CNA Course Week 2

• Bed mobility - how a person moves to and from a lying position, turns from side to side, and re-positions in a bed or other sleeping furniture
• Friction - the rubbing of one surface against another
• Logrolling - turning the person as a unit, in alignment, with 1 motion
• Shearing - when the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving
• Lateral transfer - when a person moves between 2 horizontal surfaces
• Pivot - to turn one’s body from a set standing position
• Transfer - how a person moves to and from a surface
• Bed rail - a device that serves as a guard or barrier along the side of the bed, side rail
• Position charge alarm - any physical or electronic device that monitors a person’s movement and alerts staff of movement
• Transfer belt - a device applied around the waist and used to s support a person who is unsteady or disabled; gait belt
• Entrapment - getting caught, trapped, or entangled in spaces created by the bed rails, the mattress the bed frame, headboard, or footboard
• Fowler’s position - a semi-sitting position, the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees
• Full visual privacy - having the means to be completely free from public view while in bed
• High Fowler’s position - a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised 60 to 90 degrees
• Hospital bed system - the bed frame and its parts - mattress, bed rails, head/foot boards, and bed attachments
• Person’s unit - the space, furniture, and equipment used by the person in the agency
• Reverse Trendelenburg’s position - the head of the bed is raised and the foot of the bed is lowered
• semi-Fowler’s position - the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees or the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees
• Trendelenburg’s position - the head of the bed is lowered and the foot of the bed is raised
• Abduction - moving a body part away from the midline of the body
• Adduction - moving a body part towards the midline of the body
• Ambulation - the act of walking
• Atrophy - the decrease in size or wasting away of tissue
• Bed rest - restricting a person to bed and limiting activity for health reasons
• Contracture - decreased motion and stiffness of a joint caused by shortening of a muscle
• Deconditioning - the loss of muscle strength from inactivity
• Dorsiflexion - bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
• Extension - straightening a body part
• External rotation - turning the joint outward
• Flexion - bending a body part
• Footdrop - the foot falls down at the ankle - permanent plantar flexion
• Hyperextension - excessive straightening of a body part
• Internal rotation - turning the joint inward
• Opposition - touching an opposite finger with the thumb
• Orthostatic hypotension - abnormally low blood pressure when the person stands up; postural hypotension
• Orthotic - a device used to support a muscle, promote a certain motion, or correct a deformity
• Plantar flexion - the foot (plantar) is bent (flexion); bending the foot down at the ankle
• Pronation - turning the joint downward
• Range of motion - the movement of a joint to the extent possible without causing pain
• Rotation - turning the joint