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Chapter 6 [Workbook Nursing Assistant Care: The Basics] Personal Care Skills correctly answered
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Chapter 6 [Workbook Nursing AssistantCare: The Basics] Personal Care Skills
Promoting independence is - correct answer ✔✔a part of a nursing assistant's care of residents
Styling one's hair is part of - correct answer ✔✔grooming oneself
Having care explained before - correct answer ✔✔it is performed is a resident's legal right
NAs should knock and wait for permission - correct answer ✔✔to enter a resident's room
When skin is this color, it should not be massaged - correct answer ✔✔red
One type of material that prevents air from circulating, causing the skin to sweat - correct answer
✔✔plastic
A problem that can result from pulling a resident across the sheet when transferring him - correct
answer ✔✔shearing
Keeps top sheets from resting on the legs and feet - correct answer ✔✔bed cradle
something that can be placed under the back and buttocks to absorb moisture or perspiration that may
build up - correct answer ✔✔sheepskin
the bottom sheet on a resident's bed must be kept tight and free from__________ - correct answer
✔✔wrinkles
, the minimum number of hours at which immobile residents should be repositioned - correct answer
✔✔two
skin should be kept clean and ______ - correct answer ✔✔dry
Lateral position includes - correct answer ✔✔the person lying on their side with one arm crossed over a
pillow and the other laying flat, with one leg up with a pillow under their knee and a sheet under their
feet
Lateral position points are - correct answer ✔✔side of the head, ear, shoulder, hip greater trochanter,
knees and ankles
Prone position includes - correct answer ✔✔the person lying stomach/face down on a pillow with a
pillow under their feet
prone position points are - correct answer ✔✔cheek, collarbone, breasts(women), genitals (men), knees,
and toes
Supine position points are - correct answer ✔✔back of head, shoulder blades, elbows, abdomen, sacrum
(spine base), between the legs, and the heels
Supine position includes - correct answer ✔✔the person lying on their back with a pillow underneath
their hips and underneath their knees
When skin begins to breakdown, to becomes pale, white, or a reddened color - correct answer ✔✔True
Pressure ulcers usually occur in areas - correct answer ✔✔of the body where bone is close to the skin
Residents seated in wheelchairs - correct answer ✔✔need to be repositioned
Proper nutrition helps - correct answer ✔✔keep the skin healthy
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