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Monday, May 25, 2026

Nurse Aide 1 Module L Vocabulary Flash Cards: Communicating with the Health Care Team

Module L focuses on communicating with the health care team as it pertains to North Carolina's Nurse Aide 1 program.

Use the following flashcards to help you study the related terms and definitions.

Directions:

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  2. Click on each card or on the next thumbnail at the bottom to advance to the next slide.
Module L:  Communicating with the Health Care Team

Communicating with the Health Care Team

The exchange of information, either verbally or in written form, between and among members of the health care team

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act  (HIPAA)

Law that protects the privacy and security of a person’s health information

Medical Record

Legal document that organizes all the information about care of a single resident in one document and allows each discipline involved in the care to know what all disciplines are doing

Objective Data

Observations using the senses  (just the facts)

Recording

The written/electronic documentation of care and observations by the health care team

Reporting

The oral account of care done and observations noted; informing other members of the health care team

Subjective Data

Information collected through communication;  what is said


Friday, May 22, 2026

Nurse Aide 1 Module AA Vocabulary Flash Cards: Respirations

Module AA focuses on vital signs, height, weight, and fluid balance as it pertains to North Carolina's Nurse Aide 1 program. This set of flashcards focuses on respirations.

Use the following flashcards to help you study the related terms and definitions.

Directions:

  1. Click on the first flashcard.
  2. Click on each card or on the next thumbnail at the bottom to advance to the next slide.
Module AA: Respirations

Apnea

No breathing

Bradypnea

Respiratory rate that is lower than normal limits (<12 breaths/minute in adults)

Cheyne-Stokes

Alternating periods of slow, irregular breathing & rapid, shallow breathing, plus short periods of absent breathing

Dyspnea

Painful, difficult breathing

Eupnea

Normal breathing, breathing WNL

Exhale

When carbon dioxide is expelled out of the nose/mouth from the lungs

Expiration

Breathing out of carbon dioxide through the nose/mouth while the chest falls (exhalation)

Inhale

When air is pulled in through the nose & down into the lungs

Inspiration

Breathing in with a chest rise (inhalation)

Lungs

Elastic, spongy, cone-shaped air-filled structures involved & the location where the exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide occur

Respiration

Supplies oxygen to cells & removes carbon dioxide from cells

Respirations/ Respiratory Rate

Number of inspirations/inlagations a person takes in a minute

Respiratory System

Involves the structures involved with breathing in of oxygen and breathing out of carbon dioxide

Tachypnea

Respiratory rate above normal limits (>20 in adults)