CNA terms for written exam IA Questions with
correct answers
ADL Correct Answer - activities of daily living
care plan Correct Answer - plan for each resident created by the nurse
LTC Correct Answer - long term care
RCF Correct Answer - residential facilites
scope of practice Correct Answer - defines the tasks that healthcare providers are
legally permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law; what you are
allowed to do
status Correct Answer - condition of the resident
libel Correct Answer - defamation in written form
slander Correct Answer - defamation in oral form
battery Correct Answer - the intentional touching of a person without his or her
consent
false imprisonment Correct Answer - unlawful restraint that affects a person's
freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and
actually being restrained
, breach of confidentiality Correct Answer - occurs when a patient's private
information is disclosed to a third party without his or her consent
HIPAA Correct Answer - health insurance portability and accountability act
negligence Correct Answer - actions, or failure to act or provide proper care for a
person, resulting in an injury
assault Correct Answer - a threat to harm a person, resulting in the person felling
fearful that he or she will be harmed
defamation Correct Answer - any statement (oral or written) that is not true and
injures a person's reputation
terminal Correct Answer - prognosis of less that 6 months to live
objective data Correct Answer - what you see, hear; the facts
subjective data Correct Answer - what the family or patient says
sterilization Correct Answer - a measure used to decrease the spread of pathogens
and disease by destroying all microorganisms, including those that form spores
standard precaution Correct Answer - a method of infection prevention in which all
blood, body fluids, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes are treated as if they
were infected with an infectious disease
correct answers
ADL Correct Answer - activities of daily living
care plan Correct Answer - plan for each resident created by the nurse
LTC Correct Answer - long term care
RCF Correct Answer - residential facilites
scope of practice Correct Answer - defines the tasks that healthcare providers are
legally permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law; what you are
allowed to do
status Correct Answer - condition of the resident
libel Correct Answer - defamation in written form
slander Correct Answer - defamation in oral form
battery Correct Answer - the intentional touching of a person without his or her
consent
false imprisonment Correct Answer - unlawful restraint that affects a person's
freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and
actually being restrained
, breach of confidentiality Correct Answer - occurs when a patient's private
information is disclosed to a third party without his or her consent
HIPAA Correct Answer - health insurance portability and accountability act
negligence Correct Answer - actions, or failure to act or provide proper care for a
person, resulting in an injury
assault Correct Answer - a threat to harm a person, resulting in the person felling
fearful that he or she will be harmed
defamation Correct Answer - any statement (oral or written) that is not true and
injures a person's reputation
terminal Correct Answer - prognosis of less that 6 months to live
objective data Correct Answer - what you see, hear; the facts
subjective data Correct Answer - what the family or patient says
sterilization Correct Answer - a measure used to decrease the spread of pathogens
and disease by destroying all microorganisms, including those that form spores
standard precaution Correct Answer - a method of infection prevention in which all
blood, body fluids, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes are treated as if they
were infected with an infectious disease
