CNA midterm exam QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED 2023/2024
What is a nursing assistant? What do they do?
A person who has passed a nursing training and compency evaluation; they perform
delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but
cannot care for themselves.
Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team
The nursing team are those who provide nursing care. They include: NPs, RNs,
LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team
The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total
care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for?
Licensure, certification, accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it
require?
OBRA is federal law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights?
information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality; personal choice; grievances;
work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse, mistreatment,
and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do?
Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person. They
act on behalf of persons receiving care
,What is the nurse practice act and what does it do?
A law that defines a nurses scope of practice, describes their education and licensing
requirements, and protects the public from people practicing without a license
Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits
A CNA can meet the person's personal needs, transfer persons and make observations,
measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take
oral/phone orders from doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell
the person or family diagnosis or treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or
drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs)
Five rights of delegation
The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication, Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you
Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate response to care, provide
education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders from doctors,
drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Integumentary system
Skin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system
Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects organs
Nervous system
Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system
The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to them
Lymphatic system
Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense against
infection.
Respiratory system
Brings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system
Removes solid waste from the body
, Urinary system
Removes waste products from the blood and maintains water balance within the body
Reproductive system
produces offspring
Endocrine system
Hormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the body
Immune system
Protects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain
Cerebrum: largest part of the brain; the center of thought and intelligence
Cerebellum: regulates and coordinates body movements
Brain stem: Connects cerebrum to the spinal cord. It contains the midbrain, pons, and
medulla
Midbrain
Associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and
temperature regulation
Pons
Management of sleep, arousal, and facial expressions
Medulla
Controls heartbeat and breathing
What makes up the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and what do they do?
Sympathetic NS: speed up functions
Parasympathetic NS: slows down functions
4 chambers of the heart
RA: receives blood from body tissues
RV: pumps blood to lungs
LA: receives blood from the lungs
LV: pumps blood to all parts of the body
Systole
contraction phase of the heartbeat
Diastole
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED 2023/2024
What is a nursing assistant? What do they do?
A person who has passed a nursing training and compency evaluation; they perform
delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but
cannot care for themselves.
Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team
The nursing team are those who provide nursing care. They include: NPs, RNs,
LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team
The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total
care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for?
Licensure, certification, accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it
require?
OBRA is federal law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights?
information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality; personal choice; grievances;
work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse, mistreatment,
and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do?
Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person. They
act on behalf of persons receiving care
,What is the nurse practice act and what does it do?
A law that defines a nurses scope of practice, describes their education and licensing
requirements, and protects the public from people practicing without a license
Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits
A CNA can meet the person's personal needs, transfer persons and make observations,
measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take
oral/phone orders from doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell
the person or family diagnosis or treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or
drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs)
Five rights of delegation
The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication, Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you
Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate response to care, provide
education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders from doctors,
drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Integumentary system
Skin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system
Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects organs
Nervous system
Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system
The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to them
Lymphatic system
Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense against
infection.
Respiratory system
Brings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system
Removes solid waste from the body
, Urinary system
Removes waste products from the blood and maintains water balance within the body
Reproductive system
produces offspring
Endocrine system
Hormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the body
Immune system
Protects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain
Cerebrum: largest part of the brain; the center of thought and intelligence
Cerebellum: regulates and coordinates body movements
Brain stem: Connects cerebrum to the spinal cord. It contains the midbrain, pons, and
medulla
Midbrain
Associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and
temperature regulation
Pons
Management of sleep, arousal, and facial expressions
Medulla
Controls heartbeat and breathing
What makes up the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and what do they do?
Sympathetic NS: speed up functions
Parasympathetic NS: slows down functions
4 chambers of the heart
RA: receives blood from body tissues
RV: pumps blood to lungs
LA: receives blood from the lungs
LV: pumps blood to all parts of the body
Systole
contraction phase of the heartbeat
Diastole
