Nursing Assisting Study Guide completed 2022/2023

Nursing Assisting Study Guide completed 2022/2023What is the term for a device used to take the place of a missing body part? Prosthesis when a client has left-sided weakness, what part of a sweater is put on first Left sleeve It is appropriate for a nurse aide to share the information regarding a client's status with: the staff on the next shift When helping a client who is recovering from a stroke to walk, the nurse aide should assist on the clients weak side The nurse aide is caring for a client who is agitated. The nurse aide SHOULD: talk in a slow, calm, reassuring manner the purpose for paddling side rails on the clients bed is to: protect the client from injury exercises that move each muscle and joint are called range of motion How can the nurse aide BEST help a client who is not accepting a loss Encourage the cliet to accept the loss The Heimlich maneuver ( abdominal thrust) is used for a cliet who has: a blocked airway The BEST communicate with a client who is totally dea, the nurse aide should write out information The Nurse is asked by a confused client what day it is. The nurse should point to the date on a calendare and say the date To avoid pulling the catheter when turning a male client, the catheter tube must be taped to the clients upper thigh A nurse can assist client with their spiritual needs by: allowing clients to talk about their beliefs A nurse MUST wear gloves when: doing a peri-care When getting ready to dress a client, the Nurse should: give the client choice of what to wear if the nurse discovers fire in a clients room, The FIRST thing to do remove the client In order to comminicate clearly with a client who has hearing loss, the nurse aide should. look directly at the client when speaking what is the final stage of dying acceptance If a client says, " God is ponishing me" or "Why me", how should the nurse aide respond listen quietly The role of ombudsman is to work with the nursing hometo protect clients rights A nurse who is active in her church is assigned to care for a client who is not a member of any religious group. The nurse SHOULD: respect the clients beliefes and avoid starting religious discussions The nurse notices that a client mail has been delivered to te clients room. The nurse SHOULD: give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed. Wat is the correct measurement of urinary output 300cc the clients offers a nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse has done. The nurse aid should politely refuse the money All of the following situations are examples of abuse or neglect except restraining a client according to a physician's order if a client is sitting in a chair in his room masturating, the nurse aide should leave the client alone and provide privacy to convert four ounces of juice to milliliters ( ml) the nurse SHOULD: 4x30 ml In giving care according to the clients Bill of Rights, the nurse SHOULD: provide privacy during the clients personal care The last sence of dying client will lose hearing a client wakes up during the night and asks for something to eat. the Burse aide Should: check clients diet before offering nourishment The normal aging process is BEST defined as the time when: normal body functions and senses decline If a client confused, The nurse SHOULD: help the client to recognize familiar things and people What is the process of restoring a disabled client to the highest level of functioning possible. Rehabilitation When changing an unsterile dressing, the Nurse should was hands before, after removal of the soiled dressing, and after the procedure Clean bed linen placed in a clients room but NOT uses should be: put in the dirty linen container The Nurse aide finds a concius client lying on the bathroom floor. The FIRST thing the nurse aide should do is: call for assistance from the nurse in charge If the nurse aide finds a client who is sad and crying, the nurse aide should: ask the client if something is wrong clients have the right to: have access to a telepone Proper use of a waist restrains requies that the nurse aide: watch for skin irritation To prevent the spread of infection, how should the Nurse handle the soiled linens removed from the clients bed put them in the dirty linen container a client needs to be repositioned but is heavy, the nurse aide is not sure she can move the client alone. The nurse should ask another nurse aide to help to prevent dehydration of the client, the nurse SHOULD: offer fluids frequently while the client is awake When transforing client, MOST of the clients weight should be supported by the nurses aide's legs To be sure hat a client weight os measured accurately, the client should be weighed: at the same time of the day How many tips does a quad-cane base have? 4 BEFORE taking the oral temperature of the client who has just finished a cold drink, the nurse aide should wait: 10-20 minutes Which of the following method is the CORRECT way to remove a dirty isolation gown? Roll it dirty side in and away from the body What would be the BEST way to the nurse to promote clients independence in bathing a client who has had stroke Encourage the client to do as much as possible and assist as needed A safety device used to assist a DEPENDENT client from a bed to a chair is called transfer/ gait belt If a nurse needs to wear a gown to care for a client is isolation, the nurse aide MUST take the gown off before leaving the clients room When making an occupied bed, the nurse SHOULD: raise side rail on unattended side THe NUrse aide is in the employee dining room. A group of nurse aides are eating lunch together and begin discussing how rude a certain client was acting. The nurse SHOULD: suggest that this is not the place to discuss the client the nurse enters a clients room, and the client states that he has pain. What shoud the nurse do? report it to the nurse in charge A client is upset an crying over the recent death of her husband. How should the nurse aide respond? Sit with the cliet and allow her to talk about her feelings Which temperature is considered MOST acurate? Rectal What is the beginning sign of a pressure sore? Discoloration While assisting a client with denture care the nurse aide observes that the upper plate is cracked. The nurse aide SHOULD: report the damage to the nurse in charge. a new client refuses to wear a clothing pretetor at lunch. The nurse SHOULD: respect the clients wishes The nurse can BEST show that he is listening to the client by: responding when appropriate The Best time to prepare for a disaster is before it happens You can refuse to do a delegated task when the task is not in your job description Mr. Smith does not want lifesaving measures. You respect his decision you are walking by residents room. You hear a nurse shouting at a person This is Verbal Abuse When Communicating with a foreign- speaking person, you usse words the person seems to understand To protect a person from being burned, you assist the person with drinking or eating hot food To prevent equipment accident, you should follow the manufacturer's instructions To prevent a person from falling, you should use grab bars in showers you need to wash your hands after you remove gloves you need to turn a heavy person in bed. YOU use good body mechanics When transforring a person from a wheelchair to bed, you never have the person put his or her arms around neck When making a bed you wear gloves when removing linen to give perineal care to a male you use a circular motion and start at the meatus and work outwards A person has an indwelling catheter. YOU have the drainage bag hang from the bed frame or chair. A person needs to eat a diet that containes protein. Protein...... is needed for tissue repair and growth Older Persons may not feel thirsty a person is NPO. You remoce the water pitcher and glass fromt eh room A person drank 3 oz of milk at lunch. He or she drank 90ml When feeding a person allow time for chewing and swallowing You need to do ROM to a person's right shoulder. YOU..... support the part being exersized A person has a week left leg. The person should hold the cane in his or her right hand To promote comfort and relieve pain, you position the person in good allignment A person is receiving oxygen through a nassal cannal. YOU check behind the ears and under the nose fr signs of irritation you accidentally dropped a mercury- glass thermometer. YOU tell the nurse at once When taking a person's pulse. YOU tell the nurse if the pulse is less than 60 you are counting respirations on a person. YOu count for one minute if an abnormal breathing pattern is noted you are taking blood preasure on people assigned to you . An older person has a blood pressire of 188/96. YOU report the BP to the nurse at once When would you take a rectal temperature? the person is unconscious A person has been admitted to the nurse nursing center recently. YOU Introduce the person to the other residents When taking person height and weight, you have the person void before being weighted A person is bedfast. to prevent pressure ulcers, you keep the skin free of moisture from urine, stools or perspiration a person has a hearing problem. when talking with the person face the person when caring for a person who is blind or vissualy impaired, you explain the location of food and beverages you are caring for a person with demenia. you protect confedential information When caring for a confused person. you ask clear simple questions A person with Alzheimer's disease likes to wonder. You exercise the person as ordered Restorative nursing programs promote self-care measures When caring for a person with disability, you remind he person of his or hers progress in the rehabilitation program after a person dies, you respect the persons right to privacy you enter a person's room and find fire in the waste basket. your first action is to remove the person from the room you leave a person lying in urine and he or she develops a bedsore. This is Neglect A nurse asks you to place a drug and sterile dressing on a small foot wound. you politely tell the nurse you cannot do the task you observe a person's urine is foul-smelling and darn amber. your first action is to tell the nurse A daughter asks you for water for her mom. your response is i will be happy to do that a person has a restraint on. you know that unnecessary restraint is false imprisonment The nurse asks you to place a person in the supine postion. you place the person on his or her back with the bed flat the most important way to prevent or avoid spreading infecton is to wash hands when moving a person up in bed, you should ask a co-worker to help you a person is on sodium - controlled diet. this means canned vegetables are ommited from his or her diet elastic stockings should not have wrinkles or creases after being applied before bathing a person, you should offer the bed pan or urinal when taking a rectal temperature, you insert the thermometer 1 inch