CNA Practice Test – Part 13

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

2. You have been caring for a resident as she dies. Which of the following is not your responsibility at her time of death?

3. You have cleaned your resident up after she has died, but as you wrap her in the shroud, she leaks stool. What do you do?

4. Your resident has died and the family wants to help clean her before the mortician arrives. What should you do?

5. Your coworker 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. You are doing home care; your client wants you to do several tasks. It is 9:00 a.m.; which should you do first?

7. You are doing post-mortem care and your resident’s teeth have been out for a long time and you cannot get them in. What do you do?

8. Your resident has had a stroke and has residual paralysis hemiplegia on her left side. What type of range of motion exercises can you as a CNA working with Rehabilitation be asked to perform on her?

9. What is a stool sample for O and what special treatment does it receive?

10. What is restorative care?

11. Complications from immobility and inactivity may include which of the following?

12. You have admitted a 19-year-old motorcycle accident survivor to your rehabilitation facility. He is paralyzed but alert and oriented. You are assigned as his CNA to his AM care. How can you best approach his daily morning care?

13. You are a CNA on an Alzheimer’s unit. Some of your residents are difficult and aggressive. One of your co-workers always puts Mrs. James and Mrs. Jones’ wheelchairs side by side because she seems to enjoy watching them bicker. She has often commented on how amusing this is. How can you relieve this situation?

14. Your resident has a wound VAC on her leg the alarm keeps sounding and she is becoming agitated and wants it removed what should you do?

15. You are a male CNA working with an all-female staff. You are assigned your own residents just the same way the female CNAs are, but you are frequently called upon by your co-workers to leave your residents to help them with a lift or heavy resident. How can you best handle this?

16. You have a survey arriving at your facility that is being conducted by JCAHO. What must you as a CNA do?

17. You have been job hunting and Simi General Hospital has scheduled a telephone interview with you at 2 PM today. How should you prepare?

18. What is a physiatrist?

19. Who is the person tasked with hearing residents’ complaints and helping to resolve them?

20. What is the Ethics Committee?

21. Your coworker is refusing to help with a resident’s postmortem care. She says she is afraid of dead bodies. How should you handle this?

22. Your resident is fairly young but is in your facility because of mental deterioration. Which of the following may have caused this?

23. You are doing post-mortem care on a person who is a Coroner’s case. Which of the following actions is not to be performed in this case?

24. Which type of arthritis is a result of aging?

25. What sense does a retinal detachment affect?

26. Once CPR is started, how long does it continue?

27. There is a severe storm while you are at work and you are informed that you are in the path of several possible tornadoes. Where are your patients safest?

28. In your facility, the sewer backs up and the bathrooms and hall flood with dirty sewer water. What is your primary role in this disaster?

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

30. The body has natural defenses against infection; all of the following are included except:

31. Which of the following is not a supportive device?

32. You are a member of AA; your new coworker is a member also. What is your obligation to your employer regarding this?

33. You have worked for 3 days and have not seen the physician in the facility. The Physician comes to you, the bedside CNA caregiver, and asks you how this resident is doing. Then she goes to the chart and you observe her charting 3 days’ visits based on your report. She writes an order for skin cream which you suggest and backdates the order to yesterday. What is your ethical obligation in this scenario?

34. The vericella virus causes shingles who can develop shingles?

35. What items are included in standard precautions?

36. Which of the following is not a sexually transmitted disease?

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

38. You are a CNA working in an adult day care center. A woman brings her elderly mother in for the day. You notice bruising on the mother’s wrists; she seems withdrawn and frightened when the daughter is there, but is noticeably more relaxed when she leaves. What should you do?

39. You are a CNA on the way to work you arrive on the scene of a car accident with injured person’s inside a flipped vehicle what should you do first?

40. You are a CNA at the hospital. The phlebotomist has left an uncapped needle on the bed and you have punctured your finger. What should you do first?

41 A chronic illness a requires immediate treatment B cannot become acute and does not require hospitalization C lasts 6 months or less D lasts a long time but can have acute phases which require hospitalization

42. You are a CNA in a skilled facility; a resident’s attorney is there having the resident sign papers and asks you to witness the proceeding. What should you do?

43. Your favorite resident has passed away. She told you several times in the past year that she wanted you to have her silver Rosary when she died. What should you do about the rosary while you are packing her belongings?

44. Define prejudice.

45. Which of the following is a normal blood pressure charted correctly?

46. Your resident has peripheral neuropathy from her diabetes. How might you prevent her from harming herself because of this?

47. When you are emptying your resident’s catheter, you notice the urine is cloudier and there are bloody streaks in it. What should you do with the urine?

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

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

50. Your resident has a history of skin allergies and needs to be careful about what soap she uses and what detergent she uses in her wash. You notice red bumps with no pus or oozing on her back when you bathe her. What is the proper term for these spots?

51. When in the process of getting your resident up, she complains of dizziness as she sits on the side of the bed. What should you report to the nurse?

52. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is very common and a CNA can perform certain functions that can help with it. What might you do in your daily care with this in mind?

53. Your patient has had a cardiopulmonary arrest and is being coded. After the code team arrives and you have given your report, what should you do for your other patient who is the roommate?

54. A stage three pressure ulcer has a full thickness with all layers of skin involved as well as bone or tendon.

55. Your resident is a very skinny malnourished woman who refuses to eat and lies on her back all the time. When you give her a bath, you notice a red area on her coccyx. Your best action is to:

56. Which of the following is not a social barrier to communication?

57. Which of the following is not an example of a moist application?

58. What color is the cornea in a blue-eyed person?

59. How can you best assist a vision-impaired resident to eat?

60. Your resident is actively dying. You want to stay with her, but you have other residents and two call lights on. How should you handle this?

61. You are the CNA on the first floor. You have been informed in a report that you will be receiving three new residents from the hospital this morning. Each resident is reported to be able to feed themselves, needing assistance to the bathroom, and being admitted for rehabilitation. How can you best prepare for these admissions?

62. Mr. Gomez is a diabetic resident who has heavy stubble and cannot shave himself. He wants you to use a disposable safety razor to shave him instead of his electric razor. Can you use a disposable safety razor on this patient?

63. 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?

64. An intervention is a way to change or manage a behavior. As a CNA, what is your responsibility in developing and implementing interventions?

65 you are caring for an advanced Alzheimer’s resident whom you have just gotten up to the wheelchair when you go to the back of the wheelchair to straighten her up and remove the gate belt she screams that you are trying to choke her and strikes out hitting you in the arm and chest how should you react to this outburst

66 you are at work in a skilled facility when you notice two female visitors without name tags walking from room to room you do not recognize the women what do you do

67. You enter your resident room and she asks you who the new nurses are. She is able to describe them to you and states that they came to pack some of her belongings for safekeeping. She seems upset by this. What is your appropriate action?

68. You are the CNA scheduled to be on duty at night when a hurricane is predicted to hit your area. What should you do?

69. Which of the following is accurate with regards to restraints both physical and chemical which restrict voluntary movement or behavior?

70. You are in the dining room at your facility and you observe a resident displaying the universal sign of choking, the hands in a V at the throat. What should you do?