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.