Prometric CNA Test
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's
scope of practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way.
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible.
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated.
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role. - ANS-D.
Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role.
A few minutes before the end of the shift, a resident calls and whispers to the nurse
aide, "I had an accident. I wet myself." What should the nurse aide do?
A. Explain that the next shift will assist the resident in a short time.
B. Remove any wet clothing and place the resident on a dry underpad.
C. Ask if the resident feels very uncomfortable.
D. Provide incontinent care to the resident. - ANS-D. Provide incontinent care to the
resident.
A nurse aide enters a room just as a resident's wife slaps the resident. The resident
does not seem upset or hurt. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Leave the room and close the door to allow privacy.
B. Consider if this is normal behavior for this couple.
C. Report the observation to the charge nurse immediately.
D. Tell the wife that she must leave the facility for the day. - ANS-C. Report the
observation to the charge nurse immediately.
A nurse aide enters a room to help the resident to the bathroom. A trash can in the
room is on fire. What should the nurse aide do first?
A. Use the resident's pitcher of water to put out the fire.
B. Open the window to allow smoke to escape.
C. Remove the resident from the room.
D. Yell "Fire!" along with the location. - ANS-C. Remove the resident from the room.
, A nurse aide is assigned to provide postmortem care for a resident, but has never done
this procedure before. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the
nurse aide?
A. Ask another nurse aide to trade assignments.
B. Provide the care since the resident cannot be harmed.
C. Talk to other nurse aides about how to perform the procedure.
D. Discuss the nurse aide's lack of experience with the nurse. - ANS-D. Discuss the
nurse aide's lack of experience with the nurse.
A nurse aide walks into a resident's room and finds a resident on the floor. The resident
says, "I fell down and I cannot move my arm." What should be the nurse aide's next
action?
A. Help the resident to a sitting position on the floor.
B. Ask the resident to stay still while the nurse aide calls for help.
C. Ask the resident to describe the pain and how the fall happened.
D. Support the injured arm by placing a pillow under the arm and shoulder. - ANS-B.
Ask the resident to stay still while the nurse aide calls for help.
A resident has a contracture of the right arm. When putting on the resident's button-front
shirt, the nurse aide should
A. put the shirt sleeve on the left arm first, then the right arm.
B. ask which arm the resident prefers the sleeve to go on first.
C. put the shirt sleeve on the right arm first, then the left arm.
D. raise resident's arms up to slide both sleeves on at the same time. - ANS-C. put the
shirt sleeve on the right arm first, then the left arm.
A resident has an indwelling urinary catheter. When the resident sits in a wheelchair,
where should the nurse aide place the drainage bag?
A. On the floor directly next to the wheelchair, positioned well below the resident's
bladder
B. Tucked at the resident's side on the seat of the chair to keep the drainage bag level
with the resident's bladder
C. Hung from back of the wheelchair so that it is out of the resident's view and above
the bladder
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's
scope of practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way.
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible.
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated.
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role. - ANS-D.
Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role.
A few minutes before the end of the shift, a resident calls and whispers to the nurse
aide, "I had an accident. I wet myself." What should the nurse aide do?
A. Explain that the next shift will assist the resident in a short time.
B. Remove any wet clothing and place the resident on a dry underpad.
C. Ask if the resident feels very uncomfortable.
D. Provide incontinent care to the resident. - ANS-D. Provide incontinent care to the
resident.
A nurse aide enters a room just as a resident's wife slaps the resident. The resident
does not seem upset or hurt. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Leave the room and close the door to allow privacy.
B. Consider if this is normal behavior for this couple.
C. Report the observation to the charge nurse immediately.
D. Tell the wife that she must leave the facility for the day. - ANS-C. Report the
observation to the charge nurse immediately.
A nurse aide enters a room to help the resident to the bathroom. A trash can in the
room is on fire. What should the nurse aide do first?
A. Use the resident's pitcher of water to put out the fire.
B. Open the window to allow smoke to escape.
C. Remove the resident from the room.
D. Yell "Fire!" along with the location. - ANS-C. Remove the resident from the room.
, A nurse aide is assigned to provide postmortem care for a resident, but has never done
this procedure before. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the
nurse aide?
A. Ask another nurse aide to trade assignments.
B. Provide the care since the resident cannot be harmed.
C. Talk to other nurse aides about how to perform the procedure.
D. Discuss the nurse aide's lack of experience with the nurse. - ANS-D. Discuss the
nurse aide's lack of experience with the nurse.
A nurse aide walks into a resident's room and finds a resident on the floor. The resident
says, "I fell down and I cannot move my arm." What should be the nurse aide's next
action?
A. Help the resident to a sitting position on the floor.
B. Ask the resident to stay still while the nurse aide calls for help.
C. Ask the resident to describe the pain and how the fall happened.
D. Support the injured arm by placing a pillow under the arm and shoulder. - ANS-B.
Ask the resident to stay still while the nurse aide calls for help.
A resident has a contracture of the right arm. When putting on the resident's button-front
shirt, the nurse aide should
A. put the shirt sleeve on the left arm first, then the right arm.
B. ask which arm the resident prefers the sleeve to go on first.
C. put the shirt sleeve on the right arm first, then the left arm.
D. raise resident's arms up to slide both sleeves on at the same time. - ANS-C. put the
shirt sleeve on the right arm first, then the left arm.
A resident has an indwelling urinary catheter. When the resident sits in a wheelchair,
where should the nurse aide place the drainage bag?
A. On the floor directly next to the wheelchair, positioned well below the resident's
bladder
B. Tucked at the resident's side on the seat of the chair to keep the drainage bag level
with the resident's bladder
C. Hung from back of the wheelchair so that it is out of the resident's view and above
the bladder
