CNA Terminology List

Question 1

acute illness

Answer 1

a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover

Question 2

aspiration

Answer 2

inhaling fluid, food, or an object into the lungs

Question 3

ambulatory

Answer 3

able to walk around

Question 4

catheter

Answer 4

a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening

Question 5

chronic illness

Answer 5

an ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, could have no cure, the illness can be controlled and complication prevented

Question 6

confidentiality

Answer 6

trusting others with personal and private information

Question 7

constipation

Answer 7

infrequent or difficult bowel movement

Question 8

contracture

Answer 8

the lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of muscles

Question 9

cyanosis

Answer 9

slightly bluish gray discoloration due to lack of oxygen

Question 10

decubitus ulcer

Answer 10

ulcerated, worn away are of skin (bed sore or pressure sore)

Question 11

defecation

Answer 11

the process of excreting feces from the rectum through the anus

Question 12

delusion

Answer 12

false, fixed belief

Question 13

edema

Answer 13

condition where body tissue contain an excess amount of fluid

Question 14

foley catheter

Answer 14

an indwelling ot retention catheter

Question 15

fowleys position

Answer 15

semi sitting position between 45 and 90 degrees

Question 16

hospice

Answer 16

a health care agency or program for people who are dying

Question 17

hypertension

Answer 17

high blood pressure

Question 18

hypotension

Answer 18

low blood pressure

Question 19

impaction

Answer 19

tightly wedged hard stool in bowel

Question 20

incontinent

Answer 20

involuntary evacuation of bowel or bladder

Question 21

intake

Answer 21

the amount of fluid taken in

Question 22

Medicaid

Answer 22

Minnesotas medical assistance intended to furnish necessary medical care for low income funded by federal and state

Question 23

objective data

Answer 23

information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled

Question 24

output

Answer 24

the amount of fluid lost from the body

Question 25

postmortem

Answer 25

after death

Question 26

prosthetic

Answer 26

artificial or man made part of organ

Question 27

pulse

Answer 27

rhythmical throbbing of an artery showing how fast the heart is beating

Question 28

respiration

Answer 28

the act of breathing

Question 29

semi fowlers position

Answer 29

the head of bed raised 30-45 degrees

Question 30

subjective data

Answer 30

things a person tells you, can’t observe, symptoms

Question 31

sundowning

Answer 31

signs, symptoms, and behaviors of AD increase during hours of darkness

Question 32

terminal illness

Answer 32

an illness or injury for which there is no reasonable explanation of recover

Question 33

voiding

Answer 33

urination of micturition