NA Test 2 Flashcards

Front

The risk of falls INCREASES or DECREASES with age?

Back

INCREASES

Front

The purpose of handrails is:

A. Provides support when walking in the halls

B. Provides support when sitting down or getting up from a toilet.

Back

A.

Front

Call lights are taken away from people who use them too often.

TRUE or FALSE

Back

FALSE

Front

You are helping a patient to the bathroom and they start to fall. What should you do?

A. Try to prevent the fall

B. Ease the patient to the floor

C. Call for the nurse

Back

B.

Front

To promote safety before using a wheelchair, you should:

A. Have the castors point forwards

B. Have the castors point backwards

Back

A. forwards

Front

When are falls most likely to occur?

when visitors are present OR during shift change

Back

during shift change

Front

When a person is logrolled, the person is moved:

A. in segments

B. with spine straight

Back

B. with spine straight

Front

Force is:

Back

The amount of physical effort needed to perform a task

Front

The first part of the body to move if moving a person in segments is:

LEGS AND FEET or UPPER PART OF THE BODY

Back

UPPER PART OF THE BODY

Front

If your patient has LEFT sided weakness, where do you position the wheelchair on transfer from bed to wheelchair?

Back

Next to the bed on the RIGHT side