Final Vocab

Question 1

Syncope

Answer 1

Medical word for fainting or passing out

Question 2

Epistaxis

Answer 2

Medical word for a bloody nose

Question 3

Perseveration

Answer 3

Often a symptom of dementia, it is the inappropriate and constant repetition of an act or phrase

Question 4

What are the social determinants of health (name 5)

Answer 4

1. Economic stability
2. Access to education
3. Access to healthcare
4. Safe neighborhoods
5. A social community with friends

Question 5

What is adaptive equipment

Answer 5

Any tool or device used to help with ADLs

Question 6

What is misappropriation

Answer 6

Taking something that isn’t yours, usually from work, like bringing home a box of gloves or charging a personal item on the company credit card

Question 7

What is delegation

Answer 7

Authorizing someone else to do a task on your behalf

Question 8

What are the five rights of delegation

Answer 8

The right person, right task, right circumstance, right direction and right supervision

Question 9

What is restorative care

Answer 9

Another term for rehabilitation, which is helping a person return to his highest level of physical, emotional, or economic function

Question 10

What is a minimum data set

Answer 10

A federal form filled out on nursing home residents about the degree of assistance or skilled care they need

Question 11

Define unbecoming

Answer 11

Inappropriate

Question 12

What is palliative care

Answer 12

Care with a goal of relieving pain, symptoms, and emotional and physical stress but not curing disease it is often a part of hospice care, but can be found in other places as well

Question 13

Give examples of acute diseases of conditions

Answer 13

Broken bones, the flu, a cold, heart attack, chicken pox, appendicitis

Question 14

What is foot drop

Answer 14

When the foot drops or bends abnormally from injury or atrophy

Question 15

What is a common symptom of congestive heart failure

Answer 15

Edema or swelling in the feet

Question 16

What GI condition can result in stomach pain and the leaking of small amounts of thin watery stool

Answer 16

Fecal impaction

Question 17

What is validation therapy

Answer 17

It is communicating that residents opinions and feelings are acknowledged, respected and heard regardless of whether or not the listener agrees

Question 18

Is pain subjective or objective

Answer 18

Subjective, and it should always be reported to the nurse

Question 19

How is hepatitis A transmitted

Answer 19

Fecal-oral transmission

Question 20

What is PVD

Answer 20

Peripheral vascular disorder, chronic disease with poor circulation in the extremities

Question 21

What is an interdisciplinary team

Answer 21

A group of healthcare providers from many disciplines who work together to provide care

Question 22

What is an ileostomy

Answer 22

When the entire large colon is removed and the end of the small intestine is brought to the surface of the abdomen in a stoma

Question 23

What is a plate guard or plate rim

Answer 23

A device that clips onto the edge of the plate, food can be scooped against the rim so it doesn’t fall off the edge of the plate

Question 24

How do you operate a fire extinguisher

Answer 24

The acronym is PASS
P-pull the pin
A- aim at the base
S- squeeze the handle
S- spray