NC NURSE AIDE WRITTEN EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
When getting ready to make a bed, the nurse aide SHOULD place the clean linens on:
A) a chair or table beside the bed
B) the roomate's bed
C) a clean surface in the bathroom
D) the floor beside the bed - Answers -A) a chair or table beside the bed
The only purpose for using a restraint is to:
A) ensure the safety of the client or others
B) make the nurse aide's job easier
C) calm a client who is verbally abusive
D) help the client be quiet - Answers -A) ensure the safety of the client or others
When collecting a 24-hour urine sample for a client, the nurse aide SHOULD request
that the client:
A) take a bath or shower before starting the urine collection
B) select food items that do not contain red meat
C) drink 2 L of water
D) discard the first voided urine - Answers -D) discard the first voided urine
Articles contaminated with blood or body fluids should be disposed of in the:
A) soiled linen basket
B) biohazard container
C) soiled utility room
D) client's room trash container - Answers -B) biohazard container
To avoid pulling the indwelling urethral catheter when turning a client, the catheter
tubing SHOULD be secured to the client's:
A) bed sheet
B) upper thigh
C) bed frame
D) hip - Answers -B) upper thigh
QUESTIONS
When getting ready to make a bed, the nurse aide SHOULD place the clean linens on:
A) a chair or table beside the bed
B) the roomate's bed
C) a clean surface in the bathroom
D) the floor beside the bed - Answers -A) a chair or table beside the bed
The only purpose for using a restraint is to:
A) ensure the safety of the client or others
B) make the nurse aide's job easier
C) calm a client who is verbally abusive
D) help the client be quiet - Answers -A) ensure the safety of the client or others
When collecting a 24-hour urine sample for a client, the nurse aide SHOULD request
that the client:
A) take a bath or shower before starting the urine collection
B) select food items that do not contain red meat
C) drink 2 L of water
D) discard the first voided urine - Answers -D) discard the first voided urine
Articles contaminated with blood or body fluids should be disposed of in the:
A) soiled linen basket
B) biohazard container
C) soiled utility room
D) client's room trash container - Answers -B) biohazard container
To avoid pulling the indwelling urethral catheter when turning a client, the catheter
tubing SHOULD be secured to the client's:
A) bed sheet
B) upper thigh
C) bed frame
D) hip - Answers -B) upper thigh