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What is a cane?
What is used to help a person with balance?
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What is hand hygeine?
Washing hands with either soap and water or hand sanitizer.
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What is halitosis?
bad breath
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What is as needed?
prn
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What is dressing, oral care, hair care and toileting?
before taking Sally to the dining area before breakfast, these tasks should be completed
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What is 4?
How many feet does a quad cane have
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what PPE is used when caring for a resident with influenza
Mask
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What is ambulating?
Walking
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What is four times a day?
qid
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What is offering fluids, repositioning and toileting?
3 activities that should be done every 2 hours
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What are safety devices used to assist in transferring residents?
hoyer, gait belt and sit to stand
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What is nosocomial?
infection contracted in a health care facility
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What is dysphagia?
Difficulty swallowing
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What is night or nocturnal?
noc
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What is remember to pull the foreskin back, clean the penis from tip to base then the pull the foreskin back in place?
providing pericare for an uncircumcised male - remember this
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What is exercise called when a resident cannot move on their own.?
When are passive range of motion exercises done?
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what are contact precautions?
This type of isolation is used to prevent disease transmitted by direct contact with infected person or secretions, or drainage of wounds
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What is bradycardia
Slow heart rate
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What is nothing by mouth?
NPO
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what is front to back?
when providing peri care to a female, this is the direction of cleansing
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What is the weaker side?
The cna should assist the resident using an assistive device from this side.
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What is handwashing?
The number one way to prevent infections
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What is dyspnea
difficulty breathing
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What is intake and output?
I&O
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What is provide privacy, reposition, perform oral care and peri care, and talk to him as if he can hear you?
Providing care to an unconscious resident includes these things
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