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Dementia due to changes in the brain
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CNA Terminology List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sudden, short term | Acute |
| Dementia due to changes in the brain | Alzheimers Disease |
| Able to walk | Ambulatory |
| Inability to express oneself properly through speech and/or loss of verbal comprehension | Aphasia |
| Large blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart to the tissues | Artery |
| Inflammation of the joints and tissues | Arthritis |
| An abnormal deep stupor - sleeplike - cannot be awakened | Coma |
| Used to describe the condition of a patient in a coma. Sometimes the word unconscious is used. | Comatose |
| The ability th think, reason, make and remember decisions | Cognition |
| Infrequent and difficult bowel evacuation | Constipation |
| Infrequent, stong, involuntary muscular contractions | Convulsion |
| Cerebral Vascular Accident | CVA/Stroke |
| Slightly bluish, grayish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen | Cyanosis |
| Ulcerated, worn away area on the skin due to lack of oxygen | Decubitus Ulcer |
| Bowel Movement | Defecate |
| distortion/disfiguration in a certain area | Deformity |
| Deterioration, breakdown | Degeneration |
| False fixed belief (fear of being poisoned or others hurting them) | Delusion |
| Progressive deterioration of mental function | Dementia |
| Condition in which the body is unable to utilize the glucose taken in by a normal diet. There is an inbalance between insulin produced by the body and sugar taken in. | Diabetes |
| Frequent, watery bowel evacuation | Diarrhea |
| Difficulty swallowing | Dysphagia |
| Condition in which the body tissues contain an excess amount of fluid. | Edema |
| Standards of behavior : right or wrong | Ethics |
| Special customs, language, national orgin and/or heritage | Ethnicity |
| Illegal use of vulnerable adult's property, or personal items. | Exploitation |
| Arms and/or legs | Extremities |
| Study of the elderly/aging | Geriatrics |
| Paralysis of one side of the body | Hemiplegia |
| Adnormal loss or discharge of blood | Hemorrhage |
| High Blood Pressure | Hypertension |
| Low blood pressure | Hypotension |
| Hard stool in bowel, unable to pass | Impaction |
| Not able to control | Involuntary |
| Inability to control urine or stool | Incontinence |
| The federal health insurance program for the aged and disabled, specified under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Federally funded. | Medicare |
| Known in MN as "MA". The program is intended for furnace necessary medical care for low-income persons. The MA program is funded by federal and state dollars, and is administered by state and counties. | Medicaid |
| Relates to the mind | Mental |
| Heart Attack | Myocardial Infarction |
| Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm | Neglect |
| Paralysis of the lower half of the body - waist down | Paraplegia |
| Disease causing microorganism : germ | Pathogen |
| Relates to the body | Physical |
| Artifical or man-made part or organ (dentures, false eyes) | Prosthesis |
| Ulcerated or worn away area on the shin. Also known as Decubitis Ulcer | Pressure Sore |
| Rhythmical throbbing of artery showing how fast the heart is beating | Pulse |
| Assisting residents to be aware of time, place and person. | Reality Orientation |
| Go back, as to child-like behavior | Regress |
| The act of breathing. One inspiration and one expiration = one respiration | Respiration |
| Calmed by the effects of a drug | Sedated |
| Force of skin over a bone when the bone moves but the skin stays at the point of contact. (as by pulling out from under the skin) | Shearing |
| Depression of body functions, principally the circulatory and respiratory systems | Shock |
| Evidence of something abnormal in the body, which is observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, or smelling. | Sign |
| Practices that reduce the risk of disease transmission like wearing gloves, or washing hands. | Standard Precautions |
| Measurement of degree of heat. | Temperature |
| Area from neck to legs | Trunk |
| Small blood vessel carrying blood to the heart to be re-oxygenated | Vein |
| Urination | Void |
| Controllable | Voluntary |
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