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Medocc 2 Final
Medocc 2 Final- December 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Injury to a client from a professional because of negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill | Neglect |
| The line of authority and responsibility in a facility or organization. It may very according to the size or complexity of a facility. The CNA always reports to a licensed nurse | Chain of Command |
| Feeling sad or sorrowful for those who suffer, as well as the desire to help | Sympathy |
| This is a medical order, written by a doctor that states no measures should be taken if a patient or resident stops breathing or their heart stops beating. | DNR |
| The ability to experience the emotions and thoughts of others | Empathy |
| Protects an individuals medical records and personal health information | HIPAA Privacy Rule |
| Permission by the client for care or a procedure, after speaking with a doctor or provider | Informed Consent |
| Communication without words: body language, gestures, facial expressions, and touch can all send a message | Nonverbal Communication |
| List that guarantees patients and residents certain rights while they are in a hospital or long term facility | Patient's Bill of Rights |
| Nothing by mouth | NPO |
| Failure to provide necessary and important care that results in physical, mental, emotional or medical harm | Neglect |
| A written and official statement that describes what will and will not be done every time a situation occurs at a facility or organization | Policy |
| A written and official description of the steps to be followed for a process | Procedure |
| A person's psychological state and how they react in social settings | Psychosocial |
| Routine reporting for the CNA includes daily care (bathing, mouth and skin care, toileting, meals) assisting with activities, measuring vital signs, intake and output, and any tasks that are usual for that patients or resident | Routine reporting |
| Tasks and job duties that a CNA Nurse Aid can legally perform. Describes the scope of practice | Scope of Practice |
| Urgent reporting for the CNA includes any change in a patient's or resident's condition that might require evaluation or intervention | Urgent reporting |
| Words or sounds, as well as the way they are spoken | Verbal Communication |
| Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the federal agency that makes and oversees the rules that makes and oversees the rules that protect workers from workplace hazards | OSHA |
| Pain relief and control | Palliative Care |
| Loss of function in the lower body and legs | Paraplegia |
| Facing down; lying on the stomach and chest | Prone Position |
| Movement away from the trunk or midline | Abduction |
| Movement toward from the trunk or midline | Adduction |
| Legal documents that state what medical care the client wishes if they are unable to make decisions for themselves | Advanced Directives |
| Intentional mistreatment that causes pain or injury | Abuse |
| 24-hour care in a temporary facility, such as a hospital, when serious or sudden illness requires all services to be immediately available | Acute Care |
| 24-hour care for residents who need some daily assistance for ADL, meals, and other personal care | Assisted Living |
| Absence of breathing | Apnea |
| The intentional use of force against someone, resulting in harmful physical contact | Battery |
| Muscle that waste away and become weak | Atrophy |
| The intentional threat or attempt to harm someone, resulting in that person becoming fearful they will be injured | Assault |
| Gathering information about the client from many sources; vital signs, observations, signs and symptoms, laboratory results, etc. | Assessment |
| Stool too dry and/or hard to be passed easily | Constipation |
| Frequent passage of loose or watery stools | Diarrhea |
| Deep vein thrombosis | DVT |
| Difficulty swallowing | Dysphagia |
| Difficulty breathing | Dyspnea |
| Straightening of a joint, causing an increase in the angle between the bones that form the joint | Extension |
| Sitting at an angle between 30 and 90 degrees, with legs either bent or straight | Fowler's Position |
| Equal intake and output | Fluid Balance |
| Lying or sitting curled up, with limbs close to the torso and head close to the knees | Fetal Position |
| A bedpan that is flatter than a regular bedpan | Fracture Pan |
| A rubber device or rolled washcloth that prevents fingers from curling up tightly | Handroll |
| A device that fits into the toilet for collecting urine or stool | Hat |
| Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act | HIPAA |
| A healthcare setting for people who are terminally ill | Hospice |
| High blood pressure | Hypertension |
| Inability to control bladder or bowels | Incontinence |
| 24-hour skilled care in a facility where clients live during chronic illness or rehabilitation | Long-Term Care |
| Services for chronically ill clients who prefer to stay at home or need assistance after a hospital stay | Home Health Care |
| People or organizations that provide or direct health care | Providers |
| Inability to use arms, legs, and trunk of the body | Quadriplegia |
| Exercises that make each joint go through its full arc of motion | Range of Motion |
| Inability to understand spoken or written words | Receptive Aphasia |
| Therapy services that help restore, improve, or maintain function and strength after an illness or injury | Rehabilitation |
| Turning on an axis | Rotation |
| Unwelcome or unprovoked sexual behavior that results in a hostile or intimidating work environment | Sexual Harassment |
| 24-hour care nursing and therapy care that can only be safely and effectively performed by, or under the supervision of, professionals or technical personnel | Skilled care |
| A sample used for testing and analysis, to make a diagnosis | Specimen |
| A surgical opening in the abdomen to allow urine or feces to leave the body | Stoma |
| Lying on your back, face up | Supine Position |
| Transient ischemic attach, a warning sign of a stroke | TIA |
| A type of communication that requires the listener to give full attention to the speaker | Active listening |
| A common task, such as getting dressed, grooming, eating, bathing, toileting, and ambulating | Activity of daily living |
| Member of the health care team that has complete 75 hours at an approved training program and passed both a written and manual skills test to receive certification by the state | CNA |
| You obtain a blood pressure on a client, and it is 148/87. This result is within normal parameters | False |
| You apply a pulse oximeter to a client to get an to get an oxygen saturation reading. The result is 96% The client states that is good. This is correct | True |
| Which of the following sites cannot be used to obtain a client's temperature | Nasal |
| Which of the following reasons could normally increase a client's heart rate | Excersise |
| To count a client's heart rate, you need to count for how many seconds and multiply it by what | 30 seconds; multiply by 2 |
| Which of the following is the normal range for respiratory rate | 12-20 breaths/min |
| Which vital sign is measured using a sphygmomanometer | Blood pressure |
| Which definition most accurately describes vital signs | An indication of basic body functioning |
| When counting heart rate, what are you actually counting | The number of times the heart pumps blood per minute |
| Infection control is used by health care professionals to only protect themselves against the spread of infection | False |
| The chain of infection includes an infectious agent, a reservoir , portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and a subceptible host | True |
| Controlling the spread of infection is a responsibility of everyone in the health care setting | True |
| What is the best method to stop the spread of infection | hand washing |
| when washing your hands, how long should you lather with soap | 20 seconds |
| when is hand sanitizer not appropriate | when hands are visibly soiled |
| which of the following is not a type of personal protective equipment | socks |
| which of the following would be an example of a susceptible host | a 4-week-old infant |
| How long do you need to rub your hands together when using hand sanitizer | until they are dry |
| what is an example of a portal of exit for the chain of infection | coughing |
| what is 0130 hours in standard time | 1:30 am |
| what is 1430 | 2:30 pm |
| what is 2315 | 11:15 pm |
| what is 0500 | 5:00 am |
| what is 9:45 pm in 24-hour time | 2145 hours |
| what is 6:20 am in 24- hour time | 0620 hours |
| what is 11:00 pm in 24-hour time | 2300 hours |
| what is 12:15 pm in 24-hour time | 1215 hours |
| A medication is due at 1800 hours. What time is this in standard time | 6:00 pm |
| A patient is scheduled for surgery at 0730 hours. What time is this in standard time | 7:30 am |
| 0000 hours is equivalent to midnight in standard time | true |
| 2400 hours is the correct way to express midnight at the end of the day | false |
| 12 hour to 24 hour: 7:30 am | 0730 |
| 2:45 pm | 1445 |
| 11:15 pm | 2315 |
| 12:00 am (midnight) | 0000 |
| 24 hour to 12 hour: 13:20 | 1:20 pm |
| 00:45 | 12:45 am |
| 18:30 | 6:30 pm |
| 23:59 | 11:59 pm |
| 25:10 | Invalid |
| 16:75 | Invalid |
| 00:00 | Valid |
| If a patient wants to take a medication every 6 hours starting at 14:00, what are the next 3 times they should take the medication | 20:00, 02:00, 08:00 |
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