Unit 10 Nursing Assistant

Question 1

behavior mental health

Answer 1

an individuals adjustment of life that allow feelings of self worth combined with being comfortable in various life situations

Question 2

trauma informed care

Answer 2

care that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma including PTSD

Question 3

coping strageties

Answer 3

coping is how someone handles or manages stressful situations in a healthy manner

Question 4

defense mechanisms

Answer 4

potentially unhealthy strategies used by individuals when feeling threatened and are unable to cope with situations

Question 5

characteristic of defense mechanism

Answer 5

stress is only temporarily reduced

Question 6

common defense mechanisms

Answer 6

repression, projection, denial, undoing, displacement

Question 7

repression

Answer 7

unconsouisly forgetting to think about a painful situation

Question 8

projection

Answer 8

blaming others for your own shortcomings

Question 9

denial

Answer 9

blocking out painful feelings

Question 10

undoing

Answer 10

trying to recieve something that was done

Question 11

displacement

Answer 11

shifting out emotions and actions from one person to another

Question 12

Developmentally disabled

Answer 12

people who have a mental or physical impairment usually from birth, which continues indefinitely

Question 13

developmental disabilities

Answer 13

cerebral palsy, down syndrome, autism

Question 14

stages of cognitive impairment

Answer 14

mild, moderate, severe

Question 15

mild impairment

Answer 15

significant and frequent memory difficulties, independence still possible

Question 16

moderate impairment

Answer 16

increased memory loss, loss of independence

Question 17

sever impairment

Answer 17

dependent on ADLs and loss of speech

Question 18

dementia

Answer 18

progressive deterioration of mental function

Question 19

conditions with dementia

Answer 19

AIDs, vascular changes in brain, medication side effects, alzheimers, alcohol

Question 20

NA responsibilities with Alzheimers

Answer 20

provide person-centered activities, allow independence, protect resident from injury, protect resident from injury, give simple direction

Question 21

validation therapy

Answer 21

meet the resident in his/her “unreal world” without lying to them

Question 22

behavior management

Answer 22

result from fear and unmet needs

Question 23

approaches to use with specific problems

Answer 23

resident to resident and harmful activity

Question 24

resident to resident

Answer 24

seperate them, redirect them

Question 25

harmful activity

Answer 25

distract them, remove from situation, provide alternative activities

Question 26

post mortem care

Answer 26

care of body after death: wear gloves, clean body, make body presentable for family, work quietly and respectively

Question 27

stages of grief

Answer 27

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance