A&P
The yellow fluids which transfers disease fighting cells.
What is lymph?
Fruity smelling breath is a sign of this disease.
What is diabetic ketoacidosis?
The term that means nothing by mouth.
What is NPO?
A resident won't sit in the loud dining room to eat her meal. An STNA should do this to aide the resident to eat.
What is quiet down the area?
12-20 are the normal values for this vital sign.
What are respirations?
When the muscle decreases in size.
What is atrophy?
Swelling in the legs and shortness of breath are signs of this disease. It is treated with diuretics and the resident may be on a strict I&O.
What is congestive heart failure?
The angle that a resident is placed when eating a meal.
What is 90 degree?
The type of care which the STNA repeats the same phrase over and over is call this.
What is perseveration?
60-100 are the normal values for this vital sign.
What is heart rate?
The condition of having elevated blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
The term meaning difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
Coughing and choking are signs of this condition.
What is dyphagia?
The ability to think logically and clearly is called this.
What is cognition?
During this vital sign, it is important to ask the resident if they have eaten or drank anything within the last 15 minutes.
The anatomical term for the front of the body.
What is anterior?
The condition when the tissue of the heart muscle dies and causes the heart to fail. The STNA may have to loosen the clothing around the resident's neck to be proactive with treatment and call for the nurse.
What is a heart attack?
Fish, meats, beans, milk, cheese are all great sources of this type of nutrition.
What is protein?
The type of care that uses gestures, short phrases, and repetitive motions.
What is cueing?
What is blood pressure?
The sensory organs are apart of this system.
What is the nervous system?
The acronym F.A.S.T is used to help the STNA recognize the signs of this disease.
What is a stroke?
What are fruits and vegetables?
The type of disorientation that can be reversed is called.
What is confusion?
The most common place used to measure a pulse rate.
What is the radial pulse?