Basic Nursing Skill Practice Test – Part 5

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

2. The nurse tells you the resident is a no code. This means:

3. You are providing postmortem care to a resident who was receiving oxygen through a nasal cannula connected to an oxygen tank. The family will be viewing the body. You should:

4. Bed rest can be very debilitating at any age which of the following does not result from bed rest?

5. Your co-worker has just come back from maternity leave and she seems very down and depressed. You understand that in some cases new mothers may not want to leave their newborn to come back to work and may suffer from hormonal originated depression called the baby blues. Having these considerations, which are important to foster team building?

6. Changes such as retirement, grandparenting, and increased dependence on others are examples of what kind of changes?

7. You are caring for elderly residents. You should:

8. Mr. Dale has insomnia. You can assist him in managing this condition by:

9. Mrs DS is a bedfast resident who is in your facility for rehabilitation you are aware that foot drop is a serious complication of being bedfast and can slow return to an ambulatory status which of the following can be done to assist in preventing this complication from developing?

10. You are caring for a resident who is diabetic; she is very frustrated that the nurse keeps telling her that her blood sugar is too high despite taking her medication. You know she has potato chips at her bedside and eats a lot of them. She avoids sweets and candy but loves pasta and always asks for extra or seconds. What, if anything, should you tell her?

11. CNAs are not permitted to do which of the following tasks?

12. Tasks that can be legally done by a CNA are found in:

13. You are taking care of a teenage person who is recovering from a serious automobile accident in your Rehabilitation/Restorative care area. His injuries included broken legs and arms. The most likely goal of this care is to:

14. The people who live in a long-term care facility are referred to as:

15. You are working with a CNA you have not worked with before she is complaining that her lower back hurts and she cannot perform some of her duties because of this. You observe that she bends over a lot instead of squatting and uses her back muscles instead of her legs to lift and turn. How can you help this coworker?

16. Gina is a CNA at the Sunshine Senior Care Center. She is the only nursing assistant at the nursing station when the phone rings. Answering the phone is part of her duties. Which of the following greetings is most professional?

17. You are caring for an Alzheimer’s patient who is confused. What can you do to decrease the level of the confusion?

18. Normal changes of aging in the integumentary system include:

19. Mrs. Evans has a diagnosis of diverticulitis; which foods should she avoid eating?

20. Which of the following is the most common catastrophic emergency in children?

21. What sense does a retinal detachment affect?

22. You hear an announcement in your nursing home stating “Dr. Storm, Dr. Storm, Dr. Storm.” This is your nursing home’s code word for immediately implementing emergency tornado measures. What should you do?

23. Your resident during lunch cannot speak, appears panicked, and is gasping and coughing weakly. What should you do?

24. During an evacuation of patients from upper floors, how should you move bedfast patients?

25. You find a patient who is in bed in cardiopulmonary arrest. How do you do CPR?

26. Which of the following is a principle of good body mechanics?

27. The most important part of the hand washing procedure is:

28. Mrs. Jones has been diagnosed with C. diff; what precaution should be taken when performing personal care?

29. Which of the following is not a bacteria or a virus infection?

30. Which of the following is not a method of taking a temperature?

31 CNAs are permitted to do which of the following tasks?

32. Your nursing home’s Ethics Committee meets on a monthly basis. You attend one of these meetings and you hear committee members discussing beneficence. At the beginning of the meeting, they are discussing which of the following?

33 which ethical term and definition is correct

34. Which of these actions is illegal in most states?

35. Which of the following is an example of emotional neglect?

36. Mr. Elliot, an elderly resident with terminal cancer, says to you, “Life is just not worth living anymore.” He tells you he is planning to save his pain medication to take all at once so he can end this misery. You must:

37. The RN asks you to bring the unit’s collected lab specimens to the lab stat. You should:

38. 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?

39. Which of the following lists the five senses?

40. The CNA observes sudden changes in their patient’s health status; which of the following changes is the highest in terms of priority?

41. A resident on your unit experiences cardiac arrest and the nurse calls for someone to bring the AED. What is the nurse asking for?

42. The nursing assistant has gone home when she remembered she forgot to document one of her residents. The best procedure to follow now is:

43. 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?

44. When you are feeding a patient who has paralysis on the left side of the face, you should place the food:

45. The abbreviation AC is defined as:

46. The purpose of soaking the feet as part of foot care is to:

47. Which of the following is not a part of CNA’s routine personal care of a patient?

48. You wash Mrs. Gillette’s hands before you feed her. The resident rarely feeds herself, so why should you wash her hands?

49. You are preparing to give a bed bath to your resident. You check the water temperature, which is an appropriate temperature for bathing: A) 91° F B) 109° F C) 118° F D) 125° F

50. CNAs assist residents as needed with ADLs (activities of daily living), which set of tasks includes ADLs?

51. Which of these needs is the greatest priority?

52. Which of the following needs has the least priority?

53. The fire alarms in your nursing home begin ringing. What is the first thing you must do?

54. You have six beds to strip and make, the nurse tells you one of your residents needs to be taken to the bathroom. You should:

55. You work as a CNA in a hospital. A woman says she is the sister of a patient and asks you why she is there and how she is doing. What is your best response?

56. Albert B is incontinent of urine. He also wears glasses and a hearing aid. His UND score leads to his risk for falls:

57. Your patient is upsetting other residents because they are yelling and repeating the same thing over and over in a sing song manner. This behavior has to be managed because it is:

58. Mrs. Lewis normally eats meals independently in her room. You check on her and see her clutching her throat; she is unable to cough or speak. You put on the call light. Your next action should be to:

59. Mr. Allen can be combative during care; how do you respond if he attempts to strike you?

60. You walk past Mrs. Olsen’s room and see that she is crying. What is an appropriate CNA action?