CNA Test #1: Modules 1, 2, and 3. Question & Answers, Verified.

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CNA Test #1: Modules 1, 2, and 3. Question & Answers, Verified. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) What is it and whom does it protect? - ✔✔-to ensure facilities meet certain level of ca ... re; residents in long term care Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) What is this and whom does it protect? - ✔✔-ensures adequate working equipment; created safe working conditions for employees Medicare - ✔✔-federally funded insurance program for people who are 65 years and older Medicaid - ✔✔-insurance program for people with low incomes, jointly funded by federal and state government State certification evaluation - ✔✔-state test after you complete CNA training Registry - ✔✔-place where data, records, and lab samples are kept What comprises the scope of practice for the nursing assistant? - ✔✔-feeding, maintain clean environment, infection control, maintain resident's rights, NOT administering medication Empathy - ✔✔-feel what the patient feels Resume - ✔✔-brief summary of a person's education and work experience Pathogen - ✔✔-microorganism that can cause disease Aerobic - ✔✔-exercise that requires more oxygen and improves the cardiovascular system with efficiency Anaerobic - ✔✔-exercise that doesn't require as much oxygen and doesn't improve the cardiovascular system with efficiency Antibodies - ✔✔-blood protein that attacks disease and microorganisms Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - ✔✔-spread by direct contact, if the bacterium enters the body the person can develop serious infections of the blood, lungs, heart, or bone Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) - ✔✔-this microbe can infect wounds, the intestinal tract, and the urinary tract Clostridium-difficile (C-Diff) - ✔✔-microbe passed from the body in feces, alcohol-based hand rubs are not effectiveRis What are the links in the chain of infection? - ✔✔-pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, method of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host Medical Asepsis - ✔✔-ways to kill microbes and infections- sanitization, antiseptic, disinfection, and sterilization Health-care associated infection (nosocomial) - ✔✔-infection caught or contracted while in a health care facility, insurance doesn't cover these infections Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - ✔✔-gloves, gown, mask, protective eyewear Standard Precautions - ✔✔-Assume everyone is infected; use PPE, wash hands, handle sharp objects carefully Transmission-based precautions - ✔✔-PPE; contact (wound), droplet (sneeze and can travel at least 3 ft) , and airborne (breathing) Blood-borne pathogen and 2 examples - ✔✔-things that are passed along by blood or bodily fluids, direct contact; Hepatitis B and HIV Pressure-relieving mattress - ✔✔-air mattress that changes pressure to prevent ulcers and skin breakdown Bed Cradle - ✔✔-put at the foot of the bed to prevent the sheets/ bankers from touching the person's legs/feet 5 Rights of Delegation - ✔✔-right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction, right supervision Scope of Practice - ✔✔-range of tasks the assistant is legally permitted to do Five principals of care - ✔✔-safety, dignity, independence, privacy, and communication Health Care Consumers - ✔✔-Patient- hospital Resident- nursing home Client- in their home Outpatient- day procedure or physical therapy Types of health care organizations - ✔✔-hospitals (sub-acute care) and long-term facilities (nursing home) Nursing home - ✔✔-people who are unable to take care of themselves at home, yet do not need hospitalization Ombudsman - ✔✔-a volunteer who checks with residents to make sure they are happy with the care they receive Comfort - ✔✔-cleanliness, odor control, temperature control, and noise control Making beds - ✔✔-fitted sheet, draw sheet, bed protector, top sheet, blanket (bed blanket if needed) Normal Flora (nonpathogenic) - ✔✔-n [Show More]

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