cna abbreviations

Alzheimer’s disease

Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990

Activities of daily living

Automated external defibrillator

American Foundation for the Blind

American Heart Association

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Airborne infection isolation room

Above-the-knee amputation

Assisted living residence

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Age-related macular degeneration

American Sign Language

Below-the-knee amputation

Basic Life Support

Bowel movement

Blood pressure

Borderline personality disorder

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Centigrade

Care area assessment

Coronary artery disease

Continuing care retirement community

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Clostridium difficile

Centimeter

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Certified nursing assistant, certified nurse aide

Carbon dioxide

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cerebral palsy

Continuous positive airway pressure

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cerebrovascular accident

Developmental disability

Do Not Resuscitate

Director of nursing

Down syndrome

Daily Value

Erectile dysfunction

Electronic health record

Electronic medical record

Emergency Medical Services

Electronic protected health information

Endotracheal

Fahrenheit

Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call EMS

Foreign-body airway obstruction

Food and Drug Administration

Fragile X syndrome

Global deterioration scale

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Gastrointestinal

Drops

Drops per minute

Healthcare-associated infection

Hepatitis B virus

Mercury

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Human immunodeficiency virus

Health maintenance organization

Hard of hearing

Hour of sleep

Identification

Interdisciplinary team

Intake and output

Intelligence quotient

Intravenous

Kilogram

Pound

Liters per minute

Licensed nursing assistant

Licensed practical nurse

Licensed vocational nurse

Mild cognitive impairment

Multidrug-resistant organism

Minimum Data Set

Milligram

Myocardial infarction

Milliliter

Millimeter

Millimeters of mercury

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Multiple sclerosis

Musculoskeletal disorder

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Nasogastric

National Institute on Aging

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institute of Mental Health

Non per os; nothing by mouth

Nonrapid eye movement

Oxygen

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Other potentially infectious materials

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Occupational therapy

Ounce

Pull the safety pin, aim low, squeeze the lever, sweep back and forth

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Protected health information

Peripherally inserted central catheter

Point of care

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

Personal protective equipment

Preferred provider organization

Physical therapy

Posttraumatic stress disorder

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish

Red blood cell

Rapid eye movement

Registered nurse

Registered nurse aide

Range of motion

Spina bifida

Sudden cardiac arrest

Safety Data Sheet

Skilled nursing facility

Saturation of peripheral oxygen (pulse oximetry)

Soapsuds enema

Sexually transmitted disease

State-tested nursing assistant

Tuberculosis

Traumatic brain injury

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Transient ischemic attack

The Joint Commission

Total parenteral nutrition

Temperature, pulse, and respiration

Transuretheral resection of the prostate

Tapwater enema

Unlicensed assistive personnel

United States Department of Agriculture

Urinary tract infection

Ventricular fibrillation

Ventricular fibrillation

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

White blood cell