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PCHA EXAMS Questions 100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive guide for pcha exams, covering medication administration, infection control, resident rights, and food safety regulations. Detailed information on drugs, medications, doctor's orders, routes of administration, labeled and off-label use, and documentation requirements for controlled substances and prescriptions. It also covers the medication cycle, precautions, resident self-administration, and the eight rights of medication administration. Additionally, the document defines ADLs and IADLs, and regulations related to temperature, ventilation, and water testing in personal care homes. It also covers dementia, foodborne illnesses, and regulations surrounding food storage, cleaning, and emergency food supply.

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2023/2024

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Download PCHA EXAMS Questions 100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025 and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! PCHA EXAMS Questions 100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025 Lewy Body Dementia:Lewy bodies are abnormal protein deposits that can develop in the brain, leading to fluctuating cognitive impairments, visual hallucinations, and motor symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease. Lewy bodies are abnormal protein deposits that can develop in the brain, leading to fluctuating cognitive impairments, visual hallucinations, and motor symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease What is the difference between a drug and medication? A DRUG is defined as a substance that is considered a narcotic, hallucinogen or a stimulant Remember a MEDICINE is a preparation used to treat or prevent a disease What are the three components of a doctors order? Medication, route, and frequency What is the most common and cost effective route of medication administration? The oral route Ophthalmic medication -Drops, ointments, or creams placed on or around the eye. -tilt head back and towards eye getting gtts, prevents drops getting into the tear duck -pt to look up and away to prevent top of dropper touching eye. resident who self administers medications and stores them in their room) (EMAR) What are 5 elements a label should include? -The residents name -The name of the medication -The date the prescription was issued -The dose and instructions for administration -The name and title of the prescriber Hw should medications of different route be stored? In separate areas in the medication cart What is the medication cycle? -Observation -Report changes -Communication w/ HC givers -RECORD AND STORE MEDICATION -ADMINISTRATION AND DOCUMENTATION -Observation Name and describe the different precautions -Standard/universal precautions - assumes that all residents are infected whether they are or not. -Contact precautions - used for infections that are transmitted by direct resident contact or contact with items in the resident environment. (scabies, c-diff, VRE and MRSA in a wound, UTI's) -Droplet precautions - used for infections that are transmitted from coughing, sneezing, and talking or contact with the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth of an infected resident, 3 feet of an infected resident(influenza, MRSA and VRE in the lungs, upper respiratory infections) -Airborne precautions - used for infections that are transmitted by air currents and that can be inhaled, always wearing a mask during resident care (tuberculosis, chickenpox, measles) -all require uses hand washing, wearing gloves, gown, mask. Who can determine whether a pt is able to self administer medications and what is the process. -Physician, NP, or PA -Be able to recognize and distinguish the medications needed -Know how much medication to take -Know when medication is to be taken What are the 8 rights of med admin? -THE RIGHT RESIDENT -THE RIGHT MEDICATION -THE RIGHT DOSE -THE RIGHT TIME -THE RIGHT ROUTE -Right client education -Right to refuse -Right assessment -Right evaluation When is the rule of 3 checks preformed? 1. when you pull the medication 2. when you pour the medication 3. when you recap the medication What is required to be done if a medication is refused? Document in the medical record and the prescriber must be notified within 24 hours. Education resident and kept record of refusal and education. ADLs Activity of Daily Living All areas of the home that are used by the resident shall be ventilated. • This includes an operable window with safety screens, air conditioner, fan or mechanical ventilation that ensures airflow • All bathrooms that do not have an operable outside window must be equipped with an exhaust fan for ventilation To be deemed depressed, how many symptoms must be present? five or more Alzheimer's disease the accumulation of abnormal protein deposits in the brain, leading to memory loss, confusion, and a decline in thinking and reasoning abilities./ Vascular Dementia This type of dementia results from impaired blood flow to the brain, often due to strokes or small blood vessel disease. Lewy Bodies Dementia Abnormal protein deposits that can develop in the brain, leading to fluctuating cognitive impairments, visual hallucinations, and motor symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease Frontotemporal Dementia This disorder primarily affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, leading to changes in personality, behavior, and language. It can cause inappropriate social conduct and language difficulties. Campylobacter Bacteria -Sticky, bloody, 2-5 days after ingestion -Commonly found in undercooked poultry and other meat, raw milk and untreated water. E Coli Causes severe bloody diarrhea, painful abdominal cramps, not much fever, nausea, malaise Calicivirus nonporous material and cleaned and sanitized after each meal. -Cleaned and sanitized is a 2 step process: 1.Wipe debris and residue with water or soap and water. 2. Wipe the entire surface with a sanitizing agent (such as one part bleach and 10 parts water or correctly mixed sanitizing solution What are the regulations for emergency food supply? The home shall maintain at least a 3-day supply of nonperishable food and drinking water for residents. -Estimate 1 gallon of water per resident per day. -Have a written Emergency/Disaster Plan. What is required in the state of PA related to the dietary department. Required: The Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture (PDA) requires food service operations to have at least one employee who holds a "nationally recognized food safety manager certification" such as ServSafe®/HACCP. -A certified person (Dietary manager) must be available during all hours of the operation. Check your local regulations. All leftovers or other prepared stored foods must be in clean, safe containers plus 3 other requirements. 1. Cover 2. Label 3. Date 4. Milk used in food prep or served must be: Pasteurized, Canned or Powdered CODE 2800.42 A resident may not be discriminated against because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age or sex. Every resident has the right to reside and be treated in a setting which provides and promotes physical and phycological dignity They have a right to visitors, right to letters, use the telephone, right to information that is provided in the means that they can understand, and they have a right to an attorney What are the five generations? The Traditionalist (1901 - 1942) Baby Boomers (1946 - 1964) Generation X (1965 - 1980) Generation Y (1981 - 1995) The Millenials (1996 - present) 2600.21 - OFFSITE SERVICES: • If services or activities are provided by the home of a location other than the premises, the home shall ensure that the residents' support plans are followed and that resident health and safety needs are met. 2600.23 - ACTIVITIES: (a) A home shall provide each resident with assistance with ADLs as indicated in the resident's assessment and support plan. (b) A home shall provide each resident with assistance with IADLs as indicated in the resident's assessment and support plan.