CNA State Exam IL 2023/2024 study guide and Summary

Aphasia - loss of speech Bradycardia - slow heart rate MRSA - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that is resistant to many antibiotics bradypnea - slow breathing surveyor - A person who collects information by observing and asking questions LPN - licensed practical nurse C. diff - is a germ (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). Fowler's position - a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees Shingles - viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes blisters on the skin that follow the course of the affected nerves hypotensive - low blood pressure Hypertension - high blood pressure quadriplegia - paralysis of all four limbs pass - Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep pneumonia - An inflammation of lung tissue, wherer the alveoli in the affected areas fill w/fluid paraplegia - paralysis from the waist down Hypothermia - abnormally low body temperature Hypothermia signs and symptoms - Cold skin, pale skin/cyanosis, shivering, loss of coordination, altered LOC, bradycardia, bradypnea, hypotension Hyperthermia symptoms - 1) Cessation of shivering 2) Bradycardia 3) Decrease in respiratory minute volume delirium - mental disorder marked by confusion wandering - moving about the facility with no purpose and is usually unaware of safety hemiplegia - paralysis of one side of the body subjective data - things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms objective data - information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs intake and output - a record that notes all fluids taken in or eliminated by a person in a given period of time Semi-Fowler's Position - the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees sanguineous drainage - bloody drainage serosanguineous drainage - thin, watery drainage that is blood-tinged avoidable pressure ulcer - a pressure ulcer that develops from the improper use of the nursing process bony prominences - areas of the body where the bone