What is the definition for Axilla?
What is the space below the shoulder through which vessels and nerves enter and leave the upper arm; a person's armpit.
Define Tympanic?
What is Pertaining to the tympanum (the eardrum).
What is the definition of Carotid?
What is either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
What is the definition of Febrile?
What having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
What is a CNA primary job duty?
What is to provide basic care to patients and help them with daily activities they might have trouble doing on their own, such as bathing and getting dressed.
Define Metabolism?
What is the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
What is Discomfort when breathing while lying down flat; common in people with some types of heart or lung conditions.
What is the definition of Diastolic?
What is relating to the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.
What is the first thing you should do before entering a patients room?
What is knock and ask if I can come in and introduce yourself.
Define mucosa?
What is membrane that lines various cavities in the body and covers the surface of internal organs. It consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells overlying a layer of loose connective tissue
What is the definition for Bradypnea?
What is is an abnormally slow breathing rate
What is the definition of tachycardia
What is an abnormally rapid heart rate.
What is a Gait belt?
What is is a device put on a patient who has mobility issues, by a caregiver prior to that caregiver moving the patient.
Define Hypertension?
What is abnormally high blood pressure.
What is the definition of Brachial?
What is relating to the arm or to a structure resembling the arm.
What is the definition Cheyne-stokes
What is respiration is a condition that causes abnormal breathing during sleep.
What are the 5 levels of Maslow hierarchy of needs?
What is physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs.
Define Aneroid Manometer
What is a device used by medical professionals to measure blood pressure, which is the force exerted on the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood around the body.
What does CNA stand for?
What is Certified Nursing Assistant.
What is the definition of Dyspnea?
What is difficult or labored breathing.