Basic Nursing Skill Practice Test – Part 4

1. Which of the factors impact on a person’s grief?

2. What type of care focuses on the support and comfort of the dying person and family with the goal of facilitating a peaceful and dignified death?

3. Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life for patients and their families facing the problems associated with:

4. CNAs assist clients who are dying in order to enable a peaceful death and to maintain self-confidence, dignity, and __________.

5. Who cares for the body postmortem and arranges for funerals, burials, and cremations?

6. You are working in the Pediatric unit. A young child suddenly starts violently jerking; the child also appears to be having difficulty breathing. This child is most likely having a:

7. Identify the developmental task with the correct age group: A) infancy – autonomy B) toddler – initiative C) preschool child – trust D) school age child – industry

8. Your 47-year-old patient is concerned about guiding the Next Generation. What developmental task is this 47-year-old patient addressing?

9. The term used to describe the study of aging and older adults is:

10. Mr. Flores is a 47-year-old man who notices that he has recently started to have difficulty reading and seeing clearly objects that are close to his face; for example, he is not able to clearly read a newspaper. This decrease in vision is a:

11. Which of the following diseases or disorders is acute?

12. Your patient has been confused for years. Your patient can be best described as a patient with a chronic underscore disorder.

13. CNAs and nursing assistants are permitted to work in which of the following areas as long as they stay within their scope of practice and not beyond their limitations?

14. One major difference between long-term care and respite centers is the fact that long-term care facilities:

15. CNAs and nursing aides can work in home care: A) only when the RN is also in the home B) only when an RN or LPN is in the home C) only with elderly patients or residents D) only under the supervision of the nurse

16. You are working as a CNA in hospice. What types of patients are you caring for?

17. Diabetic patients are more prone to underscore than other people without this chronic disorder.

18. You are taking care of an 85-year-old woman who has been complaining about stiff joints and pain in her joints. What physical problem must be prevented with this patient?

19. A complication of osteoporosis is:

20. One of the complications of complete bed rest and immobility is which of the following?

21. Plantar flexion can be prevented with:

22. A grease fire breaks out in the nursing home kitchen. What type of fire extinguisher should you use?

23. Match the type of fire and the appropriate fire extinguisher: a) grease, b) electric, c) paper, d) ___.

24. You have an annual contract with a home care patient; you should change the batteries in the smoke alarms underscore so you do not forget to do it.

25. You are ready to use a fire extinguisher to put out a grease fire in your home care patient’s kitchen. You should aim the fire extinguisher where?

26. One of the environmental risk factors associated with infection is:

27. A local sign of infection is which of the following?

28. A systemic sign of infection is:

29. The single most important thing that all healthcare workers can do in order to prevent the spread of infection is:

30. Infections are a serious problem in healthcare because infections are:

31 a CNA answers the phone at the nursing station. The caller states that they are a friend of Mrs. T and they ask how she is doing. The CNA tells the caller about Mrs. T without determining that Mrs. T does not want her medical information shared with the caller. The CNA has a:

32. A standard of care tells you:

33. Where can you find scopes of practice for nurses, doctors, and nursing assistants?

34. A CNA who does not give care with the same level of skill that they learned in school can be found guilty of ______________ when this leads to an injury or damage to the person.

35. Negligence occurs when a CNA does which of the following?

36. You are caring for a group of patients in the nursing home. The highest priority greatest need for this group of patients is the need for which of the following?

37. Match the abbreviation with the correct definition: A. bid = at bedtime B. tid = tomorrow C. AC = before meals D. PC = patient care

38. Which is not an acceptable abbreviation?

39. Your patient has a number of physical and emotional needs. Some of these needs are the need for safety, the need for fluids, and the need for mobility. Which of these needs must be addressed during all aspects of care?

40. Which of the following lists the five senses?

41. What senses do nursing assistants use to observe patients and residents?

42. Which of the following matches one of the five senses with an alternative term or definition?

43. Patients and residents who cannot move in their bed on their own should be turned at least:

44. You will be emptying urinary drainage bags at the end of your shift at 4 p.m. You must do which of the following?

45. You have measured the urinary output of your resident at the end of your 8-hour shift. The output is 25 oz. You should do what next?

46. How many ccs are there in 25 oz?

47. Your patient has finished a 12 oz can of iced tea and 8 oz of fresh orange juice. What will you record on the intake and output form for this patient’s intake?

48. Your patient ate an 8 oz cup of Italian ice. How much will you record on the patient’s intake and output form in terms of this patient’s fluid intake?

49. A good diet must have all four food groups. The four food groups are:

50. Dried beans are part of the underscore group of foods.

51. The need for safety is an example of a __________ need according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

52. Your patient is concerned about their health insurance and the costs associated with their hospital care. Which of Maslow’s needs is your patient expressing?

53. Race is the acronym for the things you must do in the case of a fire. What is the first thing that you do if a fire breaks out?

54. You see a resident lying on the floor of the bathroom; you are not assigned to this patient. What is the first thing that you should do?

55. You are taking care of 12 residents today. One of your residents wants water, another needs help walking to the bathroom, another just stated that they have chest pain, and another is crying because his daughter did not visit him today. Which patient care problem must you deal with first?

56. You are the CNA in a home health agency. You visit many elderly patients in their homes, some have a history of falls. You have to identify environmental factors that place these home care patients at risk for new falls and repeated falls. Which of the following environmental factors should be corrected by the CNA in order to prevent falls in the home?

57. Tommy R, your 68-year-old patient is at risk for Falls; he has fallen three times in the last month. You should keep Tommy’s __________ in order to prevent him from falling again.

58. You will be escorting a patient to the operating room on a stretcher. In order to prevent this patient from falling, you must do which of the following?

59. Albert B is incontinent of urine. He also wears glasses and a hearing aid. His underscore leads to his risk of Falls.

60. All hospitals and nursing homes are mandated to have the goal of a restraint-free environment. The best way to achieve this goal is to: