OHIO STNA FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Sims Position - ✔✔Lying on left side with right leg flexed and resting on a pillow.
✔✔Trendelenburg Position - ✔✔Lying with feet above head, used for residents in
shock.
✔✔Orthostatic Hypotension - ✔✔A sudden change in position from lying to standing
causing a drop pin blood pressure which may cause residents to faint or become dizzy.
✔✔Disuse Syndrome - ✔✔A pattern of symptoms as a result of long-term disuse, which
is characterized by both physical and psychosocial effects of inactivity. Typical
symptoms of disuse syndrome include muscle weaknesses, restricted range of motion
(ROM) of joints, declined respiratory function, altered blood flow in the peripheral tissue,
reduction of bone density and mental function disorder.
✔✔Flatus - ✔✔gas in or from the stomach or intestines, produced by swallowing air or
by bacterial fermentation.
✔✔Gerontology - ✔✔the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and
problems specific to old people.
✔✔Hemiplegia - ✔✔paralysis of one side of the body.
✔✔Ileostomy - ✔✔surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through
the abdominal wall to function as an anus.
✔✔Integumentary System - ✔✔the skin and its appendages.
✔✔Mechanical Soft Diet - ✔✔The soft food diet is used for people who have a difficulty
in chewing or swallowing, but are more able to tolerate soft foods which are semisolid.
✔✔Ombudsman - ✔✔a government appointee who investigates complaints by private
persons against the government.
✔✔Palliative Care - ✔✔from Latin palliare, to cloak is an area of healthcare that focuses
on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice care, palliative
medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, including those undergoing
treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases, as well as
patients who are nearing the end of life.
✔✔Sundowning - ✔✔a condition in which persons with cognitive impairment and elderly
people tend to become confused or disoriented at the end of the day.
, ✔✔Systolic - ✔✔the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles)
to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
✔✔Tachycardia - ✔✔abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
✔✔Tympanic Temperatures - ✔✔Temperature taken electronically at the ear.
✔✔ā - ✔✔Before
✔✔abd - ✔✔Abdomen
✔✔ac - ✔✔Before meals
✔✔aka - ✔✔Above knee amputation
✔✔ax - ✔✔Axillary (Underarm)
✔✔b&b - ✔✔Bowel and Bladder
✔✔BID - ✔✔twice a day, 2 x day
✔✔BKA - ✔✔below knee amputation
✔✔br - ✔✔bed rest
✔✔brp - ✔✔bathroom privileges (a person is allowed to get out of bed and ambulate to
the bathroom on his/her own.)
✔✔ċ - ✔✔With
✔✔c/o - ✔✔complains of
✔✔Ca - ✔✔cancer
✔✔CBR - ✔✔complete bed rest
✔✔CCU - ✔✔cardiac care unit
✔✔CHF - ✔✔congestive heart failure
✔✔COPD - ✔✔chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Sims Position - ✔✔Lying on left side with right leg flexed and resting on a pillow.
✔✔Trendelenburg Position - ✔✔Lying with feet above head, used for residents in
shock.
✔✔Orthostatic Hypotension - ✔✔A sudden change in position from lying to standing
causing a drop pin blood pressure which may cause residents to faint or become dizzy.
✔✔Disuse Syndrome - ✔✔A pattern of symptoms as a result of long-term disuse, which
is characterized by both physical and psychosocial effects of inactivity. Typical
symptoms of disuse syndrome include muscle weaknesses, restricted range of motion
(ROM) of joints, declined respiratory function, altered blood flow in the peripheral tissue,
reduction of bone density and mental function disorder.
✔✔Flatus - ✔✔gas in or from the stomach or intestines, produced by swallowing air or
by bacterial fermentation.
✔✔Gerontology - ✔✔the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and
problems specific to old people.
✔✔Hemiplegia - ✔✔paralysis of one side of the body.
✔✔Ileostomy - ✔✔surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through
the abdominal wall to function as an anus.
✔✔Integumentary System - ✔✔the skin and its appendages.
✔✔Mechanical Soft Diet - ✔✔The soft food diet is used for people who have a difficulty
in chewing or swallowing, but are more able to tolerate soft foods which are semisolid.
✔✔Ombudsman - ✔✔a government appointee who investigates complaints by private
persons against the government.
✔✔Palliative Care - ✔✔from Latin palliare, to cloak is an area of healthcare that focuses
on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice care, palliative
medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, including those undergoing
treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases, as well as
patients who are nearing the end of life.
✔✔Sundowning - ✔✔a condition in which persons with cognitive impairment and elderly
people tend to become confused or disoriented at the end of the day.
, ✔✔Systolic - ✔✔the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles)
to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
✔✔Tachycardia - ✔✔abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
✔✔Tympanic Temperatures - ✔✔Temperature taken electronically at the ear.
✔✔ā - ✔✔Before
✔✔abd - ✔✔Abdomen
✔✔ac - ✔✔Before meals
✔✔aka - ✔✔Above knee amputation
✔✔ax - ✔✔Axillary (Underarm)
✔✔b&b - ✔✔Bowel and Bladder
✔✔BID - ✔✔twice a day, 2 x day
✔✔BKA - ✔✔below knee amputation
✔✔br - ✔✔bed rest
✔✔brp - ✔✔bathroom privileges (a person is allowed to get out of bed and ambulate to
the bathroom on his/her own.)
✔✔ċ - ✔✔With
✔✔c/o - ✔✔complains of
✔✔Ca - ✔✔cancer
✔✔CBR - ✔✔complete bed rest
✔✔CCU - ✔✔cardiac care unit
✔✔CHF - ✔✔congestive heart failure
✔✔COPD - ✔✔chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
