What does a nurse aide (NA) do? - ✅✅ -Nursing assistant preform delegated
nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Tasks and Responsibilities of an NA - ✅✅ -Preform nursing tasks to meet the
persons hygiene safety, comfort, nutrition, exercise, & elimination needs. You
move and transfer the patient and make observations. You measure
temperatures, pulses, respiration and blood pressure
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Are there limits to the NA role? - -Never Give Drugs , Never insert tubes
or objects into body openings and never remove them , Never take oral or
phone orders from the doctor, Never preform sterile technique procedures,
Never tell a the person or family the persons diagnosis or medical or surgical
treatment of plans, Never diagnose or prescribe treatments or drugs for
anyone, Never supervise others including other nursing assistants, Never
ignore and order or request to do something.
Work ethics or proper behaviors at work? - ✅✅-
What is meant by delegation? - ✅✅ -To authorize another person to preform a
nursing task in a certain situation. RNs can delegate to LPN and NA , LPNs can
delegate to NA
Who does the nurse aid report to? - ✅✅-
Review the attitude, appearance, and behaviors of nurse aides - ✅✅-
What is OBRA? The nurse practice acts? - ✅✅-
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Which law addresses the training of nurse aides to work in long term care? -
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What is the minimum number of hours for a nurse aide class? - ✅✅-
What is meant by continuing education for nurse aides and what requirement
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applies to nurse aides who are working in a long term care environment? -
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What is meant by state testing? - ✅✅-
How many times can the nurse aide take the state test? - ✅✅-
What is the registry and its purpose? -✅✅-
What does it tell us about nurse aides? - ✅✅-
, How long does a nurse aide's name stay active on the registry? - ✅✅-
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What is a survey?
Who surveys? -
Why is a survey completed? - ✅✅-
What is the role of the nurse aide during a survey? - ✅✅-
What is an ombudsman? - ✅✅-
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Review resident rights. How does the nurse aide assist a resident to be more
independent? - -
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What is meant by the words slander, libel, neglect, negligence, malpractice? -
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What is the difference between acute, chronic, and terminal illnesses? - ✅✅-
What is the role of a long-term care facility? - ✅✅-
What is the goal of rehabilitation? - ✅✅-
Review falling: why, how to prevent and complications of falling. - ✅✅-
What is postural hypotension? - ✅✅-
When are residents likely to fall? - ✅✅-
Communication: what is verbal, nonverbal; methods of communicating with
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the impaired residents (vision, hearing, speech, physical, depressed,
confused, non-English speaking). - -
What is aphasia? - ✅✅-
How do you address residents? - ✅✅-
How do you care for a hearing aid? - ✅✅-
How does a hearing aid work? - ✅✅-
What are the rules for charting? - ✅✅-
nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Tasks and Responsibilities of an NA - ✅✅ -Preform nursing tasks to meet the
persons hygiene safety, comfort, nutrition, exercise, & elimination needs. You
move and transfer the patient and make observations. You measure
temperatures, pulses, respiration and blood pressure
✅✅
Are there limits to the NA role? - -Never Give Drugs , Never insert tubes
or objects into body openings and never remove them , Never take oral or
phone orders from the doctor, Never preform sterile technique procedures,
Never tell a the person or family the persons diagnosis or medical or surgical
treatment of plans, Never diagnose or prescribe treatments or drugs for
anyone, Never supervise others including other nursing assistants, Never
ignore and order or request to do something.
Work ethics or proper behaviors at work? - ✅✅-
What is meant by delegation? - ✅✅ -To authorize another person to preform a
nursing task in a certain situation. RNs can delegate to LPN and NA , LPNs can
delegate to NA
Who does the nurse aid report to? - ✅✅-
Review the attitude, appearance, and behaviors of nurse aides - ✅✅-
What is OBRA? The nurse practice acts? - ✅✅-
✅✅
Which law addresses the training of nurse aides to work in long term care? -
-
What is the minimum number of hours for a nurse aide class? - ✅✅-
What is meant by continuing education for nurse aides and what requirement
✅✅
applies to nurse aides who are working in a long term care environment? -
-
What is meant by state testing? - ✅✅-
How many times can the nurse aide take the state test? - ✅✅-
What is the registry and its purpose? -✅✅-
What does it tell us about nurse aides? - ✅✅-
, How long does a nurse aide's name stay active on the registry? - ✅✅-
✅✅-
What is a survey?
Who surveys? -
Why is a survey completed? - ✅✅-
What is the role of the nurse aide during a survey? - ✅✅-
What is an ombudsman? - ✅✅-
✅✅
Review resident rights. How does the nurse aide assist a resident to be more
independent? - -
✅✅
What is meant by the words slander, libel, neglect, negligence, malpractice? -
-
What is the difference between acute, chronic, and terminal illnesses? - ✅✅-
What is the role of a long-term care facility? - ✅✅-
What is the goal of rehabilitation? - ✅✅-
Review falling: why, how to prevent and complications of falling. - ✅✅-
What is postural hypotension? - ✅✅-
When are residents likely to fall? - ✅✅-
Communication: what is verbal, nonverbal; methods of communicating with
✅✅
the impaired residents (vision, hearing, speech, physical, depressed,
confused, non-English speaking). - -
What is aphasia? - ✅✅-
How do you address residents? - ✅✅-
How do you care for a hearing aid? - ✅✅-
How does a hearing aid work? - ✅✅-
What are the rules for charting? - ✅✅-
