CNA VOCAB HEADMASTER LIST EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Abandonment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To leave or desert someone. | | | | | | |
This person is deserted by someone who is supposed to give his or her
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care. Involves...
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1. accepting an addignment to care for a person or group of persons
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2. accepting that assignment for a certain time peroid
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3. removing yourself from the care setting
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4. not reporting off to a staff member who assumes the responisibility
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for your assignment
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abdominal thrust - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-quick upward thrusts to the
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abdomen that force air out of the lungs, thus creating an artificial
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cough. Done to try and expel a foreign body from the away; are used to
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relieve severe airway obstruction.
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abductor wedge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-designed to separate the legs
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of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip
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from "popping out".
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,abnormal vital signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any reading outside of
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these ranges: Heart Rate 60-100, Blood Pressure 120/80, Temperature
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98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 37 degrees Celsius, Respiratory rate 12-20
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breaths/minute, Pulse Ox >95%; You report/Communicate to charge
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nurse.
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absorption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process by which nutrient
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molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system into the blood
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abuse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the willful inflection of injury,
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unreasonable confienemnt, intimidation, or punishment that results in
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physical harm, pain or mntal anguish; depriving the person (or the
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person's caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or
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maintain wellbeing
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accident - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-unexpected injuries
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accountable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ability to answer for one's own
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actions
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activities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific tasks that need to be
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accomplished as part of the process
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,acute - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a sudden illness
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adaptive devices - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-used to assist with completing
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activities of daily living. Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and
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feeding are self-care activities that are including in the spectrum of
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activities of daily living (ADLs).
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adduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-moving a body part toward the mid-
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line of the body
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abduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-moving a body part away from the
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midline of the body
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ADL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-activities of daily living
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admission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the act or process of accepting
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someone into a hospital, clinic, or other treatment facility as an
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inpatient.
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admitting resident - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-beginning process of a
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patient; admission of a resident into a long term care facility
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, advance directive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a document stating a
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person's wishes about health care when that person cannot make his or
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her own decisions
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afebrile - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-without fever; denoting apyrexia;
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having a normal body temperature.
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affected side - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a weakened side from a stroke or
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injury; also called the "weaker" or "involved" side.
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aging process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the natural occurrences in the
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body that produce the changes associated with growing old
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agitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a state of anxiety or nervous
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excitement
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AIDS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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Alzhemier's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An age-related dementia
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characterized by confusion, memory loss, and other symptoms. this
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affects memory, thinking, reasoning, judgment, langauge, behavior,
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mood and personality
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Abandonment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To leave or desert someone. | | | | | | |
This person is deserted by someone who is supposed to give his or her
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care. Involves...
| |
1. accepting an addignment to care for a person or group of persons
| | | | | | | | | | | |
2. accepting that assignment for a certain time peroid
| | | | | | | |
3. removing yourself from the care setting
| | | | | |
4. not reporting off to a staff member who assumes the responisibility
| | | | | | | | | | |
for your assignment
| | |
abdominal thrust - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-quick upward thrusts to the
| | | | | | | |
abdomen that force air out of the lungs, thus creating an artificial
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cough. Done to try and expel a foreign body from the away; are used to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
relieve severe airway obstruction.
| | | |
abductor wedge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-designed to separate the legs
| | | | | | | |
of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
from "popping out".
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,abnormal vital signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any reading outside of
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these ranges: Heart Rate 60-100, Blood Pressure 120/80, Temperature
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98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 37 degrees Celsius, Respiratory rate 12-20
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breaths/minute, Pulse Ox >95%; You report/Communicate to charge
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nurse.
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absorption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process by which nutrient
| | | | | | |
molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system into the blood
| | | | | | | | | | | |
abuse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the willful inflection of injury,
| | | | | | |
unreasonable confienemnt, intimidation, or punishment that results in
| | | | | | | |
physical harm, pain or mntal anguish; depriving the person (or the
| | | | | | | | | | |
person's caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or
| | | | | | | | | | |
maintain wellbeing
| |
accident - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-unexpected injuries
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accountable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ability to answer for one's own
| | | | | | | |
actions
|
activities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific tasks that need to be
| | | | | | | |
accomplished as part of the process
| | | | | |
,acute - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a sudden illness
| | | | |
adaptive devices - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-used to assist with completing
| | | | | | | |
activities of daily living. Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and
| | | | | | | | |
feeding are self-care activities that are including in the spectrum of
| | | | | | | | | | |
activities of daily living (ADLs).
| | | | |
adduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-moving a body part toward the mid-
| | | | | | | | |
line of the body
| | |
abduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-moving a body part away from the
| | | | | | | | |
midline of the body
| | | |
ADL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-activities of daily living
| | | | | |
admission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the act or process of accepting
| | | | | | | |
someone into a hospital, clinic, or other treatment facility as an
| | | | | | | | | | |
inpatient.
|
admitting resident - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-beginning process of a
| | | | | | |
patient; admission of a resident into a long term care facility
| | | | | | | | | | |
, advance directive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a document stating a
| | | | | | |
person's wishes about health care when that person cannot make his or
| | | | | | | | | | | |
her own decisions
| | |
afebrile - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-without fever; denoting apyrexia;
| | | | | |
having a normal body temperature.
| | | | |
affected side - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a weakened side from a stroke or
| | | | | | | | | |
injury; also called the "weaker" or "involved" side.
| | | | | | | |
aging process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the natural occurrences in the
| | | | | | | |
body that produce the changes associated with growing old
| | | | | | | | |
agitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a state of anxiety or nervous
| | | | | | | |
excitement
|
AIDS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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Alzhemier's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An age-related dementia
| | | | | |
characterized by confusion, memory loss, and other symptoms. this
| | | | | | | | |
affects memory, thinking, reasoning, judgment, langauge, behavior,
| | | | | | |
mood and personality
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