NA and care team

Plans activities to help residents socialize and stay mentally and physically active

• Activities Director

• Resident

• Physician Assistant

• Registered Dietitian

Licensed professional who diagnoses disease or disability and prescribes treatment.

• Registered nurse

• physician or doctor

• occupational therapist

• licensed practical nurse

Performs assigned tasks such as vital signs, providing personal care, and reporting observations to other care team members.

• medical social worker

• nursing assistant

• physician or doctor

• registered dietitian

helps residents learn to adapt to disabilities by training them to perform ADLs and other activities

• registered dietitian

• medical social worker

• occupational therapist

• physician or doctor

helps residents get support services, such as counseling and financial assistance

• medical social worker

• speech-language pathologist

• physician assistant

• nursing assistant

teaches exercises to help the resident improve or overcome speech problems and evaluates a person's ability to swallow food and drink

• registered nurse

• physical therapist

• occupational therapist

• speech-language pathologist

licensed professional who has completed one to two years of education and is able to administer medications and give treatments

• LPN

• RN

• MD

• PT

coordinates, manages, and provides skilled nursing care, as well as supervises nursing assistants' daily care of residents

• LPN

• RN

• MD

• PT

a registered nurse who has completed training at the postgraduate level; nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, and clinical nurse specialist

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

• Licensed practical nurse

• registered nurse

• physician assistant

A nursing assistant can insert or remove tubes.

• True

• False