Exam Questions Flashcards
(103 cards)
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Holistic care
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Taking care of pt emotional and physical needs
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Healthcare team
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Anyone in the medical field involved in pts health
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Assisted living facility
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Provides care for clients who need minimal help
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Long term care
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Provides care for people unable to care for themselves
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Skilled nursing facility
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Provides care for clients who need rehabilitation
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OBRA
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(1987) For people in long term care making sure they receive certain standard of care
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Joint commission
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Sets national standards of all types of Healthcare organizations
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OSHA
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Protects health and safety of American workers (safety in the work place)
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Medi(care)
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Insurance plan
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Medic(aid)
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Helps people with low incomes. Pays for healthcare
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MDS (minimum data sets)
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Report on degree of assistance/skilled care resident of long-term care
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Advanced directive
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A document that allows a person to make his own wishes regarding healthcare
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Living will
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States a person’s wish to not prolong death
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Durable power of attorney
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Transfers responsibility for a person’s affairs and making decisions to a family member
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HIPPA
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Privacy protection for health information
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Ethics
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Our behavior in a workplace
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Work ethics
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A person’s attitude, gossiping, tardy
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Communicating with a person who has HEARING LOSS
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Face the person.
Use note pad.
Consider learning sign language.
Make sure hearing aids are on, volume up.
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Communicating with a person with SPEECH DIFFICULTIES
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Ask yes or no answers.
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Atrophy
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Muscle loss
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Respiratory (aging)
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Lung tissue loss.
Diaphragm and intercostal muscles become weaker.
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Hemoglobin
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Red blood cells (contain oxygen)
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Leukocytes
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White blood cells (fights infections)
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Systole
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Heart contaction (top BP #)
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Diastole
Heart relaxes (bottom BP #)
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Neuron
Sends/receives information
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General sense
Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch
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Fissure
Crack in the skin
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Ulcer
Crater like open sore
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Phantom pain
Sensation feelins of a body part that is gone
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DNR
Do Not Resuscitate
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NPO
Nothing By Mouth
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Heart disease risk factors
Age
Gender
Hereditary
Body build
Smoking
Overweight
High diet, fats, cholesterol, sodium
Hypertension
Diabetes
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Stroke
Blocked blood flow to the brain
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Aphasia
Affects persons ability to communicate
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Caring for a BLIND PERSON
speak normal.
Describe things around you
Knock to enter.
Leave door completely open or closed
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Supportive care
Treatments that's will not prolong life but will make you comfortable
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Palliative care
Relieving uncomfortable symptoms, not curing symptoms
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Monitor I & O
Monitors intake and output of fluids
Changes in fluid can raise or lower a BP.
Monitors kidneys functions.
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When NOT to shave a person
When on blood thinners
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Where do pressure Ulcers occur most?
Back of head, down the spine, Lower back, and hips, heels, bony joints
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STI
Spread through contact with semen or vaginally secretions
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Displacement
Shifting an emotion from one person to another
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What to do with dementia pt
Maintain calm structured environment.
Approach slowly, announce yourself before touching them.
Avoid arguing or disagreeing.
Use short words and sentences.
Avoid negative words.
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Compression stockings
Maintains blood flow
Reduces swelling and discomfort
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How to prevent infection from spreading
Hand washing, instead of alcohol rubs.
Provide each resd. With thier own personal care items.
Dispose of trash properly.
Maintain personal hygiene.
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Define HIV (AIDS)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Body Mechanics
Alignment, balance, coordinated body movements
USE YOUR LEGS NOT BACK
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RACE
Remove any pts or residents who are in danger.
Activate alarm.
Contain fire by closing doors/windows.
Extinguish fire Evacuate building.
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Using fire extinguisher
P.A.S.S
Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Spray
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CNA restraint role
Observe persons response.
Report any issues or signs of troubles to RN.
Chk on person every 15mins with repositioning and range of movement exercises.
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Responding to an emergency
1. Recognize the emergency
2. Decide to act
Chk for consciousness
4. Activate emergency response system
5. Provide appropriate care until they arrive
6. Record the Care you provided
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Cardiac arrest
Heart has stopped
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Syncope.
What to do
Fainting.
Have person lie down and elevate feet and lower head. Or have them sit down and place head between knees. (Helps blood flow to the head)
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Shearing
Force created when someone is pulled across a surface that offers resistance
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How often do you reposition?
Every 2 hours
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Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing
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Bradycardia
Low heart rate
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Tachycardia
Rapid heart rate
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Pressure Ulcers
Where are the pressure points?
Bony areas
Heels
Ankles
Hips
Knees
Elbows
Shoulder blades
Ears
Back of head
Along the spine
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How often do you reposition a person with pressure ulcers?
Every 2 hours
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What are Wound drains?
To remove fluids from the wounds to help heal.
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Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
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What's the reason for special diets?
People with difficulty Swallowing.
Control intake of certain foods for nutrients.
Aspiration precautions
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BOLD
Vital signs
Respiratory within 2 breaths
Pulse rate withing 4 beats
Systolic BP within 6
Diastolic BP within 8
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BOLD
Feeding a dependent resident
Position resident in upright 45 degrees.
Record 25% consumed food.
Record 45% liquids drank
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BOLD
Catheter care for a resident
Hold catheter where it exits the urethra with one hand.
Clean with stokes only away from the urethra.
Canidate measures output within 30mls.
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Changing a bedridden resident
Remove gown from unaffected side first.
From weak side 1st dress resident in shirt, insert your hand through the sleeve and grasp affected hand of resident.
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BOLD
Ambulatory resident with a walker using gait belt
Lock bed brakes to ensure residents safety.
Lock wheelchair brakes to ensure residents saftey.
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BOLD
with beds
No bolds, only *
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BOLDS
Pericare
Privacy (curtain)
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BOLDS
saftey
Lock bed, lock wheelchair
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BOLD
R.O.M (arm,leg)
Supine
Do not force
Ask if in pain
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BOLD
Coma
Full body to the side (90 degree angle)
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BOLD
Blood pressure
2 respiratory
4 pulse
6 systolic
8 diastolic
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BOLD
Teeth brushing
Bush ALL surfaces
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BOLD
feeding a dependant
45 degree angle (sitting)
25% feeding
45ml drinking
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BOLD
position on side
None, has 3 or 6 *
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BOLD
Stocking
Must be placed appropriately with no restrictions
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Stocking
Wrinkles
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Dressing a resident
TOS
POW
Remove gown
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BOLD
Urine output
30ml
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Respite care
Homecare that gives the primary caregiver time to rest/leave for a short time
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Changes in the body before death
Circulatory fails.
Respiratory patterns change.
Digestive system slows down.
Urine decreases.
Musculoskeletal weakens.
Nervous system changes.
Maybe altered status.
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Indwelling cath
Pt is incontinent or unable to urinate
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Dressing pt with IV (Affected arm)
Place on Affected arm first
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Therapy for dementia/alzhiemer
Reminiscence therapy
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Incident report
Accident while at work
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Full liquid diet
All clears, foods that can be pored to room temp,.
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What is it called when a pt is experiencing sense of fear/apprehension?
Anxiety
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Slower brain impulses can lead to slower reaction so the risk of?
Falls
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Define ADL
Activities of Daily Living
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What's the footcare on a diabetic?
Clean and dry, no cutting nails
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Integumentary system
Hair, skin, nails
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Normal systolic
90-120
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Normal diastolic
60-80
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Normal pulse
60-100
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Normal respiratory
12-20 breaths/min
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Normal temp
97.6-99.6
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Unintentional tort
Violation of civil law when someone causes harm/injury to another person's property without intent to cause harm.
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Phaygocytosis
White blood cells, destroy germs by surrounding them and destroying them
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Cecum
A pouch connected to the junction of small and large intestine
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Stages of grief
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
