Class quiz 7
Which is the normal adult respiratory rate?
12 to 20 RPM
Warm or cold applications should generally be applied for?
20 minutes
The risk of prostate cancer increases when a man is over the age of?
60
Any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function is?
A disability
Which of the following situations would require a sterile dressing?
A draining wound
An action is taken by the nursing team. Care is given in this step. This action is?
A nursing intervention
A patient is unconscious. To keep the person's mouth open during oral hygiene, you need to use
A padded tongue depressor
One type of dry application is a(n)?
Aquamatic K-pad
Which is the best time to collect a sputum specimen?
As soon as getting up in early am, after rinsing the mouth with water
Collecting health information about a person is called?
Assessment
Where does pressure injuries often occurs?
At the pressure points
When using sterile gloves, what is one important step that the nursing assistant should take?
Ensure sterile glove expiration date is current
How often a NA should check the skin with cold or warm applications?
Every 5 minutes
A nursing center resident does not wear an ID bracelet. Before giving care, how should you identify the person?
Follow center policy and the care plan.
You need to remove a resident's lower denture. What should you use
Gauze squares
person with ______________cannot be treated with antibiotics or cured, and may have repeated outbreaks of the disease for the rest of his or her?
Genital herpes
When providing care to a patient with a leg wound. Which of the following colors of discharge indicates infection?
Green
One benefit of applying heat to the body is
Heat increases movement of oxygen and nutrients into the tissues
A sitz bath is used to
Increase blood flow to pelvic area
A benefit from the regular use of deep-breathing exercises is?
Increased lung capacity
How does moisture affect warm and cold applications?
It strengthens their effects
For a NA, pressure injury care includes?
Keeping skin dry
Ischemia means?
Lack of blood and oxygen supply to the area
Which of the following is true of sexual needs in the elderly?
Lack of privacy in a facility can affect sexual activity
Which of the following is a normal age-related change for the integumentary system?
Melanocyte production can cause brown spots
Which condition signifies the end of the female's ability to reproduce?
Menopause
In skilled nursing facilities, patients and residents, who use bed rails
Must be checked every 15 minutes
A resident has weakness on her left side. You are transfering her from the bed to the wheelchair. Where should you position the wheelchair?
Next to the bed on the right side
Hypoxemia is?
Not enough oxygen in the blood
The nurse gives you an air mattress to put on the resident's bed. Where do you put it?
On top of the mattress , you secure it
When NA applies heat to a patient body part. I knowledgeable NA knows that heat causes vessels to?
Opene up or dilate
One normal age-related change for the respiratory system is?
Oxygen in the blood decreases
A resident yells "I dropped hot soup on my leg". The skin looks blistered and red. The NA knows that this is a?
Partial thickness burn
When assisting a patient to perform coughing and deep breathing exercises, which of the following actions should the NA take?
Place a pillow over the patient's incision site
stage 1 pressure injury has skin that is?
Red or a different color than the surrounding area
Which of the following patients demostrate orthopneic position?
Resident that sits on the side of the bed and leans forward over a bedside table
a contagious disease that is transmitted by direct person-to-person?
Scabies
machine used to reduce fluid buildup and improve circulation is a(n)?
Sequential compression device
Signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure include?
Swelling in the ankles
The phase of heart function in which the ventricles contract is referred to as?
Systole
In men, the amount of this sex hormone decreases with aging.
Testosterone
Which is required by CMS for nursing center residents
The Minimum Data Set (MDS
The nursing care plan contains the following except?
The doctor's orders
A burn affects the epidermis, dermis, and underlying tissue
Third-degree burn
This section has the person's identifying information. It is used to complete forms that require the same information.
admission information
Disabilities are acquired?
at any time
A padded tongue depressor
at least every 2 hours
Cyan(o) means:
blue
A person is in a coma. This means that the person is
cannot respond to others
Development relates to?
changes in mental, emotional, and social function
The partial bath involves washing the?
face, hands, underarms, back, buttocks, and perineal area
Death of tissue is known as?
gangrene
In long term facilities, bed rails can be used?
if they are needed to treat a person's medical condition
Persons 65 years of age and older are considered to be experiencing?
late adulthood
Stomato means?
mouth
suffix -plegia means?
paralysis
To show the nurse you are accountable, you should
report when you complete a task.
An early sign of altered respiratory function is
restlessness
Experiencing one's potential is called?
self-actualization
Derma means:
skin
The suffix -phagia means?
swallowing
floss teeth, the floss is moved?
up and down