Headmaster TMU CNA Vocabulary Test
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Abandonment - Answer Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been
transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Abdominal thrust - Answer a method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone
who is choking
Abductor wedge - Answer designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to
prevent the new hip from "popping out".
Abnormal vital signs - Answer any reading outside of these ranges: Heart Rate 60-100, Blood Pressure
120/80, Temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 37 degrees Celsius, Respiratory rate 12-20
breaths/minute, Pulse Ox >95%; You report/Communicate to charge nurse.
Abuse - Answer the physical, mental, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of one person by another
Accidents - Answer an unfortunate event resulting from carelessness or ignorance
Accountable - Answer expected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable, answerable
Activities - Answer things that are done for enjoyment, often as part of education and often in groups.
Acute - Answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Adaptive - Answer Able to change as needed
Adaptive devices - Answer special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs;
also called assistive devices.
,Adaptive equipment - Answer modification of equipment or devices to improve the function and
independence of a person with a disability
Adduction - Answer Movement toward the midline of the body
ADL - Answer activities of daily living
Admission - Answer right to enter; access
Admitting resident - Answer the individual being accepted into a Long Term Care Facility
Advance directives - Answer legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical treatment
they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and are unable to express their
wishes regarding medical care
Afebrile - Answer Absence of fever
Affected side - Answer a weakened side from a stroke or injury; also called the "weaker" or "involved"
side.
Aging process - Answer the natural occurrences in the body that produce the changes associated with
growing old
Agitation - Answer a state of anxiety or nervous excitement
AIDS - Answer acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Alzheimer's - Answer A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental
functions.
Ambulation - Answer walking
, Amputees - Answer A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation.
Anemia - Answer A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total
volume.
Angina - Answer Pain in the heart region caused by lack of oxygen
Anterior - Answer front of the body
Antibiotics - Answer Drugs that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria
Anti-embolitic stocking - Answer stockings made of elastic fabric that provide support promote blood
flow and prevent the formation of blood clots
Antisepsis - Answer Removing pathogens from living tissue
Anxiety - Answer The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen
Aphasia - Answer inability to speak
Apical - Answer apex of the heart
Apnea - Answer absence of breathing
Arthritis - Answer painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
Aspiration - Answer Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
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Abandonment - Answer Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been
transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Abdominal thrust - Answer a method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone
who is choking
Abductor wedge - Answer designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to
prevent the new hip from "popping out".
Abnormal vital signs - Answer any reading outside of these ranges: Heart Rate 60-100, Blood Pressure
120/80, Temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 37 degrees Celsius, Respiratory rate 12-20
breaths/minute, Pulse Ox >95%; You report/Communicate to charge nurse.
Abuse - Answer the physical, mental, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of one person by another
Accidents - Answer an unfortunate event resulting from carelessness or ignorance
Accountable - Answer expected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable, answerable
Activities - Answer things that are done for enjoyment, often as part of education and often in groups.
Acute - Answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Adaptive - Answer Able to change as needed
Adaptive devices - Answer special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs;
also called assistive devices.
,Adaptive equipment - Answer modification of equipment or devices to improve the function and
independence of a person with a disability
Adduction - Answer Movement toward the midline of the body
ADL - Answer activities of daily living
Admission - Answer right to enter; access
Admitting resident - Answer the individual being accepted into a Long Term Care Facility
Advance directives - Answer legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical treatment
they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and are unable to express their
wishes regarding medical care
Afebrile - Answer Absence of fever
Affected side - Answer a weakened side from a stroke or injury; also called the "weaker" or "involved"
side.
Aging process - Answer the natural occurrences in the body that produce the changes associated with
growing old
Agitation - Answer a state of anxiety or nervous excitement
AIDS - Answer acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Alzheimer's - Answer A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental
functions.
Ambulation - Answer walking
, Amputees - Answer A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation.
Anemia - Answer A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total
volume.
Angina - Answer Pain in the heart region caused by lack of oxygen
Anterior - Answer front of the body
Antibiotics - Answer Drugs that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria
Anti-embolitic stocking - Answer stockings made of elastic fabric that provide support promote blood
flow and prevent the formation of blood clots
Antisepsis - Answer Removing pathogens from living tissue
Anxiety - Answer The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen
Aphasia - Answer inability to speak
Apical - Answer apex of the heart
Apnea - Answer absence of breathing
Arthritis - Answer painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
Aspiration - Answer Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
