JEOPARDY ADL’S TEST REVIEW

Patient Feeding Oral Care Shaving/Hair Care Bathing Dressing Patient/Backrub/ Random

100  Question: When feeding your patient, use a _______ degree angle when holding the spoon. Answer: 90

200  Question: If a patient has dysphagia, allow them to use a straw to make swallowing easier. True or False Answer: false

300  Question: Fill spoon or fork __________ to ______full. Answer: 1/3 to ½ full

400  Question: A ___________, _________, and/or _______ assess for the right food thickness needed for patients with difficulty swallowing.  Answer: Speech/language pathologist or therapist, nurse, and doctor

500  Question: Name four signs or symptoms of Aspiration. Answer: choking, coughing, difficulty breathing during or after meals, abnormal breathing or respiratory sounds, decreased spo2 after eating

100 Question: Patients who are unconscious, vomiting, experiencing high temperature, or receiving certain drying medications require oral care at least every ______ hours. Answer: 2

200  Question: Hold a tooth brush at a __________ degree angle when brushing a patient’s inner and outer aspects of teeth. Start with the _____aspect, moving to the _______ aspect of the teeth. Answer: 45, inner, outer

300  Question: When cleaning a patients dentures, rinse them with ________water. Answer: cool/ lukewarm, NOT HOT OR COLD

400  Question: When replacing dentures in a patient’s mouth, put in the __________first, then the __________. Answer: bottom, top

500  Question: Name four actions that can prevent aspiration. Answer: Help person with meals Position Pt. as upright as possible Have Pt. stay in upright position an hour after eating Check person’s mouth after eating for pocketing (inside cheeks, under tongue, on roof of mouth) Remove any food left in mouth

100  Question: Brushing the hair helps _______the scalp and prevent ________. Answer: stimulate circulation, prevents scalp disease, tangles, matting

200  Question: If hair is matted and tangled from gum, you may use ________ or _______ to get the tangles out. Answer: peanut butter, ice

300  Question: To clean the fingernails, soak them in soapy water __________minutes, and then use the _______end of an orange stick to push the cuticles back. Answer: minutes, blunt

400  Question: Shaving may be prohibited or special precautions may be required for patients on_____________. Answer: anticoagulants

500 Question: If skin is nicked during shaving, __________ directly over area with a ______ and report to immediate supervisor. Answer: apply pressure, clean gauze while wearing gloves

100 Question: Before leaving a patient in a tub or shower, instruct patient how to____________________. Answer: use the emergency bathroom button

200 Question: _____________, also known as ________, could be sign of poor circulation or disease. Pay special attention to the hands, feet, and toes. Answer: Swelling, edema

300  Question: Fill a bath basin about _____ full of warm water at about ____________degrees F. Answer: 2/3,

400  Question: : Name 5 checkpoints after completing a bed bath. Answer: position for comfort (alignment), elevate side rails, lower bed, call light, supplies in reach, leave area clean put equipment away

500  Question: Redness, or ____________, of the skin could be a sign of a pressure sore. __________could be sign of poor circulation. ______________ could be sign of liver disease. Answer: Erythema, Cyanosis, Jaundice

100 Question: Question: To test temperature of food, check a small amount on __________. Answer: test on the wrist

200  Dress the ____________first, then ________ side. Undress the_________ side first, then the _________.

300  Question: Backrubs are considered a part of a daily bath unless________________. If you find a red area on the skin, it could be a _____ caused by an ___________and needs to be _________ immediately. Answer: contraindicated by the patient’s condition, rash, allergic reaction, reported

400  Question: _______ is difficulty breathing. _________ is dizziness. Excessive perspiration is called _________. ___________ is abnormal drowsiness. Answer: Dyspnea, Vertigo, diaphoresis, Lethargy

500  Question: A patient with _________ means they have weakness or partial paralysis on one side of the body. Answer: Hemiparesis