NNAAP Nurse Aide Practice Questions with Complete Solutions

NNAAP Nurse Aide Practice Questions with Complete Solutions While the nurse aide is assisting a client to commode, a visitor enters the room. How SHOULD the nurse aide respond? "Would you please wait in the lobby?" The nurse aide should perform oral care on a client who is unconscious at LEAST every: 2 hours. The nurse aide SHOULD report a client's concerns directly to the: nurse supervisor. Before assisting a client into a bath or shower, the nurse aide should FIRST: check the temperature of the water. A client looks forward to playing cards each morning. The nurse aide SHOULD: plan the client's schedule so that the client is bathed and dressed in time for playing cards. A client with Alzheimer's disease wanders from room to room while moving the belongings of other clients to different locations. Alert and oriented clients are angry that their things have been moved. The nurse aide SHOULD: find the missing articles and return them. A client is paralyzed on the left side the nurse aide SHOULD place the signaling device: on the clients right hand. Physical restraints are used MOST often: to prevent client injury. What is the FIRST thing a nurse aide should do when finding an unresponsive client? call for help. What type of fire can be put out with water? Paper When caring for a client from another country, the nurse aide SHOULD: be sensitive to the client's cultural needs. If a client has hand tremors, the nurse aide SHOULD: assist the client with activities of daily living (ADL) as needed. When taking a client's radial pulse, the nurse aide SHOULD: place the nurse aide's fingertips on the clients wrist. The female perineum SHOULD be cleansed: from the front to back. To lift an object by using good body mechanics, the nurse aide SHOULD: bend the knees and keep the back straight. The nurse aide is caring for a client who has dentures. Which of the following SHOULD the nurse take when caring for the client's dentures? Line the bathroom sink with a towel before cleansing the dentures. Right before dinner, a client is incontinent of urine. The nurse aide SHOULD: clean the client and take the client to dinner as soon as possible. When operating a manual bed, the nurse aide SHOULD remember to: fold the cranks under the bed The nurse aide is providing care for a client after elimination. It would be MOST important for the nurse aide to: ensure that all feces are removed from the client's skin. The nursing care plan states. "Transfer with mechanical lift." However, a client is very agitated. To transfer the client, the nurse aide SHOULD: get assistance to move the client. For safety, when leaving a client alone in a room, the nurse aide SHOULD: place the signaling device within the client's reach. The nurse aide sees a client spill water on the floor in the hall. Another client is walking down the hall. The nurse aide SHOULD: clean up spill. The nurse aide is walking with a client who uses a wheelchair when the facility fire alarm system is activated. The client becomes excited by the noise. The nurse aide SHOULD: comfort the client while moving to safe place. The nurse aide is going to help a client walk from the bed to a chair. What SHOULD the nurse aide put on the client's feet? Rubber-soled slippers or shoes. The nurse aide SHOULD refuse to perform a task if the: nurse aide has not been trained to do it. When assisting a client in resolving grievances, the nurse aide SHOULD report the grievance to the: nurse in charge. The nurse aide SHOULD place the soiled linen: in the dirty linen container. The nurse aide is reviewing fire prevention measures. Which of the following, if performed by the nurse aide, would require follow-up? Taking all cigarettes and matches away from clients and visitors. When giving care for a client, the nurse aide SHOULD avoid unnecessary exposure of the client in order to protect the client's right to: privacy. When taking an oral temperature, it is important to: position the thermometer under the tongue. When caring for a client who uses a protective device (restraint), the nurse aide SHOULD: check the client's body alignment. The nurse aide is assisting a client to transfer from the bed to the wheelchair. Which of the following actions SHOULD the nurse aide take? Place the bed in the low position. When communicating with a client's family, the nurse aide SHOULD: listen to concerns and offer support. When performing oral care, in what position SHOULD the nurse aide place a client who is unconscious? Lateral The nurse aide notices that a client's bedside lamp cord is draped across a chair in order to reach the nearest outlet. The nurse aide SHOULD: see if any changes can be made so that the bedside lamp can be plugged in safely. The nurse aide can provide a client with a sense of security by: explaining all routines and procedures. A client who is confused and disoriented is asking to go home. The nurse aide about the client's home. The nurse aide's BEST action would be to: ask the client to tell the nurse aide about the client's home. A client tells the nurse aide that oral care was last performed 2 days ago. The nurse aide SHOULD report this finding to the: nurse in charge. Pressure ulcers can be prevented by: re-positioning the client every 2 hours. The electric shaver that the nurse aide is using to shave a client begins to spark and smoke. What should the nurse aide do NEXT? Unplug the shaver. When giving a back rub, the nurse aide SHOULD: use circular motion. If an alert and oriented client touches a nurse aide inappropriately, the nurse aide's BEST response it to: step back and ask the client not to do it again. While making an empty bed, the nurse aide sees that a side rail is broken. The nurse aide SHOULD: report the broken side rail immediately. What should the nurse aide do FIRST when changing an ostomy bag? Explain the procedure to the client Which of the following statements might strongly indicate that a client is considering suicide? "I want to go to sleep and never wake up." The nurse aide SHOULD understand that an example of an alternative to restraints is a: bed alarm. The BEST razor to use when shaving a diabetic client is: an electric razor. The Client's Bill of Rights includes: freedom of choice. When a hearing aide is not being used by a client, it SHOULD: have the battery removed. The nurse aide gave a client the wrong diet. Which of the following actions SHOULD the nurse take? Report the error to the nurse A client has informed the nurse aide that the clients religious beliefs prohibit eating certain food items. The nurse aide SHOULD report the information to the: charge nurse. Incident reports are written in order to: record details of unusual events. While eating dinner, a client starts to choke. The nurse aide SHOULD: call for assistance and perform the Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrust). A client's family member asks the nurse aide what medication the client is receiving. The nurse aide SHOULD: refer the family member to the nurse. When transferring a client to a different unit, the MOST important information the nurse aide needs is the: name and room number. What is the MAIN purpose of continuing education for the nurse aide? Client safety A button hook and a sock assist are all part of what type of health care? Restorative The nurse aide is caring for a client who answers every question by nodding and saying "yes." Which of the following actions SHOULD the nurse take? Inform the nurse of the client's behavior What SHOULD the nurse aide do to communicate with a client who speaks and understands only another language? Use the service of an interpreter When ambulating a client who has an unsteady gait, it is the BEST for the nurse aide to use a: gait belt.