CNA Mental Health and Social Services Needs Practice Test – Part 1

1: A patient who is on suicide watch should be allowed to have.

2. Mr. Tyler states that he wants to commit suicide. What should the CNA do?

3: A resident who is disoriented.

4. If a nurse aide finds a resident who is sad and crying, the nurse aide should.

5: Your best response to Mrs. Lee, who is showing signs of anxiety by repeatedly using the call signal, and then is sharp with you when you respond, is to.

6: A resident’s wife recently died. The resident is now staying in his room all the time and eating very little. What is the best response by the nurse aide?

7: Which of the following actions by the nursing assistant can help meet a resident’s social needs?

8: A good listening approach to use when communicating with residents is to.

9: Mrs. Branden is a resident at your LTC facility. She is diagnosed with depression. The best way for you to help Mrs. Branden is to.

10: The normal aging process is BEST defined as the time when.

11: One of the major causes of depression in the elderly is.

12: Which of the following statements might strongly support that a client is considering suicide?

13: If an alert and oriented resident touches a nurse aide inappropriately, the nurse aide’s BEST response is to.

14: The learning and behaviors of a group passed from one generation to the next is.

15: Mrs. Thompson is confused. The nurse aide should.

16: When you empathize with residents, you are.

17: The doctor has told a resident that his cancer is growing and there are no more treatment options. When the resident tells the nurse aide that there is a mistake, the nurse aide should.

18: If a resident refuses to eat a certain food because of a religious preference, the CNA should.

19: The following are all aspects of sexuality. EXCEPT.

20: The nurse aide is caring for a client whose religious beliefs do not allow the client to eat certain foods. The nurse aide should report this information to the.

21: A resident with dementia needs.

22: When caring for a resident from another country, the nurse aide should.

23: The best technique to treat a resident who is depressed would be to.

24: If a resident is confused, the nurse aide should.

25: A resident’s daughter expresses concern because her father, who has Parkinson’s disease, appears “stuck” at times and stands still, unable to walk. The nurse aide should tell the daughter that.

26: When a patient merely briefly attends a care facility to give their regular carers a “break,” this is referred to as.

27: The resident being looked after by the nurse assistant is unable to eat certain meals due to his or her religious convictions. This information should be relayed to the nurse assistant by.

28: A client with Alzheimer’s disease wanders from room to room moving the belongings of other clients to different locations. Alert and oriented clients are angry that their things have been moved. The nurse aide should.

29: Which of the following stages of dying is usually the final stage?

30: A confused and disoriented client is begging to go home. The nurse aide’s BEST response to this client is.