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