CNA Practice Test – Part 8

1. Hospice Care can be provided:

2. Caring for a patient on hospice involves:

3. The sacrament of the sick is a ritual practiced by which religion?

4. Mr Duffy died of cancer at the age of 32. He did not have an organ donation designation. Can he be an organ donor?

5. You are providing postmortem care to a resident who was receiving oxygen through a nasal canula connected to an oxygen tank. The family will be viewing the body. You should:

6. Mr Dale has insomnia. You can assist him in managing this condition by:

7. Patients in the hospital will usually sleep for briefer periods and feel less well rested.

8. Which age group requires the most sleep?

9. Your resident this morning asks you if she may rest for 15 minutes prior to her bath. You should:

10. Mr. Williams tells you he is experiencing pain; when you leave to notify the nurse, you hear him laughing while talking on the phone. You should:

11. Mrs. Garrison has chronic pain. This means her pain:

12. You notice your resident has increasing difficulty in swallowing. You notify the nurse. Which type of rehabilitation therapy is most appropriate for this resident?

13. A state survey is being conducted at your facility. A surveyor asks you a question about how you would perform a procedure. You should:

14. Which department in the hospital prepares and provides medications?

15. A type of health insurance payment that is prepaid by the consumer is:

16. You are a CNA in a long-term care facility, and a resident physician asks you to perform a procedure upon which you have not been trained. Your response should be:

17. A friend asks you to explain the role of the CNA in long-term care. You should tell her:

18. Miz WR frequently attempts to remove her clothing. An effective intervention is:

19. The diagnosis of a developmental disability must be made before a person reaches what age?

20. This organ of the body utilizes 25% of the circulatory system more than any other organ.

21. Mrs Evans has a diagnosis of diverticulitis which foods should she avoid eating?

22. Which of the following may be caused by or made worse by a compromised immune system?

23. The nurse directs you to assist in opening the airway of a resident in respiratory failure. In what position should the resident be placed?

24. The most common cause of a blocked airway is

25. The nurse directs you to place the resident in the recovery position. This means you should:

26. Your resident during lunch cannot speak, appears panicked, and is gasping and coughing weakly. What should you do?

27. A patient on the unit, Miss Owens, is diagnosed with shingles. When will her shingle lesions no longer be infectious?

28. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the:

29. The form of hepatitis for which there is a vaccine available for protection is:

30. While performing care, you observe a rash on Mrs. Mitchell; the rash is red, raised spots between her fingers, inside her wrists, and on her waist. You do not see any source of the rash. Mrs. Mitchell complains of severe itching. What does Mrs. Mitchell most likely have?

31. You are getting ready to provide care for Mrs. Mitchell. What personal protective equipment should you wear?

32. A resident family member asks you to arrange your assignment so the family member is in your care assignment. You should tell the family:

33 Hippa rules on protecting identifiable health care information apply to information on A) flow sheets B) verbal information such as shift report C) electronic communication including email, tweets, and texts D) all of the above.

34. Teasing a coworker regarding his homosexuality is an example of:

35. Which of the following is an example of an invasion of privacy?

36. The principle of HIPAA laws are based upon which concept?

37. You want to post a photo online of you and your resident. This may be done if:

38. 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?

39. Your resident’s care plan directs the resident to be out of bed. This means the resident is to be:

40. Mrs. Miller has a long list of medical diagnoses including type 2 DM and HTN. What does this mean?

41. Mr Golden’s chart has a notation on the spine that reads DNR this means a do not resuscitate.

42. A resident on your unit experiences cardiac arrest and the nurse calls for someone to bring the AED. What is the nurse asking for?

43. You are making rounds at the beginning of your shift and you see a resident lying on the floor. Your first action should be to:

44. You are preparing to give Mr. Smith a bath in the whirlpool tub. Which of the following should not be done?

45. You are preparing your new resident for a shower in the tub room and she begins yelling and becoming agitated. What should you do?

46. When performing perianal care for a female, you should:

47. When performing perianal care for a male, you should:

48. Miss Jones asks if you can wash her hair today while she is in bed what is the most important consideration?

49. Carrot HS is best done when:

50. Routine oral hygiene for residents should be performed frequently:

51. Miss Jackson has a tube feeding and is NPO; she is unconscious. You should:

52. You have six beds to strip and make; the nurse tells you one of your residents needs to be taken to the bathroom. You should:

53. You are feeding a dependent resident when you are asked by the nurse to change a resident who is incontinent and wet. What should you do?

54. You notice the floor in the hall is wet from a food tray spill; your next action should be to:

55. The resident’s vitals are 99 to 98 36. Which of these findings needs to be reported immediately to the nurse?

56. Your resident’s family brought in five new blouses. Your action should now be to:

57. Mr. Long ate very little breakfast today. Which of the following diagnoses would require that this information be reported promptly to the nurse?

58. Mr. O’Brien, a confused resident, is agitated and wandering throughout the unit. Dinner trays have been served, but he does not want to sit and eat and keeps walking away. To encourage him to eat, you should:

59. Mrs Johnson has refused her bed bath for 2 days what might help to convince her to accept a bath?

60. Mr. Allen can be combative during care; how do you respond if he attempts to strike you?