CNA Data Collection and Reporting Practice Test – Part 1

1. You have been taught that sodium control is important in your residents with congestive heart failure. What symptoms should you look out for and report?

2. Which is not an acceptable abbreviation?

3. You are beginning a new career as a CNA. Which of the following senses will you not use throughout your new career?

4. For how many milligrams of sodium are in one teaspoon of normal table salt?

5. An example of point of care testing would be:

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

7. Mrs. B curses at you and tries to strike you after you knock on the door to greet her at the beginning of the shift. What should you do?

8. Your resident voided 60 mL of urine at 10:00 p.m. in the afternoon; your facility uses International time (the 24-hour clock). How will you document the time of this resident action?

9. Your resident has a history of somnambulism. What is this?

10. Mr. Delgado states he is having severe pain at his fracture site. You report this to the nurse. What type of information is this observation?

11. Mrs. Pope wants a shower and is demanding it right now. It is not her scheduled day or shift and you have others to shower. You hear her on the phone telling her daughter she has not had a shower in days and that you are refusing to do it. How should you handle this?

12. Your resident is NPO. This means:

13. Your resident put on her call light multiple times during the shift with requests to be toileted; however, each time she only voided scant amounts of urine. What can this be a sign of?

14. Your resident is a diabetic who is bedbound. When you do his bath, you notice white crusted material under his foreskin. What should you do?

15. You are working in an assisted living facility where some residents have kitchens in their units. You have noticed that one resident often puts something on the stove and forgets she has done this. What must you do?

16. The care plan for Mrs. Stewart says she is to receive passive range of motion exercises to her left knee and ankle bid. How frequently will the resident receive range of motion exercises?

17. The nurse has written a nursing order in John Taylor’s nursing care plan. It states assist the patient to the bedside commode PRN. When will this patient get this assistance to the commode?

18. 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?

19. Your elderly patient has a temperature of 98.5. Is there anything else that the CNA should do in addition to documenting this temperature?

20. You are caring for a group of patients and you hear a loud crash at the end of the floor. Which of your senses allowed you to hear this loud crash?

21. At the end of your shift Sophie T starts crying when you walk into her room. Sophie is usually very cheerful. You speak to Sophie and she tells you that she is very sad because she has not seen her family in weeks. Which of the senses allowed you to know that Sophie was crying?

22. What should you do?

23. Should you report Sophie’s crying to the nurse?

24. Mr Gray is in a bad mood today you enter his room to offer care and he says get the hell out of here and don’t come back you should report to the nurse that Mr Gray

25. When doing HS (hour of sleep) care, what is the proper oral care with a patient that has dentures or bridges?