(6) FTCC CNA I: Module Z: Threads Of Care

Infection prevention

Your nurse asks you to give Mr. Jones a bed bath, following standard precautions focuses on what thread of care?

Legal

The Nurse Aide collects a urine specimen and labels it and takes it to the designated place promptly, this is and example of the ___ thread

Safety

The Nurse Aide walks down the hallway in the facility and notices a hazardous spill on the floor, cleaning it up immediately and thoroughly is maintaining _____

Person-centered care

Using the color preference of a resident while placing anti-embolism stockings is an example of ?_______

Critical thinking skills

The Nurse Aide is assisting to ambulate a resident that has recently recovered from pneumonia, she anticipates that the distance the resident is able to walk may be less than usual. The Nurse Aide is using? ______________

Cognition

The Nurse Aide is going to move a dementia patient up in the bed with the assistance of a co-worker. She explains to the resident step by step as they reposition. The Nurse Aide is aware of the important thread of __________

Privacy

When performing pericare on a resident, pulling the curtain is an example of maintaining patient _______

Have the resident wear shoes or non-skid slippers

When transferring a resident from the bed to a chair, a safety thread example would be to...

Family support

Allowing a resident's family to transport them to an activity via wheelchair is considered...

Dignity

Giving the resident a choice of food preferences is being aware of ....

Communication

Telling a blind resident where food is located using face of an imaginary clock is using _____

Raising the bed to an appropriate level

While performing a linen change on a bed, the Nurse Aide demonstrates good body mechanics by...

Pain

Reporting any complaints of ____ is very important when providing catheter care

Legal

Leaving a resident on a bedpan for an extended period of time can result in ______ action

Patient rights

What are privacy, refusal, information, and timeliness examples?

Universal choking sign

One or both hands on the throat

When the Nurse Aide is providing Pericare, strokes are made...

Front to back

When administering a bed bath, the Nurse Aide is careful to...

Perform strokes towards the heart

It is important that the Nurse Aide be careful to avoid _____ when moving and positioning residents

friction and shearing

A device used to measure urinary output is called a

Graduate

The Nurse Aide is going to administer a cleansing enema to a resident after receiving instructions from the nurse, the Nurse Aide places the resident in ______ position

Left Sims position

What supplies will the Nurse Aide need to empty a urinary drainage bag?

gloves, graduate, antiseptic pad, paper towels, and notepad

In what position should the Nurse Aide assist the resident who needs assistance to eat?

As close to 90 degrees as possible.

Before the Nurse Aide cleans dentures, he/she will first...

line the sink

When undressing a resident, the Nurse Aide will first...

undress the unaffected arm first

When using a gait belt, the Nurse Aide knows to hold the belt...

with an upward grasp on the belt

The artery used to locate a pulse prior to taking a resident's blood pressure is the ....

Brachial Artery

A urinary drainage bag should be...

attached to a bed frame

The Nurse Aide is allowed to cut or trim a resident's toenails

FALSE

A Nurse Aide should only use the thread of Critical Thinking with certain skills. True or False?

False. The Nurse Aide should always use Critical Thinking with each skill.

A Incident Report only needs to be filled out if a resident dies on your shift. True or False?

False. A Incident Report needs to be filled out anytime an unexpected event occurs resulting in safety issue.

Once a Nurse Aide fills the basin with water to bathe a resident, what is the next step?

To ask the resident to test the water temperature before beginning the bath.

To perform Mouth Care on a resident, the Nurse Aide must raise the head of the bed to how many degrees?

75-90 degrees. For safety reasons, get as close to 90 degrees as the resident may tolerate.

With performing Hand Hygiene, the first step is to turn the water on. True or False?

False. The first step is to "Address the client by name."

When drying your hands, you use a paper towel to dry your wrists, hands and the fingers. Is this the correct order?

No. Your skill states "To dry all surfaces of fingers, hands, and wrists starting at the fingertips."

Using a "clean technique', you may turn the water off after drying your hands without using a paper towel? Is this a "Clean Technique"?

No. You should use a clean, dry paper towel to turn off faucet, then dispose the paper towel into waste container.

While in a transmission based precautions room and wearing PPE, the Nurse Aide realizes the he does not have the towels for a resident's bath. It is permissible for the Nurse Aide to go into the hallway while wearing PPE if he/ she does not have to walk far. True or False?

False. You must remove PPE and wash hands prior to walking in the hallway. This is an "Infection Prevention" thread of care example.

The Nurse Aide does not need to perform the skill of Mouth Care to an unconscious resident because they are not able to request Mouth Care. True or False?

False. You must use the technique of Providing Mouth Care to an unconscious Resident with the safety measures listed in the skill.

Residents are usually repositioned every 8-12 hours or once a shift. True or False?

False. Residents that are unable to move on their own must be re positioned every 2 hours unless there is a different order.

As a Nurse Aide, you are mindful of "Infection Prevention" by placing a used bedpan on the over bed table. True or False?

False. Your Threads of Care for "Assisting with use of Bathroom and Measuring and Recording Urinary Output" states to NEVER place ANY elimination equipment on the over bed table.