NAST 1100 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Question: If a patient's blood pressure is abnormal and you have taken it with a manual cuff, what's the first
thing you should do?
Correct Answer: You take it twice, get someone else to do it
Question: Define culture.
Correct Answer: Beliefs, customs of a person. It's the way they do things. Example of culture is food,
burial
Question: How does a nursing assistant maintain supplemental oxygen a patient is receiving by nasal
cannula?
Correct Answer: Making sure that water is bubbling and can refill the water.
Question: Where and how do you place a transfer belt on a patient?
Correct Answer: Below the ribs, above the hips, and the buckle is off to the side.
Question: What equipment would you use if your patient has to have a bowel movement and can get out of
the bed but cannot walk?
Correct Answer: Bedside toilet
Question: What type of patient would need a carbohydrate-controlled diet?
Correct Answer: Diabetic, carbohydrates turn into sugar.
Question: What is them most important duty of the nursing assistant?
Correct Answer: Observe and report while caring for patient
Question: What may be the only treatment option for a patient who have developed gangrene?
Correct Answer: Amputation, where there's infection in one part of your body where the blood can flow
through the infection that can be brought to the heart.
Question: What is the most common disorder involving the endocrine gland?
Correct Answer: Menopause, thryoid, diabetes
Question: What is the body's first line defense against infection?
Correct Answer: Intact Skin
Question: If you're emptying a patient's urine collection bag is to a graduate and notice a foul smell, what
would you suspect is causing the smell.
Correct Answer: Urinary Tract Infection
Question: What can you do to help relieve some discomfort of a patient who has been put on NPO status?
Correct Answer: You can wet their lips
Question: Why do you have to wipe front to back when providing perineal care for a woman?
Correct Answer: To prevent infection
, Question: What is enteral nutrition?
Correct Answer: Feeding by tube
Question: What complications would a patient with diabetes also be at risk for developing?
Correct Answer: Kidney failure, risk of going blind
Question: What increase a person's risk of falling?
Correct Answer: Orthostatic, hypertension
Question: If a patient has heart failure and skin breakdown, what nursing assistant action would you expect
to do during your shift?
Correct Answer: Skin care such as lotion.
Question: Why is denture care important? What else should you do when completing denture care?
Correct Answer: It can cause abscess on their gums from eating. You should brush the gums.
Question: What actions can you take to help prevent getting various infections?
Correct Answer: Keep skin intact and wash your hands frequently
Question: What body part do you wash first upon giving a full complete bath?
Correct Answer: face
Question: List 3 examples of nonverbal communication
Correct Answer: Eye contact, facial expressions, hand movements
Question: Why are elderly people generally colder than younger people when in the same room?
Correct Answer: Thinner skin and doesn't have much muscle
Question: What cannot go on a resident's tray who is on a sodium-restricted diet?
Correct Answer: salt
Question: Why do we recheck resident's weight periodically?
Correct Answer: To see if they're gaining or losing weight too fast and if so, there might be a problem.
Question: What is the nursing assistant's role in the reimbursement process?
Correct Answer: Documentation
Question: The patient has fainted and is lying on the floor. What should you do as the nursing assistant?
Correct Answer: Scream for help and start checking for vital signs.
Question: If you helped insert a patient's hearing aid and they still cannot hear, what would you do next?
Correct Answer: Turn it up until they can hear and if not, check the battery
Question: What would be the suggested treatment for a person with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Correct Answer: Diet and excerise
Question: What position would you put a patient in if they told you they were having trouble catching their
breath?
Correct Answer: Semi-fowlers
Answers
Question: If a patient's blood pressure is abnormal and you have taken it with a manual cuff, what's the first
thing you should do?
Correct Answer: You take it twice, get someone else to do it
Question: Define culture.
Correct Answer: Beliefs, customs of a person. It's the way they do things. Example of culture is food,
burial
Question: How does a nursing assistant maintain supplemental oxygen a patient is receiving by nasal
cannula?
Correct Answer: Making sure that water is bubbling and can refill the water.
Question: Where and how do you place a transfer belt on a patient?
Correct Answer: Below the ribs, above the hips, and the buckle is off to the side.
Question: What equipment would you use if your patient has to have a bowel movement and can get out of
the bed but cannot walk?
Correct Answer: Bedside toilet
Question: What type of patient would need a carbohydrate-controlled diet?
Correct Answer: Diabetic, carbohydrates turn into sugar.
Question: What is them most important duty of the nursing assistant?
Correct Answer: Observe and report while caring for patient
Question: What may be the only treatment option for a patient who have developed gangrene?
Correct Answer: Amputation, where there's infection in one part of your body where the blood can flow
through the infection that can be brought to the heart.
Question: What is the most common disorder involving the endocrine gland?
Correct Answer: Menopause, thryoid, diabetes
Question: What is the body's first line defense against infection?
Correct Answer: Intact Skin
Question: If you're emptying a patient's urine collection bag is to a graduate and notice a foul smell, what
would you suspect is causing the smell.
Correct Answer: Urinary Tract Infection
Question: What can you do to help relieve some discomfort of a patient who has been put on NPO status?
Correct Answer: You can wet their lips
Question: Why do you have to wipe front to back when providing perineal care for a woman?
Correct Answer: To prevent infection
, Question: What is enteral nutrition?
Correct Answer: Feeding by tube
Question: What complications would a patient with diabetes also be at risk for developing?
Correct Answer: Kidney failure, risk of going blind
Question: What increase a person's risk of falling?
Correct Answer: Orthostatic, hypertension
Question: If a patient has heart failure and skin breakdown, what nursing assistant action would you expect
to do during your shift?
Correct Answer: Skin care such as lotion.
Question: Why is denture care important? What else should you do when completing denture care?
Correct Answer: It can cause abscess on their gums from eating. You should brush the gums.
Question: What actions can you take to help prevent getting various infections?
Correct Answer: Keep skin intact and wash your hands frequently
Question: What body part do you wash first upon giving a full complete bath?
Correct Answer: face
Question: List 3 examples of nonverbal communication
Correct Answer: Eye contact, facial expressions, hand movements
Question: Why are elderly people generally colder than younger people when in the same room?
Correct Answer: Thinner skin and doesn't have much muscle
Question: What cannot go on a resident's tray who is on a sodium-restricted diet?
Correct Answer: salt
Question: Why do we recheck resident's weight periodically?
Correct Answer: To see if they're gaining or losing weight too fast and if so, there might be a problem.
Question: What is the nursing assistant's role in the reimbursement process?
Correct Answer: Documentation
Question: The patient has fainted and is lying on the floor. What should you do as the nursing assistant?
Correct Answer: Scream for help and start checking for vital signs.
Question: If you helped insert a patient's hearing aid and they still cannot hear, what would you do next?
Correct Answer: Turn it up until they can hear and if not, check the battery
Question: What would be the suggested treatment for a person with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Correct Answer: Diet and excerise
Question: What position would you put a patient in if they told you they were having trouble catching their
breath?
Correct Answer: Semi-fowlers
