CNA Vocab
This term means helping a resident walk from one place to another.
What is ambulation?
This instrument measures body temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This piece of equipment helps prevent a resident from slipping while walking.
What is nonskid footwear?
This device is used to measure a resident's weight.
What is a scale?
This document records important information about a resident's care and condition.
What is the medical record?
This term describes swelling caused by fluid collecting in body tissues.
What is edema?
This is the number of times the heart beats in one minute.
What is pulse rate?
This type of microorganism can cause illnesses such as influenza.
What is a virus?
This personal care task includes cleaning the mouth, teeth, gums, and tongue.
What is oral care?
This position requires a resident to lie flat on their back with their face pointing upward.
What is the supine position?
This record lists the personal belongings a resident brings into a facility.
What is a Personal Inventory Record?
This is the number of heartbeats felt in one minute when checking a resident's pulse.
What is pulse rate?
This infection-control practice requires cleaning your hands after removing gloves.
What is hand hygiene?
This type of bedpan is designed for residents who have difficulty raising their hips.
What is a fracture pan?
This type of transfer moves a resident from a bed into a wheelchair.
What is a bed-to-wheelchair transfer?
This term describes the improper use of a resident's money or belongings for someone else's benefit.
What is misappropriation?
This term describes the number of breaths a person takes in one minute.
What is respiratory rate?
This type of transmission occurs when an infected person spreads germs by coughing or sneezing over a short distance.
What is droplet transmission?
This term describes loss of bladder control.
What is urinary incontinence?
A resident suddenly has severe difficulty breathing. This is the priority action for the CNA.
What is to summon emergency assistance immediately and follow the facility's emergency procedures?
This term means taking responsibility for one's own actions and decisions.
What is accountability?
A resident's temperature, pulse, breathing, and blood pressure are collectively known by this term.
What are vital signs?
This part of the chain of infection describes how germs leave their source, such as through respiratory secretions.
What is the portal of exit?
This term describes the removal of waste from the body through a colostomy.
What is elimination?
What is to summon emergency assistance immediately and follow the facility's emergency procedures?
What is a myocardial infarction?