STNA Ohio Written Test Vocabualry List
exam
Abduction Pillow - goes between the legs; it helps keep the legs spread
Adaptive Devices - special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to
perform ADLs; also called assistive devices.
Adduction - Movement in the frontal plane back toward the midline of the body.
ADL (Activities of Daily Living) - Everyday activities or tasks, including eating,
dressing, bathing, and toileting
Agitation - (n.) a violent stirring or movement; noisy confusion, excitment; a
stirring up of public enthusiasm
Ambulation - Act of walking or being able to walk
Antiembolic Stockings - they help with ciculation and apply pressure to the legs.
they have holes in the toes, so to let the nurse look at the feet to observe
circulation and they don't have to be removed
, STNA Ohio Written Test Vocabualry List
exam
Aphasia - Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage
either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding)
Apical - Embryonic plant tissue in the tips of roots and in the buds of shoots that
supplies cells for the plant to grow in length.
Aseptic - free from disease-causing microorganisms
Aspiration - Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
Assistive Devices - - GAIT BELTS ARE USED FOR THOSE WHO CAN BEAR WEIGHT
AND NEED MINIMAL ASSISTANCE. NEVER BE USED TO HELP LIFT CLIEN
atrophy - (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline
or failure; (v.) to waste away
Bargaining - A form of negotiation in which two or more parties who disagree
propose exchanges and concessions to find a course of acceptable collective
action
exam
Abduction Pillow - goes between the legs; it helps keep the legs spread
Adaptive Devices - special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to
perform ADLs; also called assistive devices.
Adduction - Movement in the frontal plane back toward the midline of the body.
ADL (Activities of Daily Living) - Everyday activities or tasks, including eating,
dressing, bathing, and toileting
Agitation - (n.) a violent stirring or movement; noisy confusion, excitment; a
stirring up of public enthusiasm
Ambulation - Act of walking or being able to walk
Antiembolic Stockings - they help with ciculation and apply pressure to the legs.
they have holes in the toes, so to let the nurse look at the feet to observe
circulation and they don't have to be removed
, STNA Ohio Written Test Vocabualry List
exam
Aphasia - Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage
either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding)
Apical - Embryonic plant tissue in the tips of roots and in the buds of shoots that
supplies cells for the plant to grow in length.
Aseptic - free from disease-causing microorganisms
Aspiration - Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
Assistive Devices - - GAIT BELTS ARE USED FOR THOSE WHO CAN BEAR WEIGHT
AND NEED MINIMAL ASSISTANCE. NEVER BE USED TO HELP LIFT CLIEN
atrophy - (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline
or failure; (v.) to waste away
Bargaining - A form of negotiation in which two or more parties who disagree
propose exchanges and concessions to find a course of acceptable collective
action
