STNA Top Compiled Questions and Answers Updated 2024

abandonment - withdrawing support from someone abduction pillow - pillow placed between legs while rolling them alternating pressure mattress - helps prevent bed sores, multiple air cells fill and empty alternately aseptic - sterile, germ free atrophy - wasting away of body tissue from lack of use and movement central nervous system - consists of brain and all nerves running thru body that controls movement and feeling communicable - contagious, can be passed from one person to another dysuria - painful or difficult urination jaundice - yellowing of the skin usually due to liver damage multiple sclerosis - a disease affecting the brain, spinal cord, and nerves palliative care - special care focusing on comfort and relieving pain when a person is close to death trochanter roll - a roll placed on the outside of the hip to keep it straight