Virginia State Board CNA Test
Acute Illness - ANS -Sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic Illness - ANS -Ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, has no known cure, can be
controlled and complication prevented with proper treatment
Terminal Illness - ANS -Illness or injury from which a person will not likely recover
Assisted Living Facilities - ANS -The Activities usually done during a normal day in a persons
life
Hospice - ANS -Health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Director of Nursing - ANS -Nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care
facility
Medicare - ANS -Federal health insurance for people who are 65 or older, and certain people
with disabilities
Medicaid - ANS -Health care program that assists low income families or individuals in paying
for long term medicals and custodial care cost
Confidentiality - ANS -Trusting others with personal and private information
Accountability - ANS -The fact or condiction of being responsible
Delegate - ANS -To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation
Ethics - ANS -Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
Professional Boundaries - ANS -That which separates helpful behavior from behaviors that are
not helpful
False Imprisonment - ANS -Unlawful restraint or restriction of a persons freedom of movement
Abuse - ANS -The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or
punishment that results in physical harm
, Assault - ANS -Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a persons body without the
persons consent
Battery - ANS -Touching a persons body without his or her consent
Malpractice - ANS -Negligence by a professional person
Negligence - ANS -An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and
careful manner and a persons property was harmed
Communication - ANS -The exchange of information
Medical Record - ANS -The legal account of a persons info found in the medical record
Kardex - ANS -The type of card file that summarizes info about specific clients
Anterior - ANS -At or toward the front of the body or body part
Posterior - ANS -At or toward the back of the body or body part
Medial - ANS -At or near the middle or mid line of the body part
Lateral - ANS -Away from the mid line; at the side of the body or body part
Proximal - ANS -The part nearest to the center or to the point of attachment
days- - ANS -Bad, difficult, abnormal
oil- - ANS -small, scant
tachy- - ANS -fast, rapid
arthr/o - ANS -joint
cyan/o - ANS -blue
oste/o - ANS -bone
algia - ANS -pain
algia - ANS -pain
phagia - ANS -to eat or consume; swallowing
Acute Illness - ANS -Sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic Illness - ANS -Ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, has no known cure, can be
controlled and complication prevented with proper treatment
Terminal Illness - ANS -Illness or injury from which a person will not likely recover
Assisted Living Facilities - ANS -The Activities usually done during a normal day in a persons
life
Hospice - ANS -Health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Director of Nursing - ANS -Nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care
facility
Medicare - ANS -Federal health insurance for people who are 65 or older, and certain people
with disabilities
Medicaid - ANS -Health care program that assists low income families or individuals in paying
for long term medicals and custodial care cost
Confidentiality - ANS -Trusting others with personal and private information
Accountability - ANS -The fact or condiction of being responsible
Delegate - ANS -To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation
Ethics - ANS -Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
Professional Boundaries - ANS -That which separates helpful behavior from behaviors that are
not helpful
False Imprisonment - ANS -Unlawful restraint or restriction of a persons freedom of movement
Abuse - ANS -The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or
punishment that results in physical harm
, Assault - ANS -Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a persons body without the
persons consent
Battery - ANS -Touching a persons body without his or her consent
Malpractice - ANS -Negligence by a professional person
Negligence - ANS -An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and
careful manner and a persons property was harmed
Communication - ANS -The exchange of information
Medical Record - ANS -The legal account of a persons info found in the medical record
Kardex - ANS -The type of card file that summarizes info about specific clients
Anterior - ANS -At or toward the front of the body or body part
Posterior - ANS -At or toward the back of the body or body part
Medial - ANS -At or near the middle or mid line of the body part
Lateral - ANS -Away from the mid line; at the side of the body or body part
Proximal - ANS -The part nearest to the center or to the point of attachment
days- - ANS -Bad, difficult, abnormal
oil- - ANS -small, scant
tachy- - ANS -fast, rapid
arthr/o - ANS -joint
cyan/o - ANS -blue
oste/o - ANS -bone
algia - ANS -pain
algia - ANS -pain
phagia - ANS -to eat or consume; swallowing
