CNA Practice Test – Part 6

1. When assisting a client in learning to use a walker, it is important to:

2. Urinary retention refers to:

3. The best way to safely identify your patient is by:

4. The proper medical abbreviation for before meals is:

5. The proper medical term for high blood pressure is:

6. A patient who has difficulty chewing or swallowing will need what type of diet?

7. Normal hearing loss in aging is usually related to the ability to hear:

8. Mrs Smith is an 81-year-old resident with Alzheimer’s disease and cannot find her room. What should the nurse aide do to help Mrs Smith feel more independent?

9. How often should a patient’s intake and output records be totaled?

10. Which of the following things should you do to familiarize a new client with his or her surroundings?

11. Which of the following should you observe and record when admitting a client?

12. When responding to a client on the intercom, you should:

13. Mrs Jones is on a bowel and bladder training program; she has not had a bowel movement for 3 days. What should the nurse aide do?

14. When arranging a patient’s room, you should do all of the following except:

15. When assisting a client in and out of bed, the nurse aid should always:

16. The most serious problem that wrinkles in the bed clothes can cause is

17. Which of the following is the correct procedure for serving a meal to a client who must be fed?

18. During hand washing you accidentally touch the inside of the sink while rinsing the soap off, the next action is to:

19. Restorative care begins:

20. When assisting a client with eating, one of the first things the nurse aid should do is:

21. It is important to reposition a patient during an 8 hour shift how often should he or she be turned?

22. You are told to put a client in Fowler’s position before changing the position of the client’s bed; you should:

23. Mr Brown, a newly admitted conscious client, has been put to bed. Before leaving him alone, the first action would be to:

24. You are going on a job interview how should you prepare to dress?

25. When lifting a heavy object, the correct method would be to bend at the:

26. At what times during a shift should a nurse aid wash his or her hands?

27. In caring for a confused elderly man, it is important to remember to:

28. A patient has a new cast on his right arm. While caring for him, it is important to first observe:

29. Encouraging a client to take part in activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, combing hair, and feeding is:

30. Before assisting a client into a wheelchair, the first action would be to check if the wheels of the chair are locked.

31. While making rounds at 4:00 a.m. a nurse aid finds a patient lying on the floor what should she or he do first?

32. When moving a wheelchair onto an elevator, you should stay:

33. You are transferring a resident from the bed to the wheelchair. The patient has a weak left side. You should stand:

34. When assisting a client who is using the bedside commode, it is important to:

35. The Foley bag must be kept lower than the client’s bladder so that:

36. A female client’s perineal area should be cleansed before which specimen is collected?

37. Ensuring adequate circulation to tissues is a major factor in preventing skin breakdown; this can be accomplished by doing all of the following except

38. Mr Jones is a diabetic; for his afternoon tea, the kitchen has sent a carton of chocolate ice cream. Your first action should be to:

39. The purpose of cold applications is usually to

40. Which of the following is considered a client’s right?

41. The hot water bottle is an example of a:

42. Clients receiving an enema are usually placed:

43. When counting respirations you should:

44. With catheterized patients, which of the following is not the nurse aid’s responsibility?

45. The most common site for counting the pulse is there a kateed artery B femoral artery C brachial artery D radial artery

46. When giving information to the charged nurse for an incident report you should:

47. All long-term care nurse aides must be competency evaluated and must complete a distinct educational course; these requirements are set by a ____.

48. When family members visit a client, the visitors should:

49. A resident is blind; it is important not to:

50. A new Resident asks you if I need help or get sick during the night who is going to be here?

51. Mrs. Wils is scheduled for a partial bed bath. This means you must wash her:

52. Mrs. Wils often cries while she is receiving her PM care. What should you do?

53. When providing denture care, the nurse aide must:

54. A goal for an extended care facility (ECF) resident is that she not swear at the nurses or aides. When she calls you by your name instead of swearing at you, your appropriate action is to:

55 an agitated resident must be turned every 2 hours all night long the first action of the nurse aid when waking up this resident is to

56. Your patient refuses to let you bathe her. You tell her that if she doesn’t let you wash her, she will not get lunch and will not go to game night. This is an example of:

57. If a client objects to a certain food for religious or cultural reasons, the appropriate action would be to:

58. A client’s religion forbids eating pork; bacon is being served for breakfast. The most appropriate response is to:

59. Sexuality and long-term care clients may include all of the following except

60. Which type of communication can often be most powerful?