CNA SAFETY

To Prevent falls, which item would be prohibited (not recommended)

• Resident wearing shoes outside room

• Long gowns and robes

• Use of bed rails

• Use of the gait belt

Which Call light would you answer first?

• Resident who is alert and oriented

• Resident who needs to use the bathroom

• Resident considered a high fall risk

• Resident who needs more water to prevent dehydration

Fall risk patients should be toileted on a regular basis, about every 4 hours.

• True, 4 hours is good

• False, 2hours is needed

to prevent burns, you can doo all of the following EXCEPT...

• Blow on resident food to cool down

• Stir hot soup

• Check to make sure temp is less than 100 degrees

• Apply cold water to burns

To prevent electrical injury

• Allow residents to use lamps from 1960 when they want

• Use equipment before maintenance check it

• Check for faulty plugs

• DO NOT USE... residents can not use their own appliances

It is ok to use chemicals that do not have a label

• True

• False

Harmful chemicals need to be kept

• In a high cabinet hard to reach

• In a cabinet under the sink

• In the laundry department

• In a locked cabinet away from patients

the term MSDS stands for

• minimum data set

• material safety data sheet

• management source data services

• maintenance service detailed skills

complete airway obstruction requires

• Heimlich maneuver

• CPR, if person is awake

• standing in front of patient

• hitting patient in the chest

While on oxygen it is ok for residents to smoke

• True, Oxygen will help them breathe

• False, Oxygen is combustible and should not be around fire