CNA Practice Test – Part 10

1. Many people at the end of life fear being alone. What can you as the CNA do to lessen this fear?

2. Living will is another term for:

3. Another term for healthcare proxy is:

4. The time following death is called the underscore period.

5. Mr. Graves has terminal lung cancer; therapeutic approaches by the CNA should include:

6. Your 2-year-old pediatric patient is always saying no to your requests. What should you do?

7. Following normal patterns of growth and development, children usually develop cooperative play skills:

8. The mother of a three-month-old infant is concerned that her daughter has not begun crawling and asks for your advice. You should tell her:

9. You work in a pediatrician’s office; which of the following interventions shows you are providing age-appropriate care?

10. The most basic human needs found in the bottom level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs include:

11. A patient will be discharged from the hospital today. Which person will most likely arrange the discharge of this patient to their own home, to a nursing home, or assisted living facility?

12. You are working as a rehabilitation aide. You are working with patients and residents who need:

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. Teamwork needs:

15. Who is the center of care?

16. Good team members do which of the following?

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

18. Mrs. Howell has Parkinson’s disease. With this disease, she may:

19. Miss Diamond is alert and oriented but has become withdrawn and now stays in her room which is a change for her to provide an opportunity for conversation and support you should:

20. Mrs Nathan has dementia she is normally compliant with care today she resists when you attempt to lift her arm to wash her axilla area you should:

21. Mr. Bond complains of pain and numbness in his heel. You notify the nurse. While waiting for the nurse to look at the area, you should:

22. Which natural disaster is most likely to lead to a fire hazard?

23. Experts in radiation and radiation safety rely on the principles of:

24. Which radiation principle is the foundation for the use of lead aprons in the radiation area of your hospital?

25. One of your nursing home patients is dependent on a mechanical ventilator for their respiratory needs. The patient cannot breathe on their own. Suddenly, the lights in the patient room and the entire nursing unit go off. You realize that the electric power has been lost. What is the first thing that you should do for this patient?

26. Which fact about AIDS and HIV is true?

27. Mobility is an important human function; the hazards of immobility lead to many physical problems and emotional problems. Immobility can lead to detrimental cardiac, muscular, respiratory, skeletal, urinary, gastrointestinal, skin, and emotional changes. Which of the following is an example of a skeletal hazard of immobility?

28. An emotional consequence of immobility is:

29. You are working as a rehabilitation care aid. You often move patients about in the bed in order to maintain your own health and mobility. You should use a:

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

31. Patients have a right to:

32. You are working the 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. shift. You begin to vomit at 3:00 p.m. and you do not think that you are able to continue working. You decide to immediately go home without notifying your RN supervisor. What have you done?

33 a patient has a goal of eating at least 50% of each meal the patient refuses to eat so a CNA force feeds the patient in order for them to reach their goal of eating at least 50% of the meal the CNA has committed underscore against this patient.

34. A patient is yelling at other residents in the nursing home. A CNA tells the person to stop yelling or the CNA will hit them. The CNA has committed underscore against this patient.

35. Who has the legal need to know what is in the medical record?

36. A laboratory worker comes to your unit and asks to read the entire medical record for Jake. What should you do?

37. What kinds of things must the CNA immediately report to the nurse?

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

39. You are the CNA taking care of Lorraine T. She has a urinary drainage bag. You notice that her urinary output is scant and it is dark amber. What should you do?

40. You are giving care to a 76-year-old patient. You noticed an unusual fruity mouth odor when you are providing oral care to this patient. What should you do?

41. The sense that you have used to smell the fruity mouth odor in the above scenario is the underscore sense.

42. The CNA observes sudden changes in their patients health status which of the following changes is the highest in terms of priority?

43. You weigh the primary care patients using a floor scale. You must be sure that the scale is ______________ before the weight is done.

44. You have recently started to do daily weights on your patient Mary Q. Her first daily weight was 154 lb on Monday and it is 176 lb today on Tuesday. You recheck the weight and the scale and it is still 176 lb. This weight gain most likely indicates that Mary has:

45. When you do daily weights for patients, the most accurate daily weights are taken:

46. Mr. Thomas is a well room 68-year-old male patient who had prostate surgery 2 days ago. He has an indwelling catheter and a urinary drainage bag. You have weighed him at 9:00 a.m. each morning for three mornings in a row. Today, on the fourth day, his morning weight is 3 lb more than it was the day before. Why could he have gained these 3 lb in one day on a 1,000 calorie diet?

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

48. You are providing mouth care to a patient who is in a coma. You should underscore to provide good and safe mouth care.

49. Which fact about dentures and denture care is true?

50. You are caring for a diabetic patient who was admitted to the hospital for breast cancer surgery. You notice that her toenails are jagged and they need trimming. You should do which of the following?

51 Which of the following has the lowest priority?

52. You are taking vital signs for a group of elderly residents. Which vital sign characteristic must be reported immediately because it is the greatest priority?

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

54. Who is the most important member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team?

55. One of the most important purposes of placing people in long-term care is to:

56. Identify the trigger type with the correct trigger that can possibly lead to disturbed behavior.

57. You are caring for Lucy. Suddenly, she starts acting out, screaming, and resisting her morning bath. What should you do?

58. Which person is most likely capable of workplace violence?

59. Hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care settings are at risk for workplace violence because:

60. Which governmental agency mandates that workplaces, including health care settings, have security plans in place to prevent workplace violence?