-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
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, -identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
2. Ending steps for client care ANS >>> -Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
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, -Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
3. Long Term Care (LTC) ANS >>> care given in long-term care facilities for people
who need 24-hour skilled care
4. skilled care ANS >>> 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 ANS >>> 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 ANS >>> Physical disabilities
7. terminal illness ANS >>> a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
8. acute care ANS >>> 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries;
generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
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, 9. subacute care ANS >>> 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 ANS >>> Heart disease
11. Example of chronic condition ANS >>> Dementia
12. outpatient care ANS >>> 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 ANS >>> Restore or improve function after an illness or injjury
14. hospice care ANS >>> 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 ANS >>> A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of
age and older
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