Vocabulary
What does ADL's stand for?
What is Activities of daily living.
What is the top and bottom number in a blood pressure called?
What is systolic and diastolic.
What are some qualities of a nursing assistant?
What is patient, trustworthy, honest, enthusiastic, humble, and respectful.
What does chronic mean?
What is a long term or a long period of time.
What is a normal blood pressure?
What is anything above 90/60 or anything below 120/80
What does liability mean?
What is a legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else.
What is a sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person stands up or sits down.
What is orthostatic hypotension
True or false can a CNA take fecal samples?
What is True
A Care facility is the ***** home?
What is Residents.
Where is your Brachial pulse located?
What is Located inside the elbow, About 1 or 1 1/2 inches above the elbow.
What is care that is given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries and need short-term care.
What is outpatient care.
What is the device called that you measure blood pressure with?
What is Sphymomanometer.
What are 3 ADL's that CNA can help with?
What is dressing, bathing, make beds, and give back rubs.
It is a facility that provides 24hr skilled care people with ongoing medical needs?
What is long term care facility.
Where can you take pulses?
What is Brachial and radial.
What does eupnea mean?
What is normal respirations.
What does blood pressure measure?
The force of the blood against the walls.
True or false can a CNA insert and remove tubes
What is false
What are some differences in skilled care and assisted living?
What is assisted living needs less care.
What side of the wrist do you take a pulse?
What is thumb side of the wrist.
What is Holistic care?
What is care that involves the whole person, this includes his and her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
What are 3 things that affect blood pressure?
What is age, exercise, and stress
Heredity- obesity/unhealthy diet
Alcohol, Tobacco
What should a CNA report to a nurse?
What is a change in condition.
Name 3 long care facilities?
What is nursing home, skilled nursing, rehabilitation centers and extended care unit.
What is mercury.