Module 8

Female peri-care should be completed by cleansing the area from

Front to back, starting at the urethra

You have put in your resident's hearing aids in for her, but she is still unable to hear. The first thing you should do is

ensure the battery compartment is closed

A resident who is incontinent should be assisted to the toilet

every 2 hours

Immobile residents must be repositioned

every 2 hours while in bed. every hour when in a wheelchair

A complete bed bath typically begins with the residents

face

Peri-care should be completed

Each morning when the resident wakes, evening before going to bed, after changing a soiled incontinence garment

The water temperature of a whirlpool tub bath should be between

100F and 104F

You need to provide oral care for an unconscious resident. You can open his mouth by using what?

A gauze wrapped wooden tongue depressor

After a resident wakes, the FIRST thing you typically assist him with is

A partial bed bath or shower

You should clean a resident's eyeglass by using

A soft cloth

Lotion should not be applied to a residents

Abdominal folds

When emptying a colostomy bag, the nursing assistant should clean the skin around the stoma with

Adult wipes

Otto is a resident who has diabetes. Today is his bath day, and he needs to have his nail care done. you should

Ask the nurse to trim his fingernails

For a resident who takes a whirlpool tub bath, peri care is completed

By the action of the whirlpool tub

A resident had had a large loos bowel movement in her incontinence garment while sitting in the common dinning room with other residents. What should you do?

Discreetly take her to her room, provide peri-care, and then assist her back to the dining room.

The factor that places the resident MOST at risk of developing a pressure injury is

Immobility

When using an electrical razor with three rotating heads, you should shave the resident's face

In small, rotating circles

Clara is a resident who is incontinent. While bathing her this morning, you notice a dime-sized open area on one of her buttocks. Your first step should be to

Make sure that Clara is covered and safe, and then ask the nurse to look at the area.

Maceration of a resident's skin is likely to result from

Not changing an incontinence garment when soiled

Javier often becomes upset and agitated when given his weekly shower. He finds it cold and painful. You should

Offer a complete bed bath in place of the shower and keep him covered with a bath blanket or towels

Thomas is a resident you are caring for this morning. It is scheduled shower day, but he has refused. He states that he doesn't like to take showers. What should you do?

Offer an alternative such as a bed bath

Elmer is a resident recovering from a hip replacement. He tells you that he needs to use the bathroom to have a bowel movement. His care plan states that he is an assist of two for transfers, but you are unable to find a coworker to help you. You should

Offer him a fracture pan

Healthy, intact skin helps to

Regulate body temperature, protect the body from germs, maintain moisture levels in the body.

Your resident's care plan states that he should be repositioned every 2 hours. He refuses to allow you to reposition him, even after many attempts. What should you do?

Report his refusal to the nurse

An intact area on the coccyx that is red, painful, and has edema would be a

Stage-one pressure injury

A resident that you have cared for has a pressure injury. The nurse begins an investigation to determine how and when the pressure injury developed. You have provided skin care as directed in the resident's care plan. When the nurse questions you, what is the best response?

Tell the nurse that you have follower the care plan and that your charting reflects this

Coral is scheduled to have her shower this morning. She often gets cold during her shower, but there are no clean bath blankets available. You should

Use a bed blanket to cover her during the shower

A prothesis may be used to replace a body part that is lost or removed due to

Vascular disease frostbite a birth defect

A partial bed bath includes all of the following areas of the body except:

arms

The nursing assistant must check the skin beneath a client's prosthesis

before placing and after removal of the prosthesis

Preventable skin rashes most often appear

beneath breasts , under arms, and between skin folds

Caring for the skin beneath a prosthesis includes

cleaning with mild soap and water daily

When assisting with a resident's shower, you should wash the hair

either first or last, whichever the resident prefers

When using a disposable razor to shave a residents face, you should shave

in the direction of hair growth

A rash found under a resident's arms may be the result of

infection

Bathing with a rinseless system instead of soap and water

is gentler on the resident's skin

For a resident who is unconcious, you should provide oral care by using a

oral swab

Ellen is an older resident who immobile, and does not have much of an appetite. Because she is at risk of developing pressure injuries, it is MOST important for her to eat

proteins

Pine or tar products are added to a medicinal bath for a resident with

psoriasis

You are caring for a resident who needs to be repositioned, but there are no lift sheets available. You should

use a folded top sheet as a lift sheet