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WorksheetsFoundations, Ch 11 Workbook Assignment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The nursing assistant should think ahead, (a) and communicate the move.
The nursing assistant should check her base of (a) and be sure she has firm footing.
The nursing assistant should (a) what she is lifting.
The nursing assistant should keep the object (a) to her body.
The nursing assistant should keep her back (a) .
The nursing assistant should (a) when possible rather than lifting.
How should a nursing assistant transfer a resident who has a stronger side and a weaker side?
The weaker side moves first.
The stronger side moves first.
Both sides must move together at the same time.
The left side moves first.
The science of designing equipment, areas, and tasks to make them safer and to suit the worker's abilities is called
Musculoskeletal motion
Robotics
Ergonomics
Body mechanics
Which of the following is a proper guideline for resident transfers?
Whenever the nursing assistant can, she should manually lift the resident from one place to another.
Having a zero-lift policy in place means that a nursing assistant should be able to lift the resident on her own, without help.
Safety is a lesser concern while transferring a resident than it is while positioning a resident.
It is important for the nursing assistant to get the help she needs when lifting a resident.
Which of the following is true of transfer belts?
They are called slide belts when used to help residents walk.
They are used most often for residents with fragile bones or recent fractures.
They fit around the resident's waist, over his clothes.
They are the same as mechanical lifts.
Slide boards are used for
Transferring residents who cannot bear weight on their legs from one sitting position to another
Helping weak residents ambulate for longer distances
Easier lifting of residents who can only bear weight on one leg
Transferring weak residents who are standing to a sitting position
Which of the following is true of using a wheelchair?
A resident’s hips should be positioned close to the front of the chair.
When moving down a ramp, the NA should go down forward, with the resident facing the bottom of the ramp.
When using an elevator, the NA should turn the chair around so that the resident faces forward.
The wheels of the wheelchair should be unlocked before the NA transfers a resident out of the wheelchair.
Which of the following is true of mechanical lifts?
Mechanical lifts help protect staff and residents from injury during lifting.
Mechanical lifts are commonly used to transfer residents into ambulances.
Mechanical lifts are often used in place of wheelchairs as a way for residents to move around the facility.
Mechanical lifts are used in the dining room to help with safe food service.
Before assisting a resident to ambulate, her feet should be
Flat on the floor
Pointed to the side
Pointed upward
Barefoot
When helping a resident with a visual impairment walk (ambulate), the nursing assistant should
pull the transfer belt to help the resident walk (ambulate)
walk slightly behind the resident
walk slightly in front of the resident
stay about 12 inches away from the resident's side
Ambulation is another term for _______.
logrolling or turning
riding or rolling
dangling or sitting
walking or moving
For a resident to be able to use a toilet, he must be able to _________.
walk to the toilet without assistance
stand up without assistance
bear some weight on his legs
transfer himself from a wheelchair to the toilet without assistance
At a minimum, how often should a bedbound resident be repositioned
Whenever the nursing assistant remembers, but at least twice during the shift
Only when the family calls and makes a request
At least every two hours
Every hour
A geriatric chair (or geri chair) is typically used for bedbound residents so that they don't have to be confined to the bed all day.
True
False
Residents sitting up in wheelchairs should be encouraged to shift their weight every 15 minutes
if they are able to do so. They should be repositioned at least every hour, and should
be encouraged to stand and/or ambulate at least every two hours
True
False
