Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: The Basics (Questions + Answers) Verified 100% Correct!!.

Beginning steps for client care - Answer--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 - Answer--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) - Answer-care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care skilled care - Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-Physical disabilitiesterminal illness - Answer-a disease or condition that will eventually cause death acute care - Answer-24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers subacute care - Answer-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 - Answer-Heart disease Example of chronic condition - Answer-Dementia outpatient care - Answer-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 - Answer-Restore or improve function after an illness or injjury hospice care - Answer-treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain. For people who have about 6 months or less to live Medicare - Answer-A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older Medicaid - Answer-A medical assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them. For people who have low income, as well as for people with disabilities. Nursing assistants are not allowed to - Answer-Insert or remove tubes, give tube feedings, or change sterile dressings Nursing assistants are part of - Answer-A team of health professionalsassistive or adaptive devices - Answer-special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy) occupational therapist - Answer-assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants