Wisconsin CNA State Exam Vocab Group 1 45 Questions And Answers
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Abandonment
To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert
Abdominal thrust
Method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking.
Abductor wedge
A health aid that enables the user to maintain proper leg positioning while recovering from hip replacements or fractures
Abnormal vital
There are four main vital signs: body temperature, blood pressure, pulse and breathing rate. For each there is a normal measurement range. Measurements outside the range can be considered abnormal (deviant/atypical).
Absorption
The process of taking in something, such as water in a natural or gradual way
Abuse
Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental or emotional pain or injury to someone,
Accountable
Subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
Accreditation
Health care facilities that meet standards established by professional organizations; official
recognition that the facility provides care to a certain standard
recognition that the facility provides care to a certain standard
Activities
A thing that a person or group does or has done.
activities of daily living (ADLs)
Daily personal care tasks such as bathing caring for skin, nails, hair, and teeth dressing,
toileting eating, and drinking walking and transferring.
toileting eating, and drinking walking and transferring.