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
