Cna Mid-Term Exam Study Cards

Front 1

What are the 4 purposes of a healthcare facility?

Back 1

1.) Health Promotion
2.) Disease Prevention
3.) Detection and treatment of disease
4.) Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

Front 2

What is the role of a CNA?

Back 2

Provide basic nursing care under the supervision of an RN. Some settings supervisor might be LPN/LVN.

Front 3

What are the 3 main categories of illness and a brief characteristic of each?

Back 3

1.) Acute-Sudden illness patient likely to recover
2.) Chronic-Slow onset no known cure but symptoms can be treated
3.) Terminal illness- Disease from which there is no reasonable expection of recover

Front 4

What is the purpose of a health care facility?

Back 4

Promote Health

Back 5

Prevent Disease

Back 6

Detect and Treat Disease

Back 7

Rehabilitate and provide restorative care

Front 8

What is the role of a CNA

Back 8

Provide basic nursing care under the supervision of an RN or LPN/LVN

Front 9

What are the three elements of a fire?

Back 9

Fuel

Back 10

Oxygen

Back 11

Spark or heat source

Front 12

The 4 letter acronym PASS stands for what?

Back 12

Fire extinguisher use

Back 13

P ull the safety pin out of the fire extinguisher

Back 14

A im the nozzle at the base of the fire

Back 15

S pray (press the handle)

Back 16

S weep the hose backand forth at the base of the fire