Empathy - ✅✅-an understanding of another's feelings
Sympathy - ✅✅-Feelings of sadness for someone else's misfortune
Delegation - ✅✅-Nurse aids cannot delegate
Slander - ✅✅-Oral statement
Libel - ✅✅-written statement
Make sure call light is? - ✅✅-Always within reach
What is the minimum number of hours for a nurse aide class? - ✅✅-75 hours
OBRA - ✅✅--1987
-anyone could be a nurse aid
- started nurse aid training program
-75 hours. 16 of which are clinicals
What do you bring to state test? - ✅✅-Drivers license and original copy of
social security card.
Can nurse aids take phone orders from doctors? - ✅✅-no
✅✅
How does the nurse aide assist a resident to be more independent? -
-Encouraging them to do things
What does neglect mean? - ✅✅-Failure to provide the resident with the
goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental
illness
What does negligence mean? - ✅✅-failure to use ordinary or reasonable care
What is a malpractice? - ✅✅-Negligence by a professional person as a
doctor, nurse, or dentists.
✅✅
What should you do if there's any changes in the residents condition? -
-tell the nurse
What should you always do when entering a residents room? - ✅✅-Always
knock and announce what you're going to do.
Why do residents fall? - ✅✅ -age, mobility, elimination,mental status and
medications and not answering the call light quick enough when needing help.
, How do we prevent falling? - ✅✅ -shoes or slippers with non- skid shoes, tie
shoes laces, avoid long gowns or robes, avoid the use of throw rugs, wipe up
all liquid spills immediately, encourage the use of hand rails, Non- skid tips of
canes, walkers and chair legs.
When are residents likely to fall? - ✅✅-call lights not answered for their
needs.
What do you do with a resident who has impaired vision - ✅✅--Always tell
them what you're about to do
-stand in front of them
-clock plate
What do you do if a resident loses their hearing aids? - ✅✅-Look for hearing
aid right away!!
What is aphasia? - ✅✅-Total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand
language.
What are the rules for charting? - ✅✅ -Report your actions and observations
to the nurse, document findings promptly, complete flow sheets or work
sheets, a medical record is the property of the facility, Residents who wish to
see their chart should do so with the nurse's permission. Always use ink, use
military time, write legibly and neat, use agency approved abbreviations,
record safety measures, never erase or white out, do not skip lines and many
more.
How can we prevent infections? - ✅✅ -handwashing well, cleaning unit,
handling linen properly, disposing of contaminated articles, cleaning
equipment, personal hygiene, resident hygiene.
What is RACE? - ✅✅ -R: rescue residents, A: Activate alarm, C: Confine fire,
E: Extinguish or evacuate.
What is PASS? - ✅✅ -P: Pull the pin, A: Aim toward the base of the fire, S:
Squeeze the handle, S: sweep the base of the fire.
What is HCV? - ✅✅-hepatitis C virus
inflammation of the liver spread by contaminated blood, iv drug use, high-risk
sexual activity, no vaccine.
What is HBV? - ✅✅-hepatitis B virus
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