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Physical Abuse
Force or violence causing pain, injury, and sometimes death
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Leave room and come later to check in.
Report
You are checking on a patient and they appear aggressive and attempts to hit you. What should you do?
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Emotional Abuse
While entering Mrs. Ramsey's room, you notice her son leaving in a hurry seeming annoyed,. Mrs. Ramsey is not acting herself, you ask what is wrong she replies her son had called her "stupid". What abuse is this?
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Standard Precautions
Wearing gloves when giving resident care.
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Demonstrates excellent team work regardless of staffing
Facility CNAs
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Financial Abuse
Misuse of money or property
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Tell them you do not appreciate what is being said and it is inappropriate.
You walk into a patients room and they make inappropriate comments towards you. What should you do?
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Physical Abuse
While getting a patient ready for their bath, your notice bruises on their body ad they are complaining of being "sore". you ask what happened, the client replies "sometimes my nephew bit rough". What type of abuse is this?
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Proper way to cover mouth/nose with cough or sneeze
Coughing into your elbow.
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What not to say to residents
"I'm the only CNA here"
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Neglect
To pay no attention or to little attention. Failing to meet basic needs
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Report and tell your supervisor. ASAP.
Husband of the patient is always calling his wife down and making situations and her well being worse. What should you do?
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Neglect
While starting your shift, you notice Ms. Haywood's call light going off. She seems relieved, she has been laying in a soaked incontinence pad because your co-worker wanted to go home early. What is this an example of?
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Notify the nurse and keep resident in their room
Resident has temp of 99.1
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Our new ED
Meegan Hanson
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Emotional Abuse
What is words or actions that inflict mental harm
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Report what you seen to your supervisor. Place patients purse in safe location with permission from patient.
Walking pass Mrs. Smith's room you notice another co-worker taking money from the patients purse. What should you do?
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Sexual Abuse
Mrs. Jones is bedridden and cognitively disabled, she lives with her daughter and son-in-law. you notice her son-in-law isolates himself when you're around. When giving Mrs. Jones a bath she seems scared, and has bruising on her breasts and genital area. What type of abuse is suspected?
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bleach
Cleaning substance for c.difficile
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Don't go into the kitchen, let them know asap who needs a room tray...using the clipboard.
Rules from dietary
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Sexual Abuse
Unwanted sexual activity, including sexual harassment. (conduct, comment, gesture, threat, or suggestion that is sexual in nature)
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Report, and place call bell within patients reach. reassure client if they need anything to hit the call bell.
LPN on duty is annoyed with patient and takes away call bell. you notice what is being done. What should you do?
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Financial Abuse
While helping Mr. Dooley pay his online bills, he notices money missing. You ask him do anyone else use his credit card. He claims his grandson uses to get his medications for him., but you notice charges have been made to iTunes, and Xbox. What type of abuse is this?
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a limited area/room to keep contagious illness from spreading
A quarantined place at home or work
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Appropriate for someone on MS diet.
Giving meatloaf to a resident on a mechanical soft diet.
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