Chapter 21: The Person's Unit

VOCABULARY flashcards covering the components, comfort standards, safety requirements, and equipment of the person's unit in a health care setting.

The Person's Unit

The personal space, furniture, and equipment provided for the person by the agency.

Standard Temperature Range

The range of $68^{\circ}$ to $74^{\circ}F$ at which most healthy people are comfortable.

Draft Prevention

Protective measures for infants and older or ill persons, including proper clothing, lap robes, blankets, and moving them from drafty areas.

CMS Comfortable Sound Level

A level that does not interfere with hearing, promotes privacy, and allows the person to take part in social activities.

Noise Reduction Strategies

Procedures such as controlling your voice, handling equipment carefully, and answering call lights promptly.

CMS Comfortable Lighting

Lighting that lessens glares and lets the person control the intensity, location, and direction of light.

Hospital Bed Controls

Electrical or manual mechanisms used to raise the bed horizontally for care or lower it for ease of getting out.

The Six Basic Bed Positions

Flat, Fowler’s position, High-Fowler’s position, Semi-Fowler’s position, Trendelenburg’s position, and Reverse Trendelenburg’s position.

Hospital Bed System

The FDA-defined system consisting of the bed frame and its parts, including the mattress, bed rails, head- and foot-boards, and bed attachments.

Bed Entrapment

The risk of a person getting caught, trapped, or entangled in spaces created by bed rails, the mattress, the bed frame, or the head- and foot-boards.

Persons at Greatest Risk for Entrapment

Individuals who are older, frail, confused, restless, small, restrained, or have poor muscle control.

Entrapment Zone 1

The space within the bed rail.

Entrapment Zone 2

The space between the top of the compressed mattress and the bottom of the bed rail and between the rail supports.

Entrapment Zone 3

The space between the bed rail and the mattress.

Entrapment Zone 4

The space between the top of the compressed mattress and the bottom of the bed rail and at the end of the bed rail.

Entrapment Zone 5

The space between the split bed rails.

Entrapment Zone 6

The space between the end of the bed rail and the side edge of the head-board or foot-board.

Entrapment Zone 7

The space between the head-board or foot-board and the end of the mattress.

Over-bed Table

A table with a base that slides under the bed, used for meals, reading, or as a work area for the nursing team.

Bedside Stand

A storage unit next to the bed used for personal items and personal care equipment.

Privacy Curtain

A curtain extending around the bed used to protect the resident's right to privacy, though it does not block sound.

Call System

A signaling device that lets the person request help; it must be kept within reach on the person’s strong side.

Bathroom Safety Equipment

Standard features including a toilet, sink, mirror, and grab bars located by the toilet.

OBRA/CMS Closet Requirements

The requirement that nursing centers provide closet space with shelves and a clothes rack, to which the person has free access.