Define the following terms:

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Define the following terms

• Activities of daily living (ADLs)
• personal daily care tasks, such as bathing,
  dressing, caring for teeth and hair, toileting,
  eating and drinking, walking, and transferring.
• Assistive (or adaptive) devices
• special equipment that helps a person who is ill
  or disabled to perform ADLs

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1. Identify the members of the care team and
describe how the care team works together to
provide care

• Each member of the care team has a role in
  providing care
• Nursing Assistant
• Registered Nurse
• Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational
  Nurse
• Physician or Doctor
• Physical Therapist
• Occupational Therapist

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1. Identify the members of the care team and
describe how the care team works together to
provide care

• Care team members (contd.)
• Speech Language Pathologist
• Registered Dietitian
• Medical Social Worker
• Activities Director
• Resident and Residents Family

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Define the following terms

• Delegation
• the act of transferring authority to a person to
  for a specific task.
• Charting
• writing down important information and
  observations about residents.

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2. Explain the nursing assistants role

• NAs provide services for residents by
• Performing assigned nursing tasks
• Providing personal care or assisting with
  self-care

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2. Explain the nursing assistants role

• REMEMBER
• There are specific tasks NAs do perform (e.g.
  helping to dress residents, caring for supplies
  and equipment) and tasks NAs generally do not
  perform (e.g. giving medications, changing
  sterile dressings).

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2. Explain the nursing assistants role

• REMEMBER
• NAs are the eyes and ears of the healthcare
  team. Your observations are very important.

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Define the following terms

• Professional
• having to do with work or a job.
• Personal
• relating to life outside ones job, such as
  family, friends, and home life.
• Professionalism
• how a person behaves when on the job it includes
  how a person dresses, the words he uses, and the
  things he talks about.
• Compassionate
• caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, and
  understanding.

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Define the following terms

• Empathy
• entering into the feelings of others.
• Sympathy
• sharing in the feelings and difficulties of
  others.
• Tact
• the ability to understand what is proper and
  appropriate when dealing with others being able
  to speak and act without offending others.
• Conscientious
• guided by a sense of right and wrong having
  principles.

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3. Explain professionalism and list examples of
professional behavior

• These important points help maintain professional
  relationships with residents
• Be positive
• Be clean and neatly dressed
• Do only assigned tasks
• Keep residents information confidential
• Be polite and cheerful

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3. Explain professionalism and list examples of
professional behavior

• Points for maintaining professional relationships
  with residents (contd.)
• Never discuss personal problems
• Do not use profanity
• Listen
• Call residents by their proper names
• Do not give or accept gifts
• Explain care
• Follow care practices

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3. Explain professionalism and list examples of
professional behavior

• These important points will help you maintain
  professional relationships with employers
• Complete duties
• Follow policies/procedures
• Document and report care
• Communicate problems
• Ask questions

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3. Explain professionalism and list examples of
professional behavior

• Points for maintaining professional relationships
  with employers (contd.)
• Take directions and criticism
• Be on time
• Notify if absent
• Follow chain of command
• Participate in education programs
• Be a role model for the facility

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Transparency 2-1 Qualities of Great Nursing
Assistants

• Compassion
• Honesty
• Tact
• Conscientiousness
• Dependability
• Respect
• Lack of prejudice
• Tolerance

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4. Describe proper personal grooming habits

• When working as an NA you should not wear
• Clothes that are tight, baggy, in poor repair, or
  revealing
• Large jewelry
• Artifical nails
• Too much makeup
• Perfume or cologne

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4. Describe proper personal grooming habits

• When working as an NA you should
• Bathe or shower daily
• Use deodorant or antiperspirant
• Brush teeth frequently
• Keep hair clean and neat (tied back if long)
• Keep facial hair neat, clean, and short
• Cover tattoos or body piercings (except earlobes)
• Dress in a clean and pressed uniform
• Keep nails short, smooth and clean
• Wear comfortable, high-quality shoes

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4. Describe proper personal grooming habits

• Think about this question
• Why do you think an NAs grooming affects how a
  resident feels about the care that NA gives?

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Define the following terms

• Liability
• a legal term that means someone can be held
  responsible for harming someone else.
• Scope of practice
• defines the things that healthcare providers are
  legally allowed to do and how to do them
  correctly.

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Transparency 2-2 Chain of Command
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5. Explain the chain of command and scope of
practice

• REMEMBER
• Some tasks are never performed by NAs (e.g.
  administering medications, performing procedures
  involving sterile technique, making diagnoses).
• NAs must never honor a request to do something
  outside their scope of practice, and such
  requests must be reported to the nurse.

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6. Define care plan and explain its purpose

• The care plan
• Is created for each resident by the nurse or
  doctor
• Lists steps and tasks the care team must perform
• Is a guide to help the resident reach and
  maintain the best health possible
• Should involve input from resident, family, care
  team members
• Must be followed very carefully

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6. Define care plan and explain its purpose

• REMEMBER
• Activities not listed on the care plan should not
  be performed.

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Transparency 2-3 Resident Care Plan 1
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Transparency 2-4 Resident Care Plan 2
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Transparency 2-5 Nursing Process
Assessment Getting information from manysources
Diagnosis Identifying health problems
Planning Setting goals and creating care plan
Implementation Putting care plan into action
Evaluation Examining to see if goals were met
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7. Describe the nursing process

• REMEMBER
• The nursing process is how the care team
  communicates to best meet the residents changing
  needs.

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8. Describe The Five Rights of Delegation

• The five rights of delegation are
• Right Task
• Right Circumstance
• Right Person
• Right Direction/Communication
• Right Supervision/Evaluation

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8. Describe The Five Rights of Delegation

• NAs must consider these questions before
  accepting tasks
• Do I have all the information I need to do this
  job? Are there questions I should ask?
• Do I believe that I can do this task? Do I have
  the necessary skills?
• Do I have the needed supplies, equipment, and
  other support?
• Do I know who my supervisor is, and how to reach
  him/her?
• Do we both understand who is doing what?

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8. Describe The Five Rights of Delegation

• REMEMBER
• You can provide better care by asking questions
  and asking for help when you need it.

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9. Demonstrate how to manage time and assignments

• Remember the following five basic strategies for
  managing time
• Plan ahead.
• Prioritize.
• Make a schedule.
• Combine activities.
• Get help.

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9. Demonstrate how to manage time and assignments

• Think about this question
• The last item on the list of time management
  strategies is get help. Where can an NA get
  help?