IOWA CNA STATE TESTING

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IOWA CNA STATE TESTING

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Question 1: Medicaid

Answer:

a medical assistance program for people with low incomes, as well as for people with disabilities

Question 2: nothing by mouth

Answer:

Edema

Question 3: Body Mechanics

Answer:

the way the parts of the body work together when a person moves

Question 4: Normal Body Temp

Answer:

Rectal Temperature

Question 5: peripheral vascular disease

Answer:

Vascular disease affecting blood vessels outside of the heart and especially those vessels supplying the extremities. Fatty deposits in the blood vessels that harden over time

Question 6: Disinfection

Answer:

a process that kills pathogens but does not destroy all pathogens

Question 7: Diabetes

Answer:

A condition in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin, the hormone required for the metabolism of sugar

Question 8: Embolism

Answer:

obstruction of a blood vessel

Question 9: Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Answer:

an irregular pattern of breathing characterized by alternating rapid or shallow respiration followed by slower respiration or apnea

Question 10: Dialate

Answer:

to widen

Question 11: Residents Rights

Answer:

Specify how residents must be treated while living in a facility

Question 12: receptive aphasia

Answer:

inability to understand spoken or written words

Question 13: insulin reaction (hypoglycemia)

Answer:

can result from either too much insulin or too little food

Question 14: Pediculosis

Answer:

infestation with lice

Question 15: Hemiplegia

Answer:

Paralysis on one side of the body

Question 16: Contrict

Answer:

narrow

Question 17: OBRA

Answer:

Set minimum standards of care, which included standardized training of nursing assistants.

Question 18: Syncope

Answer:

fainting

Question 19: Supine

Answer:

Lateral

Question 20: Angina Pectoris

Answer:

chest pain

Question 21: Diuretics

Answer:

medications that reduce fluid volume in the body Question 22: Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles.

Answer:

Diastolic

Question 23: Culture

Answer:

system of learned beliefs and behaviors that is practiced by a group of people

Question 24: MRSA

Answer:

Infection that is resistant to methicillin; no drugs can kill the bacteria. Often occurs in people who have not been recently admitted to healthcare facilities.

Question 25: Hypertension

Answer:

high blood pressure, 130/80 or higher

Question 26: Care Plan

Answer:

A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals; it outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must perform.

Question 27: Osteoarthritis

Answer:

degenerative joint disease; affects the elderly

Question 28: C. diff

Answer:

spore forming bacterium which can be part of the normal intestinal flora