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Considering the resident's activity, which of the following sets of vital signs should be reported to the charge nurse immediately?
Resting: 98.6°-98-32✔
After eating: 97.0°-64-24
After walking exercise: 98.2°-98-28
While watching television: 98.8°-72-14
To help prevent resident falls, the nurse aide should
always raise siderails when any resident is in his/her bed.
leave residents' beds at the lowest level when care is complete.✔
encourage residents to wear larger-sized, loose-fitting clothing.
remind residents who use call lights that they need to wait patiently for staff.
Which of the following, if observed as a sudden change in the resident, is considered a possible warning sign of a stroke?
Dementia
Contractures
Slurred speech✔
Irregular heartbeat
Which of the following is a right that is included in the Resident's Bill of Rights?
To have staff available that speak different languages on each shift
To have payment plan options that are based on financial need
To have religious services offered at the facility daily
To make decisions and participate in own care✔
The resident's weight is obtained routinely as a way to check the resident's
growth and development.
adjustment to the facility.
nutrition and health.✔
activity level.
When moving a resident up in bed who is able to move with assistance, the nurse aide should
position self with knees straight and bent at waist.
use a gait or transfer belt to assist with the repositioning.
pull the resident up holding onto one side of the drawsheet at a time.
bend the resident's knees and ask the resident to push with his/her feet.✔
When a sink has hand-control faucets, the nurse aide should use
a paper towel to turn the water on.
a paper towel to turn the water off.✔
an elbow, if possible, to turn the faucet controls on and off.
bare hands to turn the faucet controls both on and off.
To help prevent the spread of germs between patients, nurse aides should
wear gloves when touching residents.
hold supplies and linens away from their uniforms.✔
wash hands for at least two minutes after each resident contact.
warn residents that holding hands spreads germs.
Which of the following would affect a nurse aide's status on the state's nurse aide registry and also cause the nurse aide to be ineligible to work in a nursing home?
Having been terminated from another facility for repeated tardiness
Missing a mandatory infection control inservice training program
Failing to show for work without calling to report the absence
Having a finding for resident neglect✔
As the nurse aide begins his/her assignment, which of the following should the nurse aide do first?
Collect linen supplies for the shift
Check all the nurse aide's assigned residents
Assist a resident that has called for assistance to get off the toilet✔
Start bathing a resident that has physical therapy in one hour