Chapters 3 & 4 Nursing Assistant Care

Three abilities that may be affected by developmental disabilities

Communicate, learn to move, and care for oneself

blood vessels ----nor narrow when outside temperature is too cold

Constrict

Type one diabetes

Continues throughout a persons life

The nervous system

Controls and coordinates body function

When medical personnel are instructed not to perform CPR if a person is breathing or heartbeat stops it is referred to

DNR

A loss of independence can cause increased______

Dependence

blood vessels ---- or widen when the outside temperature is too high

Dilate

Sense organs of the body

Ears, eyes, nose, tongue, skin.

Miss Cohen has lived with her best friend Miss Lawrence since they graduated from college together. They both dated men throughout their lives but were never married. Miss Cohen has a teenage daughter who was raised in their household. Which describes this family type?

Extended family

Mr. Porter was married and his 20s. He and his wife moved in with her parents and her three children. Later when his younger sister was divorce she also moved in with them. What family type is this?

Extended family

A child takes three years from birth to be able to move around communicate basic needs and feed himself

F

All elderly people have the same sexual behavior and desires

F

Elderly people no longer have sexual urges

F

Infants develop from the hands to the head

F

Preschool children are too young to know right from wrong

F

PVD

Fatty deposits in blood vessels

Basic physical needs that all humans have:

Food Water Activity Sleep and rest Comfort Protection and shelter

Nursing assistance can help residents with this as needed and requested before scheduled activities begin

Grooming

A false sensory perception such as a persons seen her mother who has been dead for many years and front of her is a

Hallucination

The last sense to leave the body

Hearing

And large veins in the rectum that cause itching and burning

Hemorrhoids

Loss of ________ is very difficult for a person to deal with

Independence

Skin prevents------- to internal organs

Injury

If family members would like to remain with their loved ones body after death the nursing assistant should

Let them do so

This may be one of the most important thing as a nursing assistant can do for a resident who is dying. You should pay attention to these conversations

Listening

A type of advanced directive that outlines the medical care a person want score does not want in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions is called

Living will

Psychological needs that humans have:

Love and affection Acceptance by others Safety and security Self-reliance and independence Contact with others Success and self esteem

Thinning skin

N

Miss Parker was married to her husband for 30 years. They live together with their two children. What family type is this?

Nuclear family

Abbreviation for federal law that requires that facilities provide and activities program that meets the interest of residents

OBRA

Fractures or broken bones and are often caused by

Osteoporosis

Residents may not be able to communicate that they are in ________ nursing assistance should observe for signs and report them

Pain

Focusing on pain relief comfort and dignity is called what type of care

Palliative

What happens with an autoimmune illness

The immune system attacks normal tissue in its body

-------can be very important. Holding a dying residence hand can be comforting

Touch

Most common form of diabetes is

Type 2

NWB care plan is

Unable to support any weight on one or both legs

After death the nursing home should place drainage pads under the body. These pads are most often needed

Under the perineum

Type of infection that inactivity can result in

Urinary Tract

Skin also prevents the loss of too much

Water

Pain scale

0-10 and where is the pain

blood pressure staolic normal range

100-140

Pulse normal range

60-100 bpm

Blood pressure diastolic normal range

60-90

Hypoxia is

90-94. Check for purple lips and fingers

Oxygen saturation (O2) normal

95-100

Normal temperature

96-99

_____ of daily living (ADLs) are personal care tasks a person does every day to care for himself

Activities

Changes a position back massage and skin care now care and proper body _________ May help relieve pain

Alignment

What kind of pillow immobilizes and positions the hip and lower extremities after a hip replacement

An abduction pillow

Uneasiness or fear often about a situation or condition is called

Anxiety

Lack of interest in activities

Apathy

In addition to promoting better eating habits regular activity increases this

Appetite

Do not_______ The dying person or his family. Do not deny that death is approaching and do not tell the resident that anyone that knows how or when it will happen

Avoid

Nursing assistant should__________ perspiring residents often skin should be clean and dry

Bathe

Miss Rose had three children with her first husband. She divorced him when their youngest was two years old. Two years later she remarried and she and her second husband raised her three children as well as one child from his first marriage. Which describes this family type?

Blended family

How is family of today defined?

By support of one another

Holistic Care

Caring for the whole person; mind as well.

Sugar is collecting and blood cause problems

Circulation

One type pf cancer that regular physical activity lessens the risk of

Colon

Hospice goals focus on

Comfort and dignity of the dying person

Hospice care encourages residence to

Participate in their own care as much as possible

An intense form of anxiety or fear is called

Phobia

Caring for a body after death is called

Postmortem care

What condition occurs when a person's blood glucose level is above normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type two diabetes

Pre-diabetes

Hospice is the term for compassionate care given to

Residents who are dying

Bruises

S

Cut in skin

S

Flaking skin

S

NAs should encourage______,regardless of how long it takes or how poorly residents are able to do it.

Self-care

The skin is also a-----Organ that feels heat cold pain touch and pressure

Sense

Mr. Damon's wife died giving birth to their twin girls. Mr. Dane never remarried and raised the girls himself. What family best describes this type?

Single parent family

The largest organ in system in the body is

Skin

After death the muscles in the body become

Stiff and rigid

An artificial opening in the body

Stoma

The ability to cope with this is one benefit of regular activity

Stress

Author rightists is a general term referring to what of the joints

Swelling

NA must respect residents sexual orientation

T

NA should always knock and wait for a response before entering a residents rooms

T

Residents have the legal right to choose how to express their sexuality

T

Tantrums are common in toddlers

T

The ability to engage in sexual activity continues unless disease or injury occurs

T

A nursing assistant should allow the resident to do a ____ independently even if it is easier for the NA to do it.

Task