Virginia State Board CNA Test 2022/2023 with Complete Solutions

Acute Illness - ANSWER Sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover Chronic Illness - ANSWER Ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, has no known cure, can be controlled and complication prevented with proper treatment Terminal Illness - ANSWER Illness or injury from which a person will not likely recover Assisted Living Facilities - ANSWER The Activities usually done during a normal day in a persons life Hospice - ANSWER Health care agency or program for persons who are dying Director of Nursing - ANSWER Nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility Medicare - ANSWER Federal health insurance for people who are 65 or older, and certain people with disabilities Medicaid - ANSWER Health care program that assists low income families or individuals in paying for long term me3dicals and custodial care cost Confidentiality - ANSWER Trusting others with personal and private information Accountability - ANSWER The fact or condiction of being responsible Delegate - ANSWER To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation Ethics - ANSWER Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct Professional Boundaries - ANSWER That which separates helpful behavior from behaviors that are not helpful False Imprisonment - ANSWER Unlawful restraint or restriction of a persons freedom of movement Abuse - ANSWER The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm Assault - ANSWER Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a persons body without the persons consent Battery - ANSWER Touching a persons body without his or her consent Malpractice - ANSWER Negligence by a professional person Negligence - ANSWER An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a persons property was harmed Communication - ANSWER The exchange of information Medical Record - ANSWER The legal account of a persons info found in the medical record Kardex - ANSWER The type of card file that summarizes info about specific clients Anterior - ANSWER At or toward the front of the body or body part Posterior - ANSWER At or toward the back of the body or body part Medial - ANSWER At or near the middle or mid line of the body part Lateral - ANSWER Away from the mid line; at the side of the body or body part Proximal - ANSWER The part nearest to the center or to the point of attachment dys- - ANSWER Bad, difficult, abnormal oilg- - ANSWER small, scant tachy- - ANSWER fast, rapid athr/o - ANSWER joint cyan/o - ANSWER blue oste/o - ANSWER bone algia - ANSWER pain algia - ANSWER pain phagia - ANSWER to eat or consume; swallowing phasia - ANSWER speaking ostomy - ANSWER creation of an opening ADL - ANSWER activities of daily living AMD - ANSWER ambulate/walking NPO - ANSWER nothing by mouth PRN - ANSWER when necessary; as needed Nursing Process - ANSWER Method nurses use to plan and deliver nursing care Nursing Care Plan - ANSWER Written guide about the persons nursing care Objective Data - ANSWER Info that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by the observer Subjective Data - ANSWER Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses Microorganism - ANSWER Small living thing seen only with a microscrope Pathogen - ANSWER A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection Local infection - ANSWER Infection in a body part Systemic Infection - ANSWER infection that involves the whole body Dysuria - ANSWER Painful or difficult urination Hematuria - ANSWER Blood in the urine Nocturia - ANSWER Frequent urination at night Oliguria - ANSWER Scant amount of urine Polyuria - ANSWER Abnormally large amount of urine Urinary incontinence - ANSWER Involuntary loss or leakage of urine Urinary retention - ANSWER Inability to void Catheter - ANSWER A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening Mictrurition - ANSWER Process of emptying urine from bladder Colostomy - ANSWER Surgically created opening between the colon and bodys surface Ileostomy - ANSWER Surgically created opening between the ileum and the body surface Constipation - ANSWER The passing of dry hard stool Fecal impaction - ANSWER prolonged retention and buildup of feces and gas through the anus Peristalsis - ANSWER Involuntary muscle contractions in the digestive system that move food down Clear liquid Diet - ANSWER Must eat food in a liquid form or that melt at body temp Dysphagia diet - ANSWER Thicken liquid Edema - ANSWER Swelling of body tissues with water Aspiration - ANSWER Breathing fluids, foods, vomitus, or an object into the lungs Hemiplegia - ANSWER Paralysis on one side of the body Paraplegia - ANSWER Paralysis in the legs, lower trunk, and pelvic organs Quadriplegia - ANSWER Paralysis in the arms, legs, lower trunk, and pelvic organs FBAO - ANSWER Foreign bodies can obstruct the airway Supine Position - ANSWER Backlying or dorsal recumbent position Body Mechanics - ANSWER Using the body in an efficient and careful way Fowlers Position - ANSWER A semi position; the ahead of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees Sims Position - ANSWER A left lying position in which the upper leg is sharply flexed so is not on the lower leg and the lower arm is behind the person Shearing - ANSWER When skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in one direction when the body is moving Logrolling - ANSWER Turinng the person as a unit, in alignment, with one motion Assist Device - ANSWER Used to move clients in bed