cna vocab
device used by residents to summon staff for assitance
Call light
an illness with a sudden onset, server syptoms, and short duration
Acute
care that focuses on the comfort of the person in the terminal stages of an illness; care that affords comfort rather than cure
Pallitave care
refers to the tasks required for the job that are apart of CNA's training education
scope of practice
when someone has a disease that is transmitted by mircoorganisms that remain suspended in the air
airborne procautions
when someone has a disease transmitted through air, only travels short distance
droplet procautions
area of body between the genitals and the anus
perineal area
straightline
alignment
head of bed 45-60 with straight legs
fowlers postion
resident lying on their left or right side
lateral postion
turn with one food remaining
pivot
head of bed elevated 30-45 degress
semi-folwers
lying flat on back
supine postion