CNA Final Study Guide Perry Foundation

How long does a suppository take to work?

30 minutes

Know what AD or means and how to get their attention.

AD is Alzheimer's Dementia and they should be approached from the front.

What is high blood sugar?

Hyperglycemia

What should you do with an AD patient do when they are dressing?

Tell AD patient what to do with each item of clothing. ex) put socks on feet

Where is apical pulse?

Heart is on left side, below nipple line.

What should a patient with heart failure wear?

Elastic stockings

Where is the radial pulse located?

Thumb side of wrist

How to speak to a blind patient

Face the patient from the front.

How often should heart failure patients be weighed?

Daily after voiding on the same scale and the same time.

Mouth care for an unconscious resident

Turn head to side to prevent aspirations.

Scope of practice for oxygen

Oxygen is a prescription, so straighten tube only. No adjustments to flow.

What to do with a fractured hip?

Place an external rotation device. This is what you put between their legs.

What are some of the risks that patients that have skin tears?

skin tears can lead to complications such as pain, delayed wound healing, localized infection, cellulitis or generalized sepsis

What is repression?

not remembering being told something, example, not

remembering what time your class starts after being told the time.

What is regression?

The person regress back in time, example A wife asks spouse

for a separation, the spouse defense is sucking his finger

Risk for a patient with parkinsons?

Falling

What is phantom pain?

pain experienced in the area of a body part that has been surgically or traumatically removed

What will increase hyperglycemia?

Lack of exercise

Know where to place the wheelchair when putting a patient back to bed

Wheelchair goes on patient's strong side and touches the bed.

Where should the Cather bag be kept for the patient

Below the bladder at all times.

Height of bed

prevent sudden jerking movements.

What is projection

Occurs when you blame someone else for something you did not do.

Signs and symptoms of pneumonia

Fever, chills, coughing, and chest pain

Signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis

Joints swelling and tender

If a patient tells you their hearing aid isn't working

Make sure it's on

Serosanguineous

Thin, watery, blood-tinged

Serous drainage

clear, watery fluid

Purulent draingage

thick green, yellow, or brown

Sanguineous drainage

bloody drainage

Normal rate for aspiration and pulse

12-20 aspiration

60-100 pulse

Standard practice for hepatitis

Bloodborne pathogen standard procedure

What segments of the body do you move first

Upper body

Who is at risk for TB

Anyone in frequent close contact with the infected person are at risk.

What action is unsafe when ambulating a patient

Assist patient by standing in front of the patient, grasping each side of the gait belt, keeping back straight and knees bent. The patient should be cooperative and predictable, able to bear weight on own legs and to have good trunk control. Apply gait belt if required for additional support

Autonomic dysreflexia is a syndrome in which there is a sudden onset of excessively high blood pressure.

Found commonly affects patients with spinal cord injuries

A patient with Autonomic dysreflexia will have

Fecal impactions

A fracture pan is used when a person has

limited back motion

If a patient has hearing loss

State the topic of conversation

What prevents pressure ulcers?

Keep patient clean and dry

What is dyspnea

difficulty breathing

When you are in shock you are

restless and confused

How are droplets produced

sneezing, coughing, talking

What is Hypoglycemia

low blood sugar

What is neglect

It is not providing care to a patient that needs care, example not changing their bed.

What can you do for a bleeding patient

Place a sterile dressing over the wound

When do you double bag

Whenever the outside of the bag is soiled

What position do you place the wheelchair with a patient who has left side weakenss

Right side

If a patient has a chest tube

you are to turn and reposition them, following their care plan.

How to put a patent with aspiration precautions

They should stay in semi-fowlers for at least one hour

If a patient is crying in their room that has cancer, You are allowed to touch

them and listen to show them that you care.

It is a form of communication

Tympanic membrane is located inside your ears

Do not take temperature in that site if they have an ear infection or drainage.

Assisting a person on the bedpan, what position?

Supine

After placing them on the bed pan, what position

sitting-squatting

When removing from the bed pan, what position

Supine