CNA Personal Care Practice Test – Part 1

1. The first step in a bed bath is to wash:

2. The CNA should wash from the underscore when washing a patient’s eye area.

3. Your resident is complaining of chest pain. What should you do?

4. You are caring for a diabetic patient who has jagged toenails that need trimming. What should you do?

5. When providing routine care to the resident’s feet, you should:

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

7. 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?

8. You have accidentally nicked the patient’s neck when you are shaving him. What should you do?

9. While providing perianal care and cleansing to a female patient who was incontinent of urine and stool, you should:

10. Dried beans are part of the ______ group of foods.

11. You take an adult’s blood pressure and it is 40/20. You immediately report this to the nurse. That the nurse returns to the patient room with you, she instructs you to place the patient in a Trendelenburg position. How do you put the patient into the Trendelenburg position?

12. How do you handle the hearing aids at bedtime?

13. You have just arrived for the night shift in a report you were told that Mrs. Kip kept her hearing aids in at bedtime. What action should you take?

14. You are performing oral care on Mr. Jack while you are cleaning his dentures. He rinses his mouth out; when he spits into the emesis basin, you notice blood in the fluid. You have him rinse again to see if there is additional blood. What action should you take next?

15. You have a new Resident who has a history of frequent pneumonia and seems to be reluctant to eat; his voice is hoarse, and he coughs a lot. How should you tailor your care for him to counteract these things?

16. Your resident has essential tremors in her hands. How can you assist her at meal time?

17. 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:

18. How many ccs are there in 25 oz?

19. When giving a back rub, the nurse aide should:

20. You are ready to wash your patient’s face. You would start by washing what area of the face?

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

22. You have a home care client who is on a 1,200 mg sodium restricted diet. You are very careful how you plan her meals to accommodate this. What else can you do to ensure she remains in the 1,200 mg limit?

23. You are ready to give your resident a complete bed bath. The temperature of this bath water should be which of the following?

24. Your resident had a stroke or CVA 5 years ago. The resident still has right-sided weakness. You are ready to transfer the resident from the bed to the wheelchair. The wheelchair should be positioned at the:

25. Now you are ready to dress this resident who had the CVA 5 years ago. The resident chooses a long sleeve button shirt to wear. You should:

26. Mrs D has expressive aphasia; her only response is no. How can you determine if she consents or agrees with what you are doing for her?

27. A good diet must have all four food groups. The four food groups are:

28. The Sims position is most similar to the underscore position.

29. A stage three pressure ulcer has:

30. You have been taught that it is easier for females to contract a urinary tract infection than for males. How can you be vigilant to help prevent this from happening?

31. When providing personal care for a resident, the CNA should:

32 you are getting the patient ready to eat the patient is on complete bed rest you will put the head of the bed up at underscore degrees or more

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