practice State Exam, Final Review, Pre-Test, FINAL EXAM, Chapter 1-5, chapter 1 & 2, 4th Edition, Ch. 1-2, The Basics, Study Guide, Cha 1, Ch 5, Ch8, 9, & 10, Ch 7, Ch 1, Ch 9, Test Prep, ch 23, Ch. 3, ch 14, Ch31, Ch 19, Ch 6, Ch5, 6, & 7, Foundations of Resident's Care, the Basics Abbreviation...
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When a resident refuses to let the nursing assistant take her blood pressure, the nursing assistant should - Answer Report this to the nurse One task commonly assigned to nursing assistants is - Answer Helping residents with toileting/elimination needs A nursing assistant may share a resident...
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Add to cartWhen a resident refuses to let the nursing assistant take her blood pressure, the nursing assistant should - Answer Report this to the nurse One task commonly assigned to nursing assistants is - Answer Helping residents with toileting/elimination needs A nursing assistant may share a resident...
Another name for a long-term care facility is: A. Extended care facility B. Home health care facility C. Assisted living facility D. Adult day services facility - Answer A. Extended care facility Assisted living facilities are initially for: A. People who need 24-hour, intensive care B. P...
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Add to cartAnother name for a long-term care facility is: A. Extended care facility B. Home health care facility C. Assisted living facility D. Adult day services facility - Answer A. Extended care facility Assisted living facilities are initially for: A. People who need 24-hour, intensive care B. P...
Emesis - Answer See "vomitus" Heartburn - Answer A burning sensation in the chest or throat Hyperglycemia - Answer High sugar in the blood Hypoglycemia - Answer Low sugar in the blood Jaundice - Answer Yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes Vomitus - Answer Food and fluid...
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Add to cartEmesis - Answer See "vomitus" Heartburn - Answer A burning sensation in the chest or throat Hyperglycemia - Answer High sugar in the blood Hypoglycemia - Answer Low sugar in the blood Jaundice - Answer Yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes Vomitus - Answer Food and fluid...
Why should bed linens remain wrinkle free? - Answer To help keep skin healthy & prevent pressure ulcers What is the term for a device that replaces a missing body part? - Answer Prosthesis What does PROM stand for? - Answer Passive,Range,Of,Motion transfer belt - Answer a belt made of canva...
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Add to cartWhy should bed linens remain wrinkle free? - Answer To help keep skin healthy & prevent pressure ulcers What is the term for a device that replaces a missing body part? - Answer Prosthesis What does PROM stand for? - Answer Passive,Range,Of,Motion transfer belt - Answer a belt made of canva...
Accountable - Answer answerable for one's actions activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer personal daily care task, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting acute care - Answer 24-hour skilled care for sho...
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Add to cartAccountable - Answer answerable for one's actions activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer personal daily care task, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting acute care - Answer 24-hour skilled care for sho...
Providers - Answer People or organizations that provide health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics, and agenices. Facilities - Answer Places where care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care facilites, and treatment centers. ex. cancer facilites Payers - Answe...
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Add to cartProviders - Answer People or organizations that provide health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics, and agenices. Facilities - Answer Places where care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care facilites, and treatment centers. ex. cancer facilites Payers - Answe...
baseline - Answer an initial value that can be compared to future measurements. dorsal recumbent - Answer a body position in which a person is flat on her back with her knees flexed and her feet flat on the bed. lithotomy - Answer a body position in which a person lies on her back with her hip...
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Add to cartbaseline - Answer an initial value that can be compared to future measurements. dorsal recumbent - Answer a body position in which a person is flat on her back with her knees flexed and her feet flat on the bed. lithotomy - Answer a body position in which a person lies on her back with her hip...
Long-term care (LTC) - Answer Given in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for persons who need 24-hour skilled care. Skilled care - Answer Medically necessary care even by a skilled nurse or therapist; it is available 24 hours a day. It is ordered by a doctor and involves a treatment plan. This ty...
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Add to cartLong-term care (LTC) - Answer Given in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for persons who need 24-hour skilled care. Skilled care - Answer Medically necessary care even by a skilled nurse or therapist; it is available 24 hours a day. It is ordered by a doctor and involves a treatment plan. This ty...
Hospice care - Answer Which of the following healthcare settings is generally for people who will die in six months or less? Most conditions in long-term care facilities are chronic - Answer Which of the following statements is true of long-term care? The NA should refuse the gift but thank th...
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Add to cartHospice care - Answer Which of the following healthcare settings is generally for people who will die in six months or less? Most conditions in long-term care facilities are chronic - Answer Which of the following statements is true of long-term care? The NA should refuse the gift but thank th...
dysphasia - Answer difficulty swallowing apnea - Answer absence of breathing eupnea - Answer normal breathing orthopnea - Answer Shortness of breath while lying down Tachypnea - Answer rapid breathing bradypnea - Answer slow breathing Cheyne-Stokes - Answer alternating periods of s...
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Add to cartdysphasia - Answer difficulty swallowing apnea - Answer absence of breathing eupnea - Answer normal breathing orthopnea - Answer Shortness of breath while lying down Tachypnea - Answer rapid breathing bradypnea - Answer slow breathing Cheyne-Stokes - Answer alternating periods of s...
Long-term care - Answer Given in long term care facilities for persons who need 24-hour skilled care Skilled care - Answer Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist Length of stay - Answer Number of days a person stays in a care facility Terminal illness - Answer An ill...
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Add to cartLong-term care - Answer Given in long term care facilities for persons who need 24-hour skilled care Skilled care - Answer Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist Length of stay - Answer Number of days a person stays in a care facility Terminal illness - Answer An ill...
What does infection prevention mean? - Answer the set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease How does infection occur? - Answer when harmful microorganisms, called pathogens, invade the body and multiply What is the chain of infection? - Answ...
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Add to cartWhat does infection prevention mean? - Answer the set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease How does infection occur? - Answer when harmful microorganisms, called pathogens, invade the body and multiply What is the chain of infection? - Answ...
Amputation - Answer the removal of some or all of a body part Phantom Sensation - Answer after amputation, a feeling that the limb is still there. They may feel pain in the part that has been amputated. Prosthesis - Answer a device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed because ...
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Add to cartAmputation - Answer the removal of some or all of a body part Phantom Sensation - Answer after amputation, a feeling that the limb is still there. They may feel pain in the part that has been amputated. Prosthesis - Answer a device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed because ...
1) Which of the following is the normal temperature range for the oral method? - Answer 97.6-99.6 degrees fahrenheit 2) What can an overbed table be used for? - Answer Placement of meals 3) Which of the following thermometers is used to measure temperature from the ear? - Answer Tympanic therm...
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Add to cart1) Which of the following is the normal temperature range for the oral method? - Answer 97.6-99.6 degrees fahrenheit 2) What can an overbed table be used for? - Answer Placement of meals 3) Which of the following thermometers is used to measure temperature from the ear? - Answer Tympanic therm...
Providers - Answer people or organizations that provide health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics and agencies Facilities - Answer places where care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and treatment centers (such as for cancer) Payers - Answer pe...
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Add to cartProviders - Answer people or organizations that provide health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics and agencies Facilities - Answer places where care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and treatment centers (such as for cancer) Payers - Answer pe...
A resident who has her head and shoulders elevated and is in a semi-sitting position (45 to 60 degrees) is in the: - Answer Fowler's position. One way a nursing assistant can help with normal changes of aging related to the integumentary system is to: - Answer Keep bed linens wrinkle-free. Wh...
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Add to cartA resident who has her head and shoulders elevated and is in a semi-sitting position (45 to 60 degrees) is in the: - Answer Fowler's position. One way a nursing assistant can help with normal changes of aging related to the integumentary system is to: - Answer Keep bed linens wrinkle-free. Wh...
Confusion - Answer The inability to think clearly delirium - Answer A state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly and is usually temporary Cognition - Answer The ablity to think logically and clearly Cognitive impairment - Answer Loss of ability to think logically; concentration and memo...
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Add to cartConfusion - Answer The inability to think clearly delirium - Answer A state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly and is usually temporary Cognition - Answer The ablity to think logically and clearly Cognitive impairment - Answer Loss of ability to think logically; concentration and memo...
Terminal illness - Answer A disease or condition that will eventually cause death Grief - Answer Deep distress or sorrow over a loss Hearing - Answer The last sense to usually leave the body is Hospice care - Answer Special care a dying person needs Palliative care - Answer Care that foc...
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Add to cartTerminal illness - Answer A disease or condition that will eventually cause death Grief - Answer Deep distress or sorrow over a loss Hearing - Answer The last sense to usually leave the body is Hospice care - Answer Special care a dying person needs Palliative care - Answer Care that foc...
psychosocial needs - Answer health, well-being - Answer ____ and ____ affect how well psychosocial needs are met. masturbation - Answer to touch or rub sexual organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure Maslow' Hierarchy of Needs (5) - Answer 1. physical needs 2. sa...
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Add to cartpsychosocial needs - Answer health, well-being - Answer ____ and ____ affect how well psychosocial needs are met. masturbation - Answer to touch or rub sexual organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure Maslow' Hierarchy of Needs (5) - Answer 1. physical needs 2. sa...
Residence condition is worsening - Answer What can changes in Vital Signs indicate? Mouth, rectum, ears, armpit, and temporal artery - Answer What are the five sides of measuring body temperature? Red or orange - Answer A rectal thermometer is usually color coded Disposable thermometer - An...
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Add to cartResidence condition is worsening - Answer What can changes in Vital Signs indicate? Mouth, rectum, ears, armpit, and temporal artery - Answer What are the five sides of measuring body temperature? Red or orange - Answer A rectal thermometer is usually color coded Disposable thermometer - An...
Direct Service Workers - Answers positions that serve the resident or patient directly types of direct service workers - Answers nursing assistants, home health aides, patient care technicians, nurses, physician assistants, doctors, therapists (occupational, speech, physical) Diagnostic servic...
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Add to cartDirect Service Workers - Answers positions that serve the resident or patient directly types of direct service workers - Answers nursing assistants, home health aides, patient care technicians, nurses, physician assistants, doctors, therapists (occupational, speech, physical) Diagnostic servic...
Which of the following should a nursing assistant do if a resident is confused? - Answer Stay calm and provide a quite environment Confusion may be caused by - Answer urinary tract infection The ability to think logically and quickly is called - Answer awareness Which of the following state...
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Add to cartWhich of the following should a nursing assistant do if a resident is confused? - Answer Stay calm and provide a quite environment Confusion may be caused by - Answer urinary tract infection The ability to think logically and quickly is called - Answer awareness Which of the following state...
A nursing assistant should identify a resident: - Answer Before helping with feeding and before giving care. A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contain the following information: - Answer Information about emergency response actions. A serious problem that has been associated with restraint use is: - A...
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Add to cartA nursing assistant should identify a resident: - Answer Before helping with feeding and before giving care. A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contain the following information: - Answer Information about emergency response actions. A serious problem that has been associated with restraint use is: - A...
Confusion - Answers The inability to think clearly or make decisions Delirium - Answers Severe confusion which occurs suddenly - usually temporary- Drugs and alcohol usually involved but could also be due to disease, illness, fluid imbalance, poor nutrition Causes of Confusion - Answers UTI, L...
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Add to cartConfusion - Answers The inability to think clearly or make decisions Delirium - Answers Severe confusion which occurs suddenly - usually temporary- Drugs and alcohol usually involved but could also be due to disease, illness, fluid imbalance, poor nutrition Causes of Confusion - Answers UTI, L...
What do you do if a person loses consciousness while choking? - Answer Make sure help is on the way and start CPR When does shock occur? - Answer When organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply What are signs of shock? (5) - Answer -pale or bluish skin (cyanotic) -...
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Add to cartWhat do you do if a person loses consciousness while choking? - Answer Make sure help is on the way and start CPR When does shock occur? - Answer When organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply What are signs of shock? (5) - Answer -pale or bluish skin (cyanotic) -...
a - Answer Before ADLs - Answer activities of daily living ad libitum, ad lib. - Answer As desired amb - Answer ambulate amt - Answer amount ap - Answer apical as tol - Answer as tolerated ax - Answer axillary bid - Answer twice a day BM - Answer bowel movement BP - Ans...
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Add to carta - Answer Before ADLs - Answer activities of daily living ad libitum, ad lib. - Answer As desired amb - Answer ambulate amt - Answer amount ap - Answer apical as tol - Answer as tolerated ax - Answer axillary bid - Answer twice a day BM - Answer bowel movement BP - Ans...
Proteins - Answer Good sources of these are fish meat dried beans soy products and cheese they are essential to tissue growth and repair Water - Answer Without this a person can only live a few days this is the most essential nutrition for life helps maintain body temperature through perspiration...
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Add to cartProteins - Answer Good sources of these are fish meat dried beans soy products and cheese they are essential to tissue growth and repair Water - Answer Without this a person can only live a few days this is the most essential nutrition for life helps maintain body temperature through perspiration...
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