While the nurse aide is assisting a client to commode, a visitor enters the room. How SHOULD the nurse aide respond?
"Would you please wait in the
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The nurse aide should perform oral care on a client who is unconscious at LEAST every:
2 hours.
The nurse aide SHOULD report a client's concerns directly to the:
nurse supervisor.
Before assisting a client into a bath or shower, the nurse aide should FIRST:
check the temperature of the water.
A client looks forward to playing cards each morning. The nurse aide SHOULD:
plan the client's schedule so that the client is bathed and dressed in time for playing cards.
A client with Alzheimer's disease wanders from room to room while moving the belongings of other clients to different locations. Alert and oriented clients are angry that their things have been moved. The nurse aide SHOULD:
find the missing articles and return them.
A client is paralyzed on the left side the nurse aide SHOULD place the signaling device:
on the clients right hand.
Physical restraints are used MOST often:
to prevent client injury.
What is the FIRST thing a nurse aide should do when finding an unresponsive client?
call for help.
What type of fire can be put out with water?
Paper
When caring for a client from another country, the nurse aide SHOULD:
be sensitive to the client's cultural needs.
If a client has hand tremors, the nurse aide SHOULD:
assist the client with activities of daily living (ADL) as needed.
When taking a client's radial pulse, the nurse aide SHOULD:
place the nurse aide's fingertips on the clients wrist.
The female perineum SHOULD be cleansed:
from the front to back.
To lift an object by using good body mechanics, the nurse aide SHOULD:
bend the knees and keep the back straight.
The nurse aide is caring for a client who has dentures. Which of the following SHOULD the nurse take when caring for the client's dentures?
Line the bathroom sink with a towel before cleansing the dentures.
Right before dinner, a client is incontinent of urine. The nurse aide SHOULD:
clean the client and take the client to dinner as soon as possible.
When operating a manual bed, the nurse aide SHOULD remember to:
fold the cranks under the bed
The nurse aide is providing care for a client after elimination. It would be MOST important for the nurse aide to:
ensure that all feces are removed from the client's skin.
The nursing care plan states. "Transfer with mechanical lift." However, a client is very agitated. To transfer the client, the nurse aide SHOULD:
get assistance to move the client.
For safety, when leaving a client alone in a room, the nurse aide SHOULD:
place the signaling device within the client's reach.
The nurse aide sees a client spill water on the floor in the hall. Another client is walking down the hall. The nurse aide SHOULD:
clean up spill.
The nurse aide is walking with a client who uses a wheelchair when the facility fire alarm system is activated. The client becomes excited by the noise. The nurse aide SHOULD:
comfort the client while moving to safe place.
The nurse aide is going to help a client walk from the bed to a chair. What SHOULD the nurse aide put on the client's feet?
Rubber-soled slippers or shoes.
The nurse aide SHOULD refuse to perform a task if the:
nurse aide has not been trained to do it.
When assisting a client in resolving grievances, the nurse aide SHOULD report the grievance to the:
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