Chapter 6

Question 1

What steps should be done before any task?

Answer 1

Identify yourself and resident by name
Wash Hands
Explain Procedure
Provide for Resident’s Privacy

Question 2

What steps should be done after completing any task?

Answer 2

Place Call Light Within Resident’s Reach
Wash Hands
Report any changes in Resident to Nurse
Document Procedure Using Facility Guidelines

Question 3

IV stands for what?

Answer 3

Intravenous or Into A Vein

Question 4

Elastic Stockings are known as what?

Answer 4

Anti-Embolic Stockings or TED Hose

Question 5

Aspiration

Answer 5

Inhalation of food, fluid, or foreign material into the lungs

Question 6

Fracture Pan

Answer 6

Bedpan that is flatter that the regular bedpan

Question 7

Fanfolded

Answer 7

Folded several times into pleats

Question 8

Portable Commode

Answer 8

Chair with a toilet seat and removable container

Question 9

Bed bound residents should be re-positioned how often?

Answer 9

Every two hours

Question 10

Supine

Answer 10

Lying flat on the back

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

Lying on either side

Question 12

Prone

Answer 12

Lying on the stomach

Question 13

Fowler’s

Answer 13

Semi-sitting position

Question 14

Sims

Answer 14

Lying on the left side with one leg drawn up

Question 15

Logrolling

Answer 15

Moving resident as a unit without disturbing the alignment of the body

Question 16

Dangle

Answer 16

Sit up on the side of the bed with the legs hanging over the sides. Allows blood pressure to stabilize

Question 17

Ergonomics

Answer 17

Science of designing equipment,areas, and work tasks to make them safer and to suit the worker’s abilities.

Question 18

Weaker Side

Answer 18

Affected side or involved

Question 19

Pediculosis

Answer 19

Infestation of lice

Question 20

Orthosis

Answer 20

A device that helps support and align a limb and improve its functioning

Question 21

Draw Sheets

Answer 21

Turning sheets that are placed under residents who cannot help with turning,lifting, or moving up in bed

Question 22

Foot Drop

Answer 22

Weakness of muscles in the feet and ankles that causes problems with the ability to flex the ankles and walk normally

Question 23

Shearing

Answer 23

Rubbing that results from skin moving one way and the bone underneath it remaining fixed or moving in the opposite direction

Question 24

Pressure ulcer

Answer 24

Breakdown of skin. Bed sore or pressure sore

Question 25

Pressurepoints

Answer 25

Areas of the body that bear much of its weight. Located at bony prominences

Question 26

Bony Prominences

Answer 26

Areas of the body where the bone lies close to the skin.