Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

Rehabilitation and Restorative Care 1. Review the key terms in Learning Objective 1 before completing the workbook exercises 2. Discuss rehabilitation and restorative care Short Answer 1. Define rehabilitation. Care that is managed by professionals to restore a person to the highest possible. Burt of functioning after an illoess or injury 2. List three goals of rehabilitative care. Assist the resident in maintaining if regaising the ability to perfiors activities of daily living "Promote the resident's indepcodone and help resident adapt to the new disability *Preent complications of What do restorative care programs help with? Elimination Range of motion •Positioning Mobility and ambulation Transferring Gronning Eating/drinking Communication 3. Describe the importance of promoting independence True or False 1. Being able to perform activities of daily living by oneself is not very important 21 Dressing is one example of an activity of daily living Being required to accept help with activities of daily living can cause a decrease in independence. if a resident is doing a task too slowly. a nursing assistant should offer to do it for her to help prevent the resident from being frustrated. 5 6. Independence helps with self-esteem and can help speed recovery. Verbal cues are short sequences of words that direct a person to com-plete a specific step. 7. I Residents have a legal right to make choices about food, visitors, and how to spend their time. 4. Explain the complications of immobility and describe how exercise helps maintain health Short Answer For each of these body systems, write one benefit of regular activity 1. Gastrointestinal system: Aids in regular elimination 2. Urinary system: Improves elimination. 3. Integumentary systern: Improves quality and health of Skin 4. Circulatory system: Improves circulation 5. Respiratory system: Reduces change of infection 6. Musculoskeletal system: Impress Strength 7. Nervous system: Improved relaxation and strength 8. Endocrine system: Increases metabolism 5. Describe canes, walkers, and crutches Multiple Choice 1. How should a walker be moved? (A) Walker first, stronger leg, then weaker leg (B) Weaker leg, stronger leg. then walker Stronger leg, walker, then weaker leg Walker, weaker leg, then stronger leg 2. How many feet does a quad cane have A Four (B) Three (C) Two (D) One 3. Which of the following walking aids is used when a resident cannot bear any weight at all on one leg? (A) C-cane (B) Quad cane (C)Walker (D) Crutches 4. Which of the following is true of using canes, walkers, and crutches? (A) A cane should be held on the resident's weaker side. (B) The resident should be wearing nonskid shoes with the laces tied. (C) When the resident is ambulating the nursing assistant should stay near the resident's stronger side. (D) When the resident is ambulating the nursing assistant should encourage the resident to look down at his feet. 6. Discuss other assistive devices and orthotics Fill in the Blank 1. Assistive help people who are recovering from illness devices can or adapting to a physical disability. 2 foot drop Name: Shanelle Aquino 3. Abduction pillows or hip wedges keep hips in proper position after hip surgery. Trochanter rolls prevent the hip and leg from turning ward. contractures 5. Handrolls help prevent finger, hand, or wrist Turning upward 131 25 A) Exercises done by a resident alone, without help 6. Orthotic devices are devices applied external ly to a limb for Support and protection Bending backward 7. Discuss range of motion exercises Matching Use cach letter only once. 1. E Abduction 2 A Active assisted range of motion (AAROM) 3. Active range of motion (AROM) 4.Adduction 5. Dorsiflexion Touching the thumb to any other finger Merving a body part toward the midline of the body Bending a body part (M) Turning the joint Labeling In each of the blanks provided on the next page write the name of the range of motion body move ment that is shown in the illustration. Rehabilitation and Restorative Care 6B Extension 7. Flexion & Opposition 9. Passive range of motion (PROM) Pronation Range of motion (ROM) exercises 12 Rotation 13. Supination Exercises done by a resident with some help from a staff member Straightening a body part 4 Exercises that put a joint through its full arc of motion Turning downward Moving a body part away from the midline of the body Exercises done by a staff member, without the resident's help 14. Abduction 15. Adduction 16. Extensien 17. Flexion 18. Dorsiflextion. 19. Rotation 20. Pronation 21. Supination 22. Opposition