CNA FLORIDA EXAM TERMS AND EXPLANATIONS
Aphasia - The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language.
Dysphagia - Difficulty swallowing
Dyspnea - difficult, labored, or painful breathing
Dysuria - painful or difficult urination
Delirium - A state of sudden, severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function
Dementia - The loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal, social, andoccupational
activities
Asepsis - The absence of disease producing microbes
Assault - intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person'sconsent
Bradychardia - Slow heart rate. Less than 60BPM
Bradypnea - Slow breathing; respirations are fewer than 12 per minute
Comatose - unable to respond to stimuli
Embolus - A blood clot that travels through vascular system until it lodges in a blood vessel.
,False Imprisonment - unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
Febrile - With a fever
hemiplegia - paralysis of one side of the body
naso-enteral tube - a feeding tube inserted through the nose into the small bowel
Paraplegia - Paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body
Quadriplegia - paralysis in the arms, legs, and trunk
AC - before meals
AKA - above knee amputation
Anuric - not producing urine
BID - twice a day
BKA - below knee amputation
BP - blood pressure
C/O - complains of
, COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CVA - cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
DM I OR II - Diabetes mellitus I or II
DNR - do not resuscitate
Fx - fracture bone
H/O - history of
HTN - hypertension (high blood pressure)
mL - milliliter
N/V - nausea and vomiting
NPO - nothing by mouth
PO - by mouth
PRN - as needed
Q2H - every 2 hours
Aphasia - The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language.
Dysphagia - Difficulty swallowing
Dyspnea - difficult, labored, or painful breathing
Dysuria - painful or difficult urination
Delirium - A state of sudden, severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function
Dementia - The loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal, social, andoccupational
activities
Asepsis - The absence of disease producing microbes
Assault - intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person'sconsent
Bradychardia - Slow heart rate. Less than 60BPM
Bradypnea - Slow breathing; respirations are fewer than 12 per minute
Comatose - unable to respond to stimuli
Embolus - A blood clot that travels through vascular system until it lodges in a blood vessel.
,False Imprisonment - unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
Febrile - With a fever
hemiplegia - paralysis of one side of the body
naso-enteral tube - a feeding tube inserted through the nose into the small bowel
Paraplegia - Paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body
Quadriplegia - paralysis in the arms, legs, and trunk
AC - before meals
AKA - above knee amputation
Anuric - not producing urine
BID - twice a day
BKA - below knee amputation
BP - blood pressure
C/O - complains of
, COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CVA - cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
DM I OR II - Diabetes mellitus I or II
DNR - do not resuscitate
Fx - fracture bone
H/O - history of
HTN - hypertension (high blood pressure)
mL - milliliter
N/V - nausea and vomiting
NPO - nothing by mouth
PO - by mouth
PRN - as needed
Q2H - every 2 hours
