a task that is beyond the legal limits of your role. Which is correct? - Ask the DON, Tell them it is out your scope Protecting the right to privacy involves all of the following except - Allowing visitors to remain in the room when care is given You see a nursing assistant hitting a patient. What should you do? - Report it to the DON You should wear a wristwatch that - has a second hand Stress is - The response or change in the body caused by any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor Communication is - Exchange of information When should you report changes in a persons condition? - Immediately The abbreviation ADL means - Assisted Daily Living A concept that considers the whole person - Holism Any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function is - Disability Which shows that you are listening to a person? - Eye contact Aging is considered to be - Normal Which is a housing option for older persons who cannot care for themselves? - Long term care, nursing centers To identify a patient - Look at the identification bracelet When transferring a person to or from the wheelchair - Lock the wheels, use transfer belt Signal lights can help prevent falls. Which is incorrect? - Not answering a call light, Signal lights are taken away from those who use it inefficiently Bed wheels are locked - At all times unless they're being utilized To use a transfer belt correctly, you follow - Manufacturers instructions You need to transfer a patient using a transfer belt. Which is correct? - Put it over their clothes, tuck in the excess straps When washing your hands, you stand so that - You're not touching the sink When washing your hands, you hands and forearms are kept - Below the elbow When washing your hands, you clean your fingernails by the following except - Running water under nails (splashing water) When drying your hands, start at the - Fingertips up to the forearm To turn off the faucets after washing your hands, use - Two clean paper towels Contact precautions always require the use of - Gloves You are delegated tasks that involve Transmission- Based Precautions. The nurse needs to tell you - Wear PPE, gloves Fainting is the - Sudden loss of consciousness from an inadequate blood supply to the brain A person is having a seizure. Which is correct? - Stay with the person Urine is stored in the - Bladder The immune system functions to - Fight infection Freedom from restraint - Persons Right Body alignment is - The way the bed, trunk, arms and legs are aligned with one another A patient has her bed elevated 75 to 90 degrees. This position is - Fowlers A patient is lying on her left side. Her upper leg is sharply flexed. Her lower arm is behind her. This position is - Sims Position When giving bedside care, the bed is - Locked, in a safe position A resident is in bed. How often is the person re-positioned? - Every 2 hrs. A resident is 80 years old. The persons weighs 195 lbs. and is weak. How many workers are needed to move the person up in bed? - 2 and a friction reducing device Before moving a person up in bed, you need to - Inform the resident, make sure the wheels are locked Before moving, positioning, or transferring a person you always need to - Inform the resident, make sure the wheels are locked To dangle means - Sit on the side of the bed For a bed to wheelchair transfer, the person needs to wear - Nonskid shoes A resident has weakness on her left side. You are transferring her from the bed to the wheelchari - Place the wheelchair near the head of the bed on the right A stand pivot transfer is used it - The patient can assist you Which statement about call lights is correct? - Keep call light within a persons reach Cleaning the genital and anal area is known as - Peri care When giving oral hygiene, you need to wear - Gloves When brushing a persons teeth you position the person in - Fowlers Position When brushing the surfaces of the teeth, you need to - Brush back and forth You finish brushing a residents teeth. What should you do next? - Brush their tongue To clean the denture, which is correct? - Clean dentures over basin aligned with paper towels Soap is not used to wash - The face When drying a person you should - Pat dry Patients who take tub baths and showers are at risk for - Burns and falls When giving perineal care, you start at the - Urethra to the anus When giving peri care - A clean part of the towel is used for every stroke A male resident is not circumcised. When giving pericare, you need to - Draw back the skin to provide peri care When giving footcare, which of the following should be done? - Support ankle/ foot You are assisting a person to dress. Which is correct? - Ask what they would like to wear When removing clothing, which is correct? - Remove from the strong side first When putting on clothing, clothing is put on the - Weaker side first A catheter is - A tube used to drain/ inject fluid through a body opening You assist a patient onto the bedpan. How should you position the patient? - In sitting postion A patient finished urinating. The person cannot clean her genital area. Which is incorrect? - Wipe the area from the anus to urethra A resident with dementia urinates in plants and the trash can. You can do the following except - Insert an indwelling catheter A patient has a catheter. The drainage bag must be kept - Below the bladder Persons with catheters need peri care - As directed by the care plan When giving cath care, hold the catheter near the - Meatus You are giving cath care. Which action is correct? - Hold at the meatus and clean four inches To provide safety durig meals you should position the person in the - Fowlers position Intake and output must be equal to maintain fluid balance - True To maintain normal fluid balance, an adult needs to ingest - mL daily NPO - Nothing by mouth Blood pressure measurements above systolic pressure of 140 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure of 90 mm Hg they are known to have - Hypertension The number of pulses felt in one minute is the - Pulse Inhalation and exhalation is - Respiration Which is the most common site for taking pulse - Radical pulse Which instrument is used to listen to sounds produced by the body - Stethoscope What should you use to wipe the earpierces and diaphram of the stethoscope before and after use? - Alchol wipes A radial pulse is counted for - 1 min When taking a radial pulse, you need to use - index and middle finger, fingertip The healthy adult has - 12-20 respirations per min. How do you record blood pressure of a residents who's systolic pressure is 144 mm Hg and diastolic pressure is 78 mm HG - 144 mm Hg/ 78 mm Hg The blood pressure cuff is applied over the - bare upper arm The diastolic pressure is the - Resting phase of the heart ..... - To balance a scale, you must move the weights to - 0 Dorsiflexion is - Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle The act of walking - Ambulation A resident is unsteady. When assisting the person with ambulation, you need to apply a - Transfer belt/ gait belt When ambulating, a person needs to wear - Sturdy shoes wit nonskid soles When helping a person walk, you walk - Slightly behind them, to the side Elastic stockings are also called - Ted hose