CNA HEADMASTER VOCABULARY
1.Abandonment: Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and
before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or
greater medical training.
2.abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or phrase
3.abdominal thrusts: a method of attempting to remove an object from
the airway of someone who is choking
4.abductor wedge: designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often
used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip from "popping out".
5.Absorption: the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is
absorbed by another.
6.Abuse: physical or emotional harm to someone
7.accident: An unexpected happening that may result in injury, loss, or
damage.
8.Accountability: Willingness to take credit and blame for actions.
,9.Accountable: responsible
10.Activities: specific tasks that need to be accomplished as part of the
process
11.Adaptive: Able to change as needed
12.Adaptive devices: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or
disabled to perform ADLs; also called assistive devices.
13.ADL: activity of daily living
14.Admission: right to enter; access
15.admitting resident: the individual being accepted into a Long Term Care
Facility
16.Afebrile: without fever
17.affected side: a weakened side from a stroke or injury
18.aggressive resident: resident carrying out a form of physical or verbal
behavior leading to self-assertion; it is often angry and destructive and
intended to be injuri- ous, physically or emotionally, and aimed at
domination of one person by another
,19.aging process: The process of becoming older.
20.alarms: indications of an ongoing current problem
21.alternating pressure mattress: air forced through mattress on
alternating basis to decrease pressure on body prominences
22.ambulation: walking
23.amputees: an individual who has had a limb removed
24.anatomy: The study of body structure
25.anger: a strong feeling of displeasure
26.antiembolic: stockings made of elastic fabric that provide support
promote blood flow and prevent the formation of blood clots
27.anxiety: uneasiness
28.appropriate response: The correct response to a given situation.
29.assistive devices: equipment used to help resident increase
independence
, 30.axillary temperature: Temperature taken at the armpit
31.bargaining: Making a deal, in return for a cure, they will fulfill promises.
32.basic needs: These are the things people cannot live without, such
as food, clothing, and shelter.
33.basic nutrition: nourishment or energy that is obtained from food
consumed or the process of consuming the proper amount of
nourishment and energy. An example of nutrition is the nutrients
found in fruits and vegetables
34.basic rights: rights that all people possess because of their very
nature as humans
35.bathing: the act of washing yourself (or another person)
36.bed height: elevation of bed in response to a certain skill being
preformed
37.bed making: The act of organizing and setting up the bed.
38.bedrest: confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some
sick or injured persons)
39.behavior: everything we do that can be directly observed
40.beliefs: tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
41.biohazard: a biological or chemical substance or situation that is
dangerous to human beings and the environment
42.bladder training: goal is to gain control of urination done as directed
by nurse and care plan person uses toilet/pan at frequent regular
intervals and is slowly increased. Person has catheter which is clamped
1.Abandonment: Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and
before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or
greater medical training.
2.abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or phrase
3.abdominal thrusts: a method of attempting to remove an object from
the airway of someone who is choking
4.abductor wedge: designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often
used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip from "popping out".
5.Absorption: the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is
absorbed by another.
6.Abuse: physical or emotional harm to someone
7.accident: An unexpected happening that may result in injury, loss, or
damage.
8.Accountability: Willingness to take credit and blame for actions.
,9.Accountable: responsible
10.Activities: specific tasks that need to be accomplished as part of the
process
11.Adaptive: Able to change as needed
12.Adaptive devices: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or
disabled to perform ADLs; also called assistive devices.
13.ADL: activity of daily living
14.Admission: right to enter; access
15.admitting resident: the individual being accepted into a Long Term Care
Facility
16.Afebrile: without fever
17.affected side: a weakened side from a stroke or injury
18.aggressive resident: resident carrying out a form of physical or verbal
behavior leading to self-assertion; it is often angry and destructive and
intended to be injuri- ous, physically or emotionally, and aimed at
domination of one person by another
,19.aging process: The process of becoming older.
20.alarms: indications of an ongoing current problem
21.alternating pressure mattress: air forced through mattress on
alternating basis to decrease pressure on body prominences
22.ambulation: walking
23.amputees: an individual who has had a limb removed
24.anatomy: The study of body structure
25.anger: a strong feeling of displeasure
26.antiembolic: stockings made of elastic fabric that provide support
promote blood flow and prevent the formation of blood clots
27.anxiety: uneasiness
28.appropriate response: The correct response to a given situation.
29.assistive devices: equipment used to help resident increase
independence
, 30.axillary temperature: Temperature taken at the armpit
31.bargaining: Making a deal, in return for a cure, they will fulfill promises.
32.basic needs: These are the things people cannot live without, such
as food, clothing, and shelter.
33.basic nutrition: nourishment or energy that is obtained from food
consumed or the process of consuming the proper amount of
nourishment and energy. An example of nutrition is the nutrients
found in fruits and vegetables
34.basic rights: rights that all people possess because of their very
nature as humans
35.bathing: the act of washing yourself (or another person)
36.bed height: elevation of bed in response to a certain skill being
preformed
37.bed making: The act of organizing and setting up the bed.
38.bedrest: confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some
sick or injured persons)
39.behavior: everything we do that can be directly observed
40.beliefs: tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
41.biohazard: a biological or chemical substance or situation that is
dangerous to human beings and the environment
42.bladder training: goal is to gain control of urination done as directed
by nurse and care plan person uses toilet/pan at frequent regular
intervals and is slowly increased. Person has catheter which is clamped
