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CNA Medical Glossary
Glossary Test Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| High Blood pressure, the resting blood pressure is too high, Systolic 140+ and Diastolic 90+ | Hypertension (HTN) |
| When the body can not use sugar properly | Diabetes Mellitus |
| Violent and sudden contractions or tremors of a muscle group, convulsion | Seizure |
| Loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities, caused by changes in the brain | Dementia |
| Malignant Tumor | Cancer |
| when the brain is suddenly deprived of its blood supple, hemorrhage of the brain | Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) |
| heart is weakened and cannot pump normally, blood backs up and tissue congestions occurs | Congestive Heart Failure |
| The reduced capacity of the kidneys to perform its functions | Renal Insufficiency |
| A disease that affects brain tissue, increased memory loss and confusion until the person can't tend to simple personal needs. | Alzheimer's Disease |
| The swelling of the body tissues with water | Edema |
| a metal frame placed on the bed and over the resident | Bed Cradle |
| a chronic disease, a slow progressive disease that affects the area of the brain that controls muscles- has no cure | Parkinson's Disease |
| Chronic bronchitis, emphysema or asthma. They interfere with C02 and O2 exchange in the lungs, they obstruct airflow. Lung function is gradually lost. | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
| passage of hard, dry stools | Constipation |
| ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset it has no cure, the illness can be controlled and complications can be prevented with proper treatment. | Chronic Illness |
| sudden illness from which a person should recover | Acute illness |
| spread of cancer to other parts of the body | Metastasis |
| things that a person tells you about that you can’t observe through your senses-symptoms | Subjective data |
| information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled- signs | Objective Data |
| an artificial replacement for a missing limb | Prosthesis |
| the inability to control the passage of urine or feces | Incontinence |
| having control of the bladder and bowel | Continence |
| removal of all or part of an extremity | Amputation |
| paralysis on one side of the body | Hemiplagia |
| paralysis and loss of sensory function in the arms, legs and trunk of the body | Quadriplegia |
| - paralysis and loss of sensory function in the legs | Paraplegia |
| an artificial opening between the Ileum (small intestine) and the abdomen | Ileostomy |
| an artificial opening between the colon and the abdomen | Colostomy |
| partial or complete loss of voluntary motion or sensation in part of all of the body | Paralysis |
| turning the resident as a unit in alignment with one motion | Logrolling |
| lack or absence of breathing | apnea |
| breathing fluid, food, votimus, or an object into the lungs | Aspiration |
| the stiffness or rigidity (rigor) of the skeletal muscles that occurs after death (mortis) | Rigor Mortis |
| increased signs, symptoms and behavior of Alzheimer’s disease that occurs during the hours of darkness. | Sundowning |
| bluish discoloration of the skin | Cyanosis |
| a condition in which there is death of the tissue; tissue becomes black, cold, and shriveled | Gangrene |
| a bed sore, pressure sore | Decubitis Ulcer |
| abnormal shortening of a muscle | Contracture |
| communication that uses the written or spoken words | Verbal communication |
| communication that does not involve the use of words | NON-Verbal communication |
| concerned with the quality of life, health, and safety of the resident. | The Ominous Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA |
| - nursing assistant competency evaluation program examination, who’s mastering allows one to obtain the certification for nursing assistant. | NACEP |
| the excessive loss of blood from a blood vessel | Hemorrhage |
| death of cells or tissues through injury or disease | Nerosis |
| using the body in an efficient and careful way | Body Mechanics |
| decreased amounts of water in the body tissues | Dehydration |
| inability to respond to stimuli | Comatose |
| (vomiting) the act of expelling stomach contents through the mouth | Emesis |
| severe pain and constriction of the heart caused by an insufficient supple of blood to the heart | Angina |
| when the foot falls | Foot Drop |
| the inability to speak | Aphasia |
| arms or legs | Extremities |
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