CNA EXAM 3: Ch 6-7

Bony prominences

Elbows, shoulder blades, tailbone, hips, and knees, ankles, heels, toes, and the back of the head.

The 5 basic body positions while in bed

Supine (lying flat on the back), lateral (lying on either side), prone (lying on the stomach), Fowler’s (semi sitting position), Sims (left side lying position).

Grooming

Practices to care for oneself, such as caring for fingernails and hair.

Hygiene

Practices that keep bodies clean and healthy.

Vital signs

Measuring body temperature, counting the pulse rate, counting the rate of respirations, and measuring blood pressure. Pain and oxygen levels are the two additional ones.

Mouth

The most common place to take temperature.

Rectum

The most accurate place to take temperature.

The five ways of taking temperature

Temporal, oral, axillary, tympanic, and rectal.

Front to back

Proper way of wiping for females.

Dangle

To sit up with the legs hanging over the side of the bed in order to regain balance and stabilize blood pressure.

Logrolling

Moving a person as a unit without disturbing the alignment of the body.

Fracture bed pan

Used when resident can’t move or assist with raising their hips onto a regular bed pan.

9 pulse points

Temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, pedal, post tibial.

Two types of restraints

Physical and chemical

Systolic

The top number of a blood pressure measurement

Diastolic

The bottom number of a blood pressure measurement.

Why shouldn’t we let a resident know we’re checking their respirations?

Because they will change their breathing pattern.

Intake/input

The fluid a person consumes.

Output

All fluid that is eliminated from the body; includes urine, feces, vomit, perspiration, moisture that is exhaled in the air and wound drainage.

Closed bed

A bed completely made with the bedspread and blankets in place.

Open bed

A bed with linen folded down to the foot of the bed.

1 oz

30 ml/cc