Unit 1 Flashcards

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RN
LPN
CNA

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Each has own role

Increased accountability based on education

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Health care settings

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Hospitals
Rehabilitation
Long term 
-assisted living
-independent living
Hospice
Home health
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Chain of command

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Order of authority
Helps resident get right care
Protects liability

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Ethics

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Knowing right VS wrong

Standards of conduct

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Professional ethics

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Confidentiality
Honesty
Trustworthy
Don't accept gifts or tips
Don't work under the influence
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5
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Neglect

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Can be physical, mental, emotional

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6
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False Imprisonment

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Restraint without order

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7
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Involuntary Seclusion

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Confining against their will

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8
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Assault

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Threatening harm

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9
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Battery

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Actually harming

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10
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CNA is a mandated reporter

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Legally required to report abuse

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Negligence

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Actions or failure to give care that harms someone

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Malpractice

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Negligence by dr, nurse, or other worker

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13
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OBRA

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

  • to improve quality of long term care
  • fed law 1987
  • provides min standards for training, staffing and residents rights
  • sets training eval regs for CNA
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14
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OBRA requires nursing assistant registry in each state

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Name
Address
Date of test
Program name
Employment history
Fingerprint background check
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15
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Residents rights

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Quality of life
Informed about care
Services & activities
Decide about care
Choices 
Privacy & confidentiality
Freedom from restraint
Informed regarding transfers or discharge
Right to complain
Visitors
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Ombudsman

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Advocates for residents rights
Educates consumers & providers
Investigate & resolve complaints

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CNA role

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Perform nursing tasks assigned
Provide care
Assist with ADL
Observe & report

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Never

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Give drugs
Insert or remove tubes 
Take orders from dr
Perform anything that requires sterile technique 
Ignore orders or requests 
Supervise others
Diagnose or prescribe 
Tell person or family diagnosis or treatment plans
19
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5 rights of delegation

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Right task
Right circumstance 
Right person
Right direction 
Right supervision
20
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Qualities of CNA

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Dressed nice & groomed 
Don't talk about personal problems
Be on time
Positive attitude
Don't gossip about coworkers 
Don't use slang or profanity
21
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Holistic care

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Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Social

22
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Objective data

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Signs
Measurable
Uses sight, hearing, touch, smell

23
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Subjective data

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Symptoms

What is said by res or family

24
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Look for changes

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Ability
Skin conditions
Vital signs
ADL 
Orientation
25
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Immediately report

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Chest pain
Vomiting
Difficult breathing
Slurred speech
Blurred vision
Abnormal vitals
Bleeding
Sudden disability to walk
26
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Care plan

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PLAN to help resident achieve goals

GUIDE in res care

27
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Medical chart

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Legal record of residents care

28
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One reading your chart should know

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What you observed
What you did
Person’s response

29
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Rules for charts

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Confidential
Written immediately after care given
Use black ink
Sign each note
Only facts. No opinions
What YOU did
30
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Correct signature

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First initial
Last name
Current title