CNA Vocab
This is what CNA stands for.
What is Certified Nursing Assistant?
This vital sign measures the number of breaths a person takes in one minute.
What is respiration?
These precautions are used with every resident to reduce the spread of infection.
What are Standard Precautions?
This right allows a resident to make choices about their daily care whenever possible.
What is autonomy?
This device allows residents to call staff when they need assistance.
What is a call light?
These are the everyday activities involved in personal care, such as bathing and dressing.
What are Activities of Daily Living?
This term describes blood pressure that is lower than normal.
What is hypotension?
This link in the chain of infection is the place where a microorganism normally lives and grows.
What is the reservoir?
This communication technique involves using short sentences, a calm voice, and one instruction at a time.
What is effective communication?
This abbreviation means that a resident must not take anything by mouth.
What is NPO?
This means protecting a resident's private information.
What is confidentiality?
This vital sign measures the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.
What is blood pressure?
This type of transmission occurs when germs spread through contaminated objects, such as equipment.
What is indirect contact transmission?
This type of abuse involves using threats, insults, humiliation, or intimidation against a resident.
What is emotional or psychological abuse?
Before transferring a resident from bed to wheelchair, this must be applied to the wheelchair.
What are the wheel locks?
This is the established line of authority used when reporting concerns.
What is the chain of command?
This blood pressure reading represents the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts.
What is systolic pressure?
This type of isolation precaution is used for illnesses spread through tiny airborne particles, such as tuberculosis.
What are Airborne Precautions?
A resident with dementia becomes upset because they cannot find a familiar object. This approach can help reduce distress.
What is calm reassurance and gentle redirection?
A resident suddenly develops facial drooping, arm weakness, and difficulty speaking. This emergency should be suspected.
What is a stroke?
One type of information is directly observed or measured, while the other is reported by the resident.
What are objective and subjective information?
When a resident becomes dizzy after standing up, this blood pressure-related condition may be responsible.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
These three actions are part of the RACE fire response acronym: Rescue, Alarm, and Contain. This is the last action.
What is Extinguish?
A resident refuses care even though the CNA believes it is necessary. This principle requires respecting the resident's choice and reporting the refusal appropriately.
What is the resident's right to refuse care?
A resident is unresponsive and is not breathing normally. After activating emergency help, this should be started if you are trained and able, following emergency protocols.
What is CPR?