3. 1. Some residents have bracelets for when they get too close to a door that leads outside, an alarm will ring. 2. Everyone is required to answer call lights 3. There are pictures of the residents in the computer so that they don’t have to wear an armband all the time since they don’t keep them on anyways. 4. There are cameras outside at every exit of the building so they can see where a patient has gone. 5. The doors are locked at 7:30 PM every night.
4. a. Yes, there are RNs at this long-term are facility. They do the clinical aspects of patient care, they are not around the clock rather they are on call, they supervise the CNAs, and can start IVs. b. There are both PLNs and CNAs at this long-term care facility. LPNs can task meds, collect…show more content… Five other health team members available are: creational staff, dietary department, laundry department, PT/OT department, and housekeeping.
5. There are certain documents that need to be signed prior to admissions in order to prove that a client truly needs to be in a skilled nursing facility. Each client is evaluated with a PSARR in order to see which “wing” they best qualify for since each wing offers different things.
6. Assignments are made by the care plan meetings that are scheduled for each client, and then the care plan is followed through. Yes, the chain of command is the same in this long-term care facility as it is in the acute care facility.
7. three therapeutic communication techniques that I observed today that was demonstrating professional communication, was active listening, each patient was treated as an individual based on their specific needs, and communicating with the patient about what we were going to be doing to them before actually doing it, and talking it through with them. a. A Non0-therapeutic communication technique that I observed today was a couple health care works were ignoring the patients when they were trying to tell them
