Assistant Care: The Basics
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, Beginning steps for client care -Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
Ending steps for client care -Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
Long Term Care (LTC) care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care
skilled care medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, it is available 24
hours a day, and it is ordered by a doctor and involved a treatment plan
chronic condition any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer than six months). It
usually can't be cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management.
Examples include arthritis and asthma.
Example of chronic condition Physical disabilities
terminal illness a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
acute care 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals
and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an acute
(sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term)
illness
Example of chronic condition Heart disease
Example of chronic condition Dementia
outpatient care Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatments or surgery
and need short-term skilled care. They do not require an overnight stay in a hospital
or other care facility
Rehabilitation Restore or improve function after an illness or injjury