Notes And Such

Question 1

Cna responsibilities

Answer 1

Care for basic needs

Check vital signs and nutrition

Question 2

Signs of a UTI

Answer 2

Smelly or cloudy urine

Question 3

Incontinent

Answer 3

Can’t hold urine

Question 4

Ambulatory

Answer 4

Able to walk

Question 5

Giving care you are not trained to do

Answer 5

Malpractice

Question 6

Objective

Answer 6

Factual and measurable

Question 7

Subjective

Answer 7

Opinion

Question 8

How to communicate with HOH

Answer 8

Get attention 
Check hearing aids
Sit by good ear
Speak slow and simple 
Gestures

Question 9

Communication with visual impairments

Answer 9

Address by name and touch
Specific directions
Announce when leaving

Question 10

Communicating with aphasia

Answer 10

Gave and make eye contact
Speak slow, clear, and short
Pause between sentences
Give nonverbal cue

Question 11

Communicating with disoriented

Answer 11

Eye level and remain eye contact
Make sure they can hear you
One task and question at a time
Repeat patients last works to keep them on track

Question 12

Diuretic

Answer 12

Water pill that pulls water out of feet into kidneys

Question 13

Endocrine

Answer 13

Controls hormones

Question 14

Digestive system

Answer 14

From mouth to rectum

Question 15

Integumentary system

Answer 15

Skin

Largest organ in body

Question 16

Atrophy

Answer 16

Absence of muscle tone

Question 17

Sputum

Answer 17

Spit

Question 18

Peristalsis

Answer 18

Squeezing of the intestine

Question 19

Hypo/ hypotension

Answer 19

Low/ low blood pressure

Question 20

Hyper/ hypertension

Answer 20

High/ high blood pressure

Question 21

Orthostatic hypertension

Answer 21

Seeing stars

Question 22

Brady/ bradycardia

Answer 22

Slow/ slow pulse

Question 23

Tachy/ tachycardia

Answer 23

Fast/ fast pulse

Question 24

-itis

Answer 24

Inflammation

Question 25

-emia

Answer 25

Blood

Question 26

-ectomy

Answer 26

Removal

Question 27

Aphasia

Answer 27

Can’t express and/or understand written/spoken language