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HARTMAN-S NURSING ASSISTANT CARE THE BASICS
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HARTMAN'S NURSING ASSISTANT CARE: THE BASICSBeginning steps for client care - Answers--Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-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
Ending steps for client care - Answers--Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
Long Term Care (LTC) - Answers-care given in long-term care facilities for people who
need 24-hour skilled care
skilled care - Answers-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
chronic condition - Answers-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.
Example of chronic condition - Answers-Physical disabilities
terminal illness - Answers-a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
acute care - Answers-24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally
given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care - Answers-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
Example of chronic condition - Answers-Heart disease
Example of chronic condition - Answers-Dementia
outpatient care - Answers-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
, Rehabilitation - Answers-Restore or improve function after an illness or injjury
hospice care - Answers-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
Medicare - Answers-A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age
and older
Medicaid - Answers-A medical assistance program that pays for health care services for
people who cannot afford them. For people who have low income, as well as for people
with disabilities.
Nursing assistants are not allowed to - Answers-Insert or remove tubes, give tube
feedings, or change sterile dressings
Nursing assistants are part of - Answers-A team of health professionals
assistive or adaptive devices - Answers-special equipment that helps a person who is ill
or disabled perform activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
occupational therapist - Answers-assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp
motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
The chain of command protects employees from - Answers-Liability
chain of command - Answers-the line of authority that moves from the top of a hierarchy
to the lowest level
In continence is - Answers-Not a normal part of aging
transmission-based precautions - Answers-CDC precautions used in patients known or
suspected to be infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or
contact routes; used in addition to standard precautions
scope of practice - Answers-defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally
permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law
care plan - Answers-is individualized for each resident. It lists the tasks that team
members, including NAs, must preform.
policy - Answers-Is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation
occurs
procedure - Answers-a method, or way of doing something
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