chapter 2 The Home Health Aide and Care Team
case manager or supervisior
create and supervise each client;s care plan and makes changes to the care plan when necessary
medical social worker
helps clients ger support services such as counselling and meal services
occupational therapist
helps clients learn to adapt to disabilities by training
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home health aides must complete at least hours of training before they begin working
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how many hours of annual education training must home health aides complete ?
speech language pathologist
identifies communication disorders and creates a care plan
compassionate, conscientious, dependable (speaking ,acting without offending other), empathetic (entering into other feelings ), honest, respectful, sympathetic ( sharing in the feelings, and difficulties of others ), tactful ( getting work on time with skillful ) ,tolerant, unprejudiced
identify personal qualities a care giver must have
someone can be held responsible for harming someone else
liability is a legal term that means
registered nurse
performs assigned tasks, such as taking vital signs, providing personal care and reporting observation to other care team members
client
person whose condition, treatment and progress are involved
registered dietitian
teaches clients and their families about diets to improve health and manage illiness
The HHA may put himself or a client in danger
why should home health aides not do tasks that are not assigned to them ?
home health aide
coordinates, manages and proivde care as well as supervises and develop assignments
physical therapist
develop a treatment plan and administers therapy in an effort to improve the client;s physical status and prevent problems
physician or doctor
diagnosis disease or disability and prescribe treatment
administer medications, insert tubes except thermometer, sterile technique
what are out of scope of care giver
being caring and concerned
what is compassionate
entering into the feelings of others
what is empathy
the HHA will be working under the authority of others licenses
what is one reason that other memenrs of the care team will show great interest in the work that a home health aide does ?
course of action that should be taken every time action occurs
what is policy in home health aids
is a method or way of doing something
what is procedure in home health aids
sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others
what is sympathy
OSHA
what is the name of the federal govt agency that makes rules to protect workers from blood-borne pathogens and other hazards while on the job ?
its describe the line of authority
which of the statement is true of the chain of command ?
compassionate , tactful, conscientious, dependable, respectful, unprejudiced , tolerant
which personal qualities a care giver must have
