CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT EXAM
SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Chronic Illness
Answer: -Persists longer than 6 months
-No known cure
-Controlled with treatment
-Diabetes
●● ALR
Answer: Assisted living residence
●● What is the purpose of health care?
Answer: 1. Health promotion
2. Disease prevention
3. Detection & treatment
4. Rehabilitation & restorative care
●● Hospice
Answer: Agency for person dying
●● Board of Trusties
,Answer: Make policies to ensure safe care is given.
●● CNA
Answer: certified nursing assistant=basic care needs
●● OBRA
Answer: -Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
-Protects residents safety and rights to ensure quality of life.
●● EMR
Answer: electronic medical record
●● AED
Answer: automated external defibrillator
●● CMS
Answer: -Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
-State law/bed rails
●● Transfer/gait belt
Answer: Two fingers to lift/put over clothing/buckle on one side.
,●● FBAO
Answer: Foreign body airway obstruction
●● CPR
Answer: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
●● BM
Answer: Bowel movement
●● UTI
Answer: urinary tract infection
●● GI
Answer: gastrointestinal
●● RACE
Answer: 1. Rescue
2. Alarm
3. Confine
4. Extinguish
●● IV
, Answer: intravenous
●● SSE
Answer: -soap suds enema
-100 F
●● gtt
Answer: drops
●● BP
Answer: blood pressure
●● AFO
Answer: ankle-foot orthosis
●● BID
Answer: twice a day
●● QID
Answer: four times a day
●● COPD
SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Chronic Illness
Answer: -Persists longer than 6 months
-No known cure
-Controlled with treatment
-Diabetes
●● ALR
Answer: Assisted living residence
●● What is the purpose of health care?
Answer: 1. Health promotion
2. Disease prevention
3. Detection & treatment
4. Rehabilitation & restorative care
●● Hospice
Answer: Agency for person dying
●● Board of Trusties
,Answer: Make policies to ensure safe care is given.
●● CNA
Answer: certified nursing assistant=basic care needs
●● OBRA
Answer: -Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
-Protects residents safety and rights to ensure quality of life.
●● EMR
Answer: electronic medical record
●● AED
Answer: automated external defibrillator
●● CMS
Answer: -Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
-State law/bed rails
●● Transfer/gait belt
Answer: Two fingers to lift/put over clothing/buckle on one side.
,●● FBAO
Answer: Foreign body airway obstruction
●● CPR
Answer: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
●● BM
Answer: Bowel movement
●● UTI
Answer: urinary tract infection
●● GI
Answer: gastrointestinal
●● RACE
Answer: 1. Rescue
2. Alarm
3. Confine
4. Extinguish
●● IV
, Answer: intravenous
●● SSE
Answer: -soap suds enema
-100 F
●● gtt
Answer: drops
●● BP
Answer: blood pressure
●● AFO
Answer: ankle-foot orthosis
●● BID
Answer: twice a day
●● QID
Answer: four times a day
●● COPD
