OHIO STNA EXAMS SCRIPT LATEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Delegation - ✔✔the process of assigning managerial authority and responsibility to
managers and employees lower in the hierarchy
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning,
and communication
✔✔diabetes - ✔✔A condition in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin, the
hormone required for the metabolism of sugar
✔✔Pre-diabetes - ✔✔A condition in which a person's blood glucose levels are above
normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
✔✔gestional diabetes - ✔✔A form of diabetes that is only developed during pregnancy
✔✔type 1 diabetes - ✔✔Diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or
adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to high
blood glucose levels.
✔✔type 2 diabetes - ✔✔Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most
often obese individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from
,impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with
increased insulin production.
Most common.
✔✔dialysis - ✔✔a procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients
whose kidneys no longer function
✔✔DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) - ✔✔caused by having too little insulin.
Hyperglycemia.
Strong smell of fruit on breathe.
✔✔Diuretics - ✔✔medications that reduce fluid in the body through voiding
✔✔delirium - ✔✔a state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly and is usually
temporary
✔✔Distal - ✔✔father away from torso
✔✔Dialostic - ✔✔when the heart relaxes
normal=60 to 79
✔✔Digestion - ✔✔The process by which the body breaks down food into small nutrient
molecules
✔✔dilate - ✔✔(v.) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔The process of destroying pathogens
✔✔disoriented - ✔✔confused about person, place, or time
✔✔DNR (do not resuscitate) - ✔✔an order that tells medical professionals not to
perform CPR
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔Backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or foot
✔✔dysphagia - ✔✔difficulty swallowing
✔✔Dyspnea - ✔✔difficulty breathing
✔✔dysuria - ✔✔painful urination
✔✔edema - ✔✔swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues
, ✔✔Ergonomics - ✔✔the science of designing equipment, areas, and work tasks to
make them safer and to suit workers abilities.
✔✔emotional lability - ✔✔laughing or crying without any reason or when it is
inappropriate
✔✔enema - ✔✔The introduction of fluid into the rectum and lower colon
✔✔elastic stockings - ✔✔A type of hosiery that applies gradient pressure to the legs to
prevent excessive blood accumulation in the lower extremities.
✔✔Anti-embolic stockings - ✔✔stockings that are used to prevent swelling and blood
clots and to promote circulation; also called elastic stockings
✔✔-emesis - ✔✔vomiting
✔✔emesis basin - ✔✔Kidney shaped receptacle for fluids
✔✔empathy - ✔✔Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings,
and motives
✔✔sympathy - ✔✔feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
✔✔Emphysema - ✔✔a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and
enlarged, causing breathlessness.
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making
decisions
✔✔extremity - ✔✔the furthest point or limit of something
✔✔fecal impaction - ✔✔a mass of dry, hard stool that remains packed in the rectum and
cannot be expelled
✔✔fracture - ✔✔broken bone
✔✔nasogastric tube - ✔✔tube inserted through the nose into the stomach
✔✔PEG(percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) - ✔✔a feeding tube inserted
endoscopically into the stomach
✔✔feeding tubes - ✔✔Nose or stomach.
Much always be at 30 degrees but 45 while eating.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Delegation - ✔✔the process of assigning managerial authority and responsibility to
managers and employees lower in the hierarchy
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning,
and communication
✔✔diabetes - ✔✔A condition in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin, the
hormone required for the metabolism of sugar
✔✔Pre-diabetes - ✔✔A condition in which a person's blood glucose levels are above
normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
✔✔gestional diabetes - ✔✔A form of diabetes that is only developed during pregnancy
✔✔type 1 diabetes - ✔✔Diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or
adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to high
blood glucose levels.
✔✔type 2 diabetes - ✔✔Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults and most
often obese individuals and that is characterized by high blood glucose resulting from
,impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with
increased insulin production.
Most common.
✔✔dialysis - ✔✔a procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients
whose kidneys no longer function
✔✔DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) - ✔✔caused by having too little insulin.
Hyperglycemia.
Strong smell of fruit on breathe.
✔✔Diuretics - ✔✔medications that reduce fluid in the body through voiding
✔✔delirium - ✔✔a state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly and is usually
temporary
✔✔Distal - ✔✔father away from torso
✔✔Dialostic - ✔✔when the heart relaxes
normal=60 to 79
✔✔Digestion - ✔✔The process by which the body breaks down food into small nutrient
molecules
✔✔dilate - ✔✔(v.) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔The process of destroying pathogens
✔✔disoriented - ✔✔confused about person, place, or time
✔✔DNR (do not resuscitate) - ✔✔an order that tells medical professionals not to
perform CPR
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔Backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or foot
✔✔dysphagia - ✔✔difficulty swallowing
✔✔Dyspnea - ✔✔difficulty breathing
✔✔dysuria - ✔✔painful urination
✔✔edema - ✔✔swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues
, ✔✔Ergonomics - ✔✔the science of designing equipment, areas, and work tasks to
make them safer and to suit workers abilities.
✔✔emotional lability - ✔✔laughing or crying without any reason or when it is
inappropriate
✔✔enema - ✔✔The introduction of fluid into the rectum and lower colon
✔✔elastic stockings - ✔✔A type of hosiery that applies gradient pressure to the legs to
prevent excessive blood accumulation in the lower extremities.
✔✔Anti-embolic stockings - ✔✔stockings that are used to prevent swelling and blood
clots and to promote circulation; also called elastic stockings
✔✔-emesis - ✔✔vomiting
✔✔emesis basin - ✔✔Kidney shaped receptacle for fluids
✔✔empathy - ✔✔Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings,
and motives
✔✔sympathy - ✔✔feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
✔✔Emphysema - ✔✔a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and
enlarged, causing breathlessness.
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making
decisions
✔✔extremity - ✔✔the furthest point or limit of something
✔✔fecal impaction - ✔✔a mass of dry, hard stool that remains packed in the rectum and
cannot be expelled
✔✔fracture - ✔✔broken bone
✔✔nasogastric tube - ✔✔tube inserted through the nose into the stomach
✔✔PEG(percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) - ✔✔a feeding tube inserted
endoscopically into the stomach
✔✔feeding tubes - ✔✔Nose or stomach.
Much always be at 30 degrees but 45 while eating.
