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| Basic Principle? | |
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| Roles and responsibilities (RN, LPN, NA), information about when an action can be performed & when it cannot | |
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| Nursing process (5 steps of Nursing Process, including nursing diagnosis & written plan of care) | |
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| Delegation, including 5 rights of delegation and content on what a task is | |
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| Patient & resident rights brief examples of how to promote rights in daily care activities | |
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| Communication (oral, written, non-verbal; reporting, charting, end-of-shift report, guidelines for how to communicate effectively) | |
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| Medical asepsis (chain of infection, handwashing, examples of medical asepsis applied in daily care)? | |
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| Normal Eliminatio? | |
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| Assisting with a urinal | |
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| Assisting with a bedpan, including standard & fracture bedpans | |
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| Providing catheter care, also demonstrating application of condom catheter | |
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| Administering a cleansing enem? | |
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| Measurements | |
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| Height and weight | |
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| Intake & output, how to measure oral fluids | |
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| Vital signs | |
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| Temperature: oral, axillary, & rectal, using mercury-in-glass & electronic thermometers | |
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| Pulse: radial and apical; rate, rhythm and quality; how to locate apical pulse and point of maximal/maximum impulse | |
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| Respiration: rate, rhythm, effort | |
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| Blood pressure: one-step and two-step method? | |
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| Bathing | |
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| The complete bed bath, including gloving, how to place bath blanket & towels for privacy | |
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| Back massage, including descriptions of techniques but not names | |
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| Perineal care for the female & for the male including gloving, draping, washing from clean to dirt? | |
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| Bedmaking | |
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| Making the occupied bed, including making a mitered corner & toe plea? | |
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| Personal Hygiene and Groomin? | |
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| Oral hygiene, including oral care for unconscious person, cleaning dentures, precautions for person at risk of aspiration | |
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| Hair care, including shampoo in bed & shaving the male patients facial hair | |
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| Nail & foot care, including shaping toenails | |
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| Dressing, changing into pullover shirt & shorts; measuring for & application of TED hos? | |
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| Body Mechanics and Exercis? | |
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| Principles of body mechanics & how to use | |
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| Moving a person up in bed (with lift/draw sheet) | |
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| Turning & positioning (to side-lying position) | |
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| Dangling | |
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| Transfer from bed to wheelchair, using transfer belt | |
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| Passive range-of-motion exercises | |
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| Ambulation, using gait belt, & heel toe gait | |
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| Orthostatic hypotension definition, signs/ symptoms, & precaution? | |
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| Safety and Restraint? | |
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| Preventing falls | |
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| Using restraint alternatives, including proper use of side rails, bed & wheelchair locks | |
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| Safe use of restraints, what can be delegated to assistive personnel, application of vest restraint, extremity restraint, & finger-control mitten | |
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| Monitoring restraint us? | |
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| Nutrition and Fluid? | |
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| Preparing for meals, including creating a pleasant environment, attending to persons needs for elimination, hygiene, pain relief, socialization, meal plan; checking meal card against ID | |
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| Serving meal trays, including use of clock technique for visually impaired person to help identify location of individual food items | |
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| Feeding the dependent person, including positioning observations for person with dysphagia, signs of aspiration & difficulty swallowing, pocketing of food, help with washing hands and face, alternating liquids with solid? | |
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| Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcer? | |
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| Assessing risk, causes, risks & signs of pressure ulcers | |
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| Measures to prevent pressure ulcers, including skin inspection, skin care, positioning into 30-degree lateral position, position changes, pressure-relief devices, including air flotation mattress, elbow protector, foam foot stabilizer the heel boot | |