Quiz 4

Paralysis on one side of the body is called:

Hemiplegia

Housing and caring for a person with an infection is known as:

Isolation

Paralysis on both sides of the body is called:

Paraplegia

A restraint attached to the resident's body and a stationary object is a :

Active Physical Restraint

State two reasons why special oral hygiene would be needed:

Denture Cleaning and comatose patient

Dementia

Deficts in thinking and memory

A "No Code" order on a patient's chart means?

Do not resuscitate

Debilitating

weakening

Paralysis on all 4 sides of the body is called:

Quadriplegia

Successful communication requires:

Sender, Message, Reciever

Who is responsible for preventing fire in a nursing center?

The entire health care team

Hospice

after death

Shroud

covering the body after death

Moribund

dying

Validation Therapy

maintain disoriented persons dignity

Denial

refusal to accept reality

Reminiscing

remembering the past

Rigor Mortis

stiffening of the body after death