Certified_Nursing_Assistant__CNA__Practice_Exam__Edition_2019

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019   Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) Terms in this set (63) a. hospital Nursing assistants work in a lot of different places. One place b. rehab center that CNAs work is a skilled nursing facility. This type of facility is c. hospice also called a _________________. d. nursing home* a. A subacute care center* Many people, particularly older people, go to what kind of b. A hospice healthcare facility after they are discharged from a hospital c. A respite center after a stroke? d. A group home a. Group Care A CNA, MA, and RN all provide care for 10 patients in a sub- b. Primary Care acute facility. What is the term for this collaborative approach c. Team Nursing* to patient care? d. Rehab a. Nurse* A CNA is covering another CNA's lunch break on another floor. b. Provider She answers the light for a patient who complains of chest c. Director of Nursing pain. Who should the CNA report this finding to? d. The other CNA when back from lunch break a. Schedule a time with another nurseYou are asked to complete a bed change for a 300 lb. patient or CNA to have assistance during thewho is immobile and difficult to turn. You feel uncomfortable bed change. * changing the bed yourself. What is your next course of action? b. Complete the bed change yourself even though you are uncomfortable. c. Wait until shift change to let the nextshift take care of it. d. Tell the patient that they do notneed a bed change. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) a. Assessment of the heart and lungs Which duties would be performed by a CNA in team nursing? b. Teaching physical therapy exercises c. Taking Vital Signs and Blood Sugars Readings * d. All of the above a. supervise other CNAs The CNA can legally ____________. b. teach other CNAs c. mentor other CNAs d. None of the above* a. Refuse to do the assignment * The director of nursing at your long term care nursing home b. Do the best you can do has assigned you to be in charge of the nursing home for the c. Ask about the details weekend because she is going away on a cruise vacation to d. Call the ownerthe Caribbean. What should you do? a. The CNA remains right outside theWhich of the following actions is ethically wrong in the care of bathroom door and instructs thenursing home residents? patient to pull the call light when they have finished urinating. b.The CNA wipes the patient's finger with an alcohol swab prior to taking a blood glucose level. c. The CNA does not let a confused high-fall risk patient ambulate in the halls without assistance. d. The CNA chooses to* a. CNA * A patient requires a dressing change for the first time after b. LPN surgery. Which of the following staff cannot legally change the c. RN patient's dressing immediately after surgery? d. MD a. Experience Which of the following is now the minimal requirement to be b. Certification * able to legally record and document data, such as vital signs c. Licensure and blood sugar readings, within a hospital setting? d. College Degree Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) a. Erikson b. Piaget c. Maslow * d. Nightingale Who developed the Hierarchy of Needs? Upgrade to remove ads Only $3.99/month a. physical needs, safety and securityThe levels of the Hierarchy of Needs are ___________? needs, love and belonging needs, esteem needs and self actualization * b. need for freedom, need for resources, needs of self and needs of others c. subjective needs, objective needs, data analysis and needs for resolution d. integumentary system, respiratory system, nervous system and cardiac system a. A patient is requesting a full bedThe CNA is working on a busy med-surg hospital floor and is bath right now. caring for 10 patients. Vital signs are taken every 4 hours, with b. Taking vitals on all patients sincemeals delivered at 0730, 12:30 and 5:30. It is currently 0900 they were not taken at 0800. and all patients have received their breakfast trays. Last vital c. The patients have finished theirsigns were taken at 0400. Which of the following is the highest meals and are requesting the trays topriority? be taken from the room. d. A patient is complaining of chestpain after surgery and is requesting pain medicine. * a. Gather supplies and assist the nursewith the bed change b. Tell the nurse you cannot help asyou are going on lunch * c. Delay your lunch if needed to assistthe nurse as possible It is nearly time for your lunch break. A nurse is requesting assistance with an incontinence bed change. Which of the following is not a proper response? d. Request the CNA covering your Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)lunch to assist the nurse Practice Exam (Edition 2019) a. 10 am You are the CNA caring for Mrs. Thomas. You see a notation on b. 10 am and 2 pm the nursing care plan that states, "ambulate at least 10 yards c. 10 am, 2 pm and 6 pm qid". This patient will be assisted with ambulation at which of d. 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm and 10 pm *the following times? a. not do this errand because CNAsThe RN asks you to bring the unit's collected lab specimens to do not do "stats". the lab "stat". You should ______________. b. run this errand as soon as you can. c. run this errand immediately andwithout delay. * d. Before the end of your shift or afteryour lunch. a. V. Signs QID Hospital policy states that patients on the medical floor should b. VS q4 hrs * have vital signs taken every 4 hours. Which of the following is c. Vital signs QOD an appropriate abbreviation for this order? d. Vitals QD x 4 a. Activities of Daily Living * What does the medical abbreviation ADL stand for? b. Advantages of Disability and Life Insurance c. Assessment of Depth and Length d. All Day Long a. A patient with an amputation belowYou are caring for a patient with a BKA. What do you expect to the knee * see when entering the patient's room related to this b. A patient with tubes coming out ofabbreviation when working with the patient? both kidneys c. A blood sugar of 600 once you takea finger stick glucose d. A patient with swollen legs fromheart failure a. sight, hearing, taste, smell andcommon sense. b. hearing, taste, smell, commonsense and auditory. c. sight, taste, smell, auditory andvisual. Which of the following lists the five senses? d. hearing, smell, taste, sight and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)touch. * Practice Exam (Edition 2019) a. Sight, hearing and touch * What senses do nursing assistants use to observe patients and b. Sight and hearing only residents? c. Sight and common sense only d. Taste and hearing only Upgrade to remove ads Only $3.99/month a. Report this finding to the nurse. * b. Place barrier cream over the sore. c. Ask the patient how they got thesore. d. Do nothing. A CNA is caring for an immobile patient and notices a new open sore to the patient's sacrum. What should the CNA do? a. Perform the Heimlich maneuver * b. Start chest compressions c. Slap the residents back d. Call for help and wait A CNA is working in the resident dining hall and notices a resident grabbing at her throat without making any noise. What should the CNA's response be? a. Call Child Protective Services b. Ask the child what happened c. Confront the parents d. Report the finding to the chargenurse per hospital protocol * A CNA is bathing a child on a Pediatric hospital unit. She notices the child has bruising to his arms and legs. What should be the CNA's first response be? a. Old age * b. Middle years c. Pneumonia d. COPD Which risk factor places patients and residents at the greatest risk for falls? a. Blindness * b. Confusion c. Weakness d. Aging e. A and c only Which sensory impairment places residents and patients at risk for falls? Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) a. Unlock the door and allow theYou are caring for a resident in an Alzheimer's unit in a nursing resident to exit the building home. The resident is repeatedly pushing on the locked door b.Take hold of the resident's elbowtrying to exit the building. Which of the following would be and direct them toward the room your first response? c. Attempt to verbally reorient orredirect the resident back to their room * d. Assist the resident to their room andapply restraints to prevent her from leaving a. Tell the residents they must stopYou are working in a dual occupancy room in a long-term care arguing facility when the residents start arguing back and forth from b. Notify the nurse or resident caretheir beds. What is the best response? manager * c. Change the room for one resident d. Pull the curtain between the tworesidents a. Address their concerns in a slowWhich of the following is most likely to de-escalate a and calm manner * disoriented patient who is starting to become verbally b. Shout at them to snap out of it abusive? c. Close the door to their room d. Physically assist the patient backinto a supine position in bed a. Safely pick up the syringe and placeA CNA notices an uncapped syringe lying on the floor in the in the sharps container, then report itpatient's room. What is the CNA's response? to the nurse. * b. Ignore the syringe, the cleaningstaff will find it and dispose of it. c. Safely pick up the syringe and placeit in the trash can. d. Leave the syringe in place andreport it to the nurse. a. evacuate the patients laterally. b. evacuate the patients vertically. c. close the patient doors. * The fire alarms in your nursing home begin ringing. Nobody on your unit is in immediate danger. You must now ____________. d. open the patient doors. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) Upgrade to remove ads Only $3.99/month a. Extinguish the fire if you can do soA small contained fire breaks out in a small trash can near the safely and without harm. * lobby of the nursing home. No visitors or residents are in b. Run away from the fire. immediate danger. You have pulled the alarm, what should you c. Cover the fire with a blanket. do next? d. Open the windows and exit thefloor. a. Google Search Which of the following locations would provide you with the b. Ask another CNA most up-to-date information on how to respond to a disaster c. The Facility's Policy and Procedureswithin your facility? Manual * d. Human Resources Handbook a. Move patients as far away fromIn the event of a tornado spotting near the proximity of the windows as possible. * building, what is the CNA's response to maintain patient b. Assist ambulatory patients to exitsafety? the building. c. Do nothing, the building is secure. d. Take patients down to the basementusing the elevator. a. Immobile patients or patients on lifeWhich patients should be evacuated first in the event of a fire support within the area? b. Small children and ambulatorypatients * c. Patients requiring transfer assistanceor use of a stretcher d. Patients in wheelchairs or who canambulate with walkers a. Tell the person to give you theirbag. b. Ignore the suspicious person. c. Block the exit to prevent thesuspicious person from leaving. d. Safely attempt to detain the person You hear the code for an infant abduction over the intercom in the hospital. You notice a suspicious person walking with a large bag quickly through the halls. What is your response? until security arrives. * Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) a. Supine A patient is confined to their bed and needs assistance at b.High Fowler's * meals. What position should you place the bed in as you are c. Reverse Trendelenburg feeding the patient? d. Lateral a. cleanse the penis with a circularWhen cleansing the genital area during perineal care, the motion starting from the base andnurse aide should _______________. moving toward the tip. b. replace the foreskin after it hasbeen pushed back to cleanse an uncircumcised penis. * c. cleanse the rectal area first and thenclean the patient's genital area. d. use the same area on the washclothfor each washing and rinsing stroke for a female resident. a. Feeding an Alzheimer's patient whoWhich of the following tasks would more likely be performed does not have trouble swallowing by a nurse? b. Ambulating a low fall-risk patientwith a walker c. Bathing a surgical patient prior tosurgery d. Trimming the toenails of a patientwith Diabetic Neuropathy * a. Constipation * ____________ may result when patients or residents ignore the urge b. Diarrhea to defecate c. Incontinence d. Hemorrhoids a. germ, agent, reservoir, exit portal,mode of transmission, entry port, and susceptible host. * b. active natural, active artificial,passive natural and passive artificial c. opportunism, weakness, immunity, and colonization d. intrinsic, extrinsic, internal and external transmission The chain of infection includes the ________________. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) Upgrade to remove ads Only $3.99/month a. the absence of all microorganisms Asepsis is defined as ________________. b. the absence of disease causing germs * c. a urinary infection d. a pathogenic infection a. A patient with MRSA * Which of the following patients is likely to be placed on b. A patient who is coughing contact precautions in a hospital setting? c. A patient who just had hip surgery d. An elderly patient a. Hand washing or hand sanitizingWhat are standard precautions? between patients, wearing gloves if handling bodily fluids. * b. Wearing gloves at all times, onlyhand washing between patients c.Wearing gloves and a mask while in the patient's room d. Gloves and hand washing is not required between patient rooms a. Surgical Which of the following hospital floors would you most likely b. Oncology * expect to see Reverse Isolation Precautions? c. Obstetrics d. Alzheimer's Mobility is an important human function. The hazards of a. Contractures immobility lead to many physical problems and emotional b. Constipation problems. Immobility can lead to detrimental cardiac, c. Calcium loss * muscular, respiratory, skeletal, urinary, gastrointestinal, skin and d. Catabolismemotional changes. Which of the following is an example of a skeletal hazard of immobility? a. depression * b. dementia An emotional consequence of immobility is: ________________. c. delirium Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)d. diversion Practice Exam (Edition 2019) *a. Elderly Which of the following age groups are at the highest risk for b. Middle-Aged injury-causing falls? c. Young Adult d. Children a. Repositioning every 2 hours All of the following are preventive measures to avoid pressure b. Applying skin barrier cream to highulcers in the elderly, except: pressure areas c. Changing incontinence pads assoon as they are soiled d. Applying contracture boots in animmobile patient. * a. On the patient's weak side Where should the wheelchair be placed when transferring a b. At the foot of the bed stroke patient from their bed to the chair? c. At the head of the bed d. On the patient's strong side* a. Fall Mats Which of the following would not be considered a fall risk b. Bed Alarm intervention? c. Non-skid Socks d. Restraints * Upgrade to remove ads Only $3.99/month a. The CNAs stand on either side ofthe bed to help turn the patient b. One CNA holds the patient whilethe other cleans the peri-area c. The CNAs discuss another patient'scare while caring for this patient. * d. The CNAs boost the patient up inbed using the draw sheet Two CNAs are caring for a total care elderly patient with dementia. Which of the following scenarios is incorrect? Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) Your patient is saying that they have chest pain and "a pounding heart". You touch the person's arm and you feel a. nervous and anxious moisture. The patient is sweating and your also see that the b. having a panic attack person's lips are blue. These signs and symptoms indicate that c. having a heart attack * the person is most likely _______________. d. calling out for emotional attention You are caring for Thomas N. Thomas is 77 years old. He has a. Diabetes edema, or swelling, in his legs and he has a fluid restriction in b. Dementia terms of his fluid intake. You have been assigned to weigh him c. Congestive heart failure * daily. Based on these symptoms and the care that he is being d. Continguous heart disease given, what disorder is he most likely affected with? *a.Take the patient's blood sugar You are caring for a diabetic patient who reports dizziness and b.Take the patient's vital signs is shaky and sweaty. The patient is alert and oriented. The c. Call a Rapid Response or Code patient's vital signs were normal one hour ago. After reporting d. Answer the call light of a patientyour findings to the nurse, what do you expect the nurse to ask who is requesting a walkyou to do? a. Wipe from front to back. * You are assisting an elderly female patient to the bathroom. b. Stand up slowly to preventWhich of the following would be important to emphasize to dizziness. the patient to prevent Urinary Tract Infections? c. Make sure to press the call light when you are done. d. Put one hand on the walker and one hand on the seat to press yourself us. a.Alzheimer's You notice a patient is walking with a shuffling gait with a b. Heart Failure walker and has jerky movements of the arms and legs. The c. Parkinson's Disease * patient has some difficulty speaking but is alert and oriented. d. StrokeWhat do you suspect is causing this patient's symptoms? a. Coronary Artery Disease A patient is complaining of shortness of breath and requesting b. COPD * his breathing treatment. You notice the patient is wearing a c. UTI nasal cannula with oxygen flowing at 2 L/min. What disease do d. Constipationyou suspect this patient suffers from? Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam (Edition 2019) *a. Anticipatory grief Which is considered a "normal" or "healthy" type of grief? b. Complicated grief c. Unresolved grief d. Inhibited grief a. Gently explain the policy to theThe Grant family has just lost a loved one. A family member family and then implement it. informs you that their culture does not permit a dead person b. Notify the nurse about this culturalto be left alone before burial. Hospital policy states that all concern. * bodies are to be stored in the hospital morgue. How would c. Call the deceased patient's primaryyou best handle this situation? care provider for advice. d. Move the deceased patient to anempty room and stay with the body yourself. a. Start chest compressions A CNA is caring for a patient on hospice care. She notices the b. Call 911 patient's lips, hands and feet are blue and mottled. There is no c. Shout at the patient to wake up rise and fall of the patient's chest. What should the CNA's next d. Notify the nurse *action be? a. Taking vital signs as requested forWhich of the following hospice tasks should not be performed the family by a CNA? b. Providing repositioning andperineal care for the patient c. Providing emotional support for thefamily d. Determining time of death for thefamily*