CNA Knowledge Test Review Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from CNA Knowledge Test Review notes.

HIPAA

Health Information Portability and Accountability Act; A privacy act that protects residents' privacy and confidentially at all times.

Ombudsman

Legal advocate for and protects the resident and their rights.

Delegation

Transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task.

Person-directed care

When the caregiver encourages choices, dignity, and respect, on every level of daily life for the resident.

Care plan

Individualized care, tasks, and goals for individual residents.

Misappropriation of property

Stealing from the resident (money, clothing, anything that belongs to a resident).

Abuse

Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury. Must be reported immediately.

Neglect

Failure to provide needs that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person.

Assault

Threat or attempt to touch without consent.

Battery

Unauthorized touching of a person's body.

Mandated Reporter

People who have regular contact with vulnerable people and are legally required to report observed or suspected abuse.

Slander

Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person.

Willful Infliction of Harm

Individual acts deliberately to harm another person.

Ethics

The knowledge of right and wrong, values, and morals.

Ethical Code

Moral rules; the code of behavior you follow as a professional.

Medicare

Federal health insurance for people who are 65 years or older.

Medicaid

Federal and state health insurance that helps with medical costs for low-income and disabled individuals.

LTC (Skilled Care/Nursing Homes)

For people who need 24 hours of skilled nursing care due to disability, chronic conditions, and/or old age.

Assisted Living

Retirement homes or apartments for someone who is independent but needs some help with their ADL's.

Acute Illness

A sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover completely.

Chronic Illness

Ongoing illness that is slow or gradual in onset, with no cure but can be controlled.

Verbal Communication

Involves the use of words, spoken, sign language, or written.

Non-Verbal Communication

Facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, body language, posture, hand movements & appearance

Communication Barriers

When communication is blocked, broken down, stopped, and no communication is taking place.

OBRA

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act- passed in 1987 to protect residents in LTC facilities; regulates CNA certification/skills; Minimum of 75 hours of class

UNAR

Utah Nursing Assistant Registry: (OBRA sets standards for each STATE CNA training)

Abuse Registry

Reports of any type of abuse, neglect, dishonestly, fraud, Misappropriation of property and ect.

Sexual Harassment

unwanted sexual advances, dirty jokes, touching, dirty picture and anything that make a person uncomfortable.

Objective Observation

Report exactly and accurately what you measure and observe. Based on what the CNA…. SEES, HEARS, touches, or SMELLS. Using your senses.

Subjective Observation

What the patient, family and visitors say or tell you or report to you.

Geriatrics

Study of problems/disease of the elderly

Holistic care

Caring for the whole person- the mind as well as the body. Looking at the entire needs of a person (physical, SPIRITUAL, psychological, SOCIAL).

Social Determinants of Health

Conditions in the environment where people live, learn, work and play

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Measures for protecting worker from exposure to hazardous material and what to do if exposed

Restraint

order from doctor, not used for convenience, snug not tight, release q2h (BRP, eating, exercise) and check every 15 minutes for skin problems (circulation, bruising, color, swelling, pain) not interfering with normal functions of the body. Restraint knot- quick release knot, only tie to bed frame or immovable part.

RACE

Remove, Activate, Contain, Extinguish/Evacuate guidelines to follow when there is a fire in a Facility

PASS

Pull the pin, aim at the base, squeeze handle, sweep back/forth to use Fire Extinguisher

Abdominal thrusts

For conscious choking victim only; hands in middle abdomen, above navel and below xiphoid process, quick upward & inward thrusts

Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI)

Infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care.

Resident Rights

respect, free from abuse, refuse treatment, informed consent, personal choices, promote self-care and etc.

Pathogen

microbes that are harmful and can cause infection and disease

Non Pathogen

microbes that usually do not cause infection or disease

Chain of Infection

1. Causative Agent 2. Reservoir 3. Portal of Exit 4. Mode of Transmission 5. Portal of Entry 6. Susceptible Host:

ASEPSIS

the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms. Being free of disease-producing microbes.