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| the nursing assistant is supervised by |
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| provide reconition to nursing assistants through registartion |
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| Upon completion of the nursing assitant class you will, |
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| continue to learn new things |
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| Informed conset means that the patient |
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| gives permission for care after the procedure is explained |
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| situation in which the patient has grounds for complaint |
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| Health care consumers always have a right to |
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| recieve respctful, considerate care |
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| The rights of a residents in long-term care facilities |
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| were legistlated by OBRA 1987 |
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| be familiar with the "rights" docoument for their setting |
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| princibles of moral behavior |
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| You may discuss confindental patient infomation with |
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| if you observe a coworker stealing the hospital property and do not report the theft, you are gulity of |
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| an example of verbal abuse is |
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| calling the patient unkind names |
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| failure to exersice the degree of care consdiered resonable under the cirucumstances, resulting in unattended injury to a patient, is |
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| Microorganisms that cause disease are called |
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| Microorganisms that cause infection grow best in |
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| The smallest Microbe is a |
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| objects that become contaminated with infectious material |
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| Microorganisms get into the body through |
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| infections can be trainsmitted by |
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| An example of droplet transmission of a disease is by |
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| coughing, sneezing, or talking |
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| The NAC practices medical asepsis by |
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| following the guidelines for handwashing |
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| Handwashing should be performed for a min of |
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| 15 to 20 seconds/ 20 to 30 seconds |
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| Stardard precautions are used for |
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| contacting blood and boy fluids |
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| The average oral F temp is |
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| one degree higher than oral |
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| You should report any changes in a patient temp to the |
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| he tymapanic thermometer meausres the body temp in the |
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| which method of taking a temp is the least accurate |
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| the pulse is counted by the |
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| The apical pulse is measured |
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| an average pulse rate in an adult female is |
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| the average respiratory rate for adults is |
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| when counting the apical pulse |
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| when counting respirations |
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| count 1 inhalation and exhalation as 1 respiration |
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| blood pressure is usually measured over the |
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| when taking a blood pressure, the highest point at which sound is heard is called |
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| hypotension is when the blood pressure is |
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| the blood pressure cuff should be applied |
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| if you are unable to hear the blood pressure and must repeat the procdure |
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| When transferring a patient |
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| use a transfer whenever possible |
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| before transferring a dependent patient from bed to chair, you should |
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| know the patients cabilities |
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| when a patient transfers independtly for the first time |
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| put the transfer belt on the patient and be prepared to assist |
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| rheumatioid arthitis is believed to be |
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| when caring for a patient with arthitis, you should |
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| balance rest and exersice |
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| moving an extremity toward the midline is |
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| the 2 primary goals of treatment for osteoporis are contolling pain and preventing |
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| care for a patient with a fracture involes all of the following goals exepct, |
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| enhancing the ROM of the fractured bone |
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| the most common fracture in the elderly is a |
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| a patient who has had a hip surgery is at very high risk for |
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| care for a patient who has had a joint replacment surgery includes all of the following except, |
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| if a patient has had a hip surgery, never elevate the head of the bed more than |
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| 45 degrees without permission |
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| "hip fracture" is the term used to describe |
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| a fracture in the upper third or head of the femur |
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| Assist the patient to attain his highest level of ablility |
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| The primary discipline that assist patients to relearn activites of daily living is |
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| a complication of immoblity that affects the GI system |
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| a short, simple phrase to prompt the patient |
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| consitstency of care means that all the staff |
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| use the same approaches when caring for a patient |
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| recieving info you will need to carry out your assignments |
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| when communicating with a patient who has apasia, |
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| ask questions that require only short responses |
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| when communicating with a patient who has hearing impairment |
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| reduce outside distrations |
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| is given when a patient transfers to the care of another worker or department |
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| an affective means of showing you underdstanda communication is to |
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| subjective symptoms are those that you |
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| objective symtpoms are those that you |
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| use your senses to detect |
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| when reporting signs and symptoms to your supervisor, you should |
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| reporting to the nurse about your patients condition contributes to which step of the nursing process |
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| it is important for you as a nursing assistant to know what normal observations are you so that you |
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| you can recogize whatever is not normal an report it |
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| when reporting your oberservations |
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| report objectivly infomation |
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| when making obersvations, you should note the |
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| patient, response to treatment, and envrioment |
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| your health care facility requires you to chart using international time. Your entry for 12:15 PM should document which of the following times? |
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| what is the correct time for 7:43 pm |
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| The pain assesment (rating) scale is used |
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| as a tool for the patient to communicate the pain intestity |
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| protect all individualty identifable health information in any form |
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| enable facilities to disclose patient information to only employees who have signed a release |
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| you printed patient information from the computer that was subsequently not needed. You should |
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| shred the pages in the paper shredder |
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| reveals whether a person is of normal weight, is over weight, or is obese |
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| are commonly sterotyped because of their size |
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| the skin folds on an obses patient |
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| are at risk for an yeast infection |
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| to pick an obese patient off the floor |
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| use a mechanical device, sling, or lifting sheet |
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| The functions of the skin include all of the following expect |
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| aging changes in the skin include |
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| dryness and thinning increase |
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if you note formation of a stage 1 pressure ulcer, you should |
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| the nursing assistant prevents pressure ulcers by |
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| avoiding pressure, shearing, and friction |
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| the most important way to prevent pressure ulcers is to |
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| keep pressure off bony prominences |
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| stretching the skin in one direction while the bone moves in the opposite direction |
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| an accedential break in the skin is called |
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| dark purple bruises on the forearms and back of the hands that are common in the elderly indivudals are |
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| shollow, irregularly shaped injuries that are commonly occur in elderly |
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| a localized mass of blood that is confined to one area is a |
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| signs and symptoms of cysitits include |
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| when caring for a patient that recieves dialyisis treatments |
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| never take the bllod pressure on the arm with the graft |
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| when caring for a patient with an indwelling catheder |
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| secere the catheder to the leg or abdomen at all times |
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| after collecting a urine specimen,take it to the lab |
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