OHIO STNA EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔How many people are needed to assist in moving a resident? - ✔✔Depends on the
resident. Always ensure you have enough assistance when transferring. Hoyer Lift
requires 2
✔✔How can you prevent orthostatic hypotension - ✔✔Changing positions slowly: allow
them to sit on bed prior to standing
✔✔When are falls most likely to occur - ✔✔During Shift Change
✔✔What can not be used around oxygen therapy - ✔✔electric razors, smoking,
candles, frayed cords or exposed wires, static electricity (rubbing sheets)
✔✔What is needed to start a fire - ✔✔Fuel, heat & oxygen
✔✔What do you do in the event of a fire? - ✔✔R.A.C.E. Rescue residents in immediate
danger, Activate alarm, Confine, Extinguish
✔✔How do you use a fire extinguisher? - ✔✔PASS. Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
✔✔A person with this may become pale, sweat a lot & breath harder when they sit up in
bed - ✔✔orthostatic hypotension
✔✔How often should restraints be released? - ✔✔Every 2 hours
✔✔How do you lift heavy objects? - ✔✔Wide base for support, Bend and the knees and
squat with a straight back, keep object close to you
Don't lift heavy objects higher than chest level
✔✔What are the locations for pulses? - ✔✔Carotid (neck), Apical (below left breast),
Brachial (bend of arm on pinky side), Radial (wrist on thumb side), Femoral, (groin),
popliteal (behind knee), posterior tibial (inside of ankle), Dorsal pedal (top of foot)
✔✔When is it okay for a nursing assistant to trip a diabetic's toenails? - ✔✔Never
✔✔What is alopecia? - ✔✔Hairloss
✔✔What should you do if you nick someone and cause them to start bleeding during
shaving? - ✔✔Apply direct pressure
✔✔When should a NA assist in cutting a resident's hair? - ✔✔NEVER
, ✔✔What does normal urine look like? - ✔✔Clear, straw yellow, not cloudy, no sediment,
no strong odor
✔✔What is the proper temperature of the water for a bed bath? - ✔✔No more than 105-
115 degrees
✔✔What do you do if the diet card does not match the resident? - ✔✔Hold the tray,
don't give it to resident, report it and ensure correct food is received
✔✔What are common signs of UTI - ✔✔urgency, frequency, burning, odor, color
change or blood in urine
✔✔What do you do if someone loses strength from musculoskeletal changes -
✔✔strengthening exercises, ROM, talk to nurse about request for PT
Requires a diet high in protein, calcium and vitamins
Do NOT want them on bedrest. Bedrest or decreased activity will make worse because
lack of use
✔✔How often is mouth care completed on an unconscious client? - ✔✔every 2 hours
✔✔How do you prevent aspiration when giving mouth care to unconscious patient -
✔✔position on side or turn head to side
Don't put any liquids in mouth
Use moist, prepackaged oral swabs
If you notice liquid in mouth that needs out, get nurse to suction
✔✔How do you perform pericare on an uncircumcised male? - ✔✔retract foreskin, clean
in circular motion and return foreskin down
✔✔What is most common site for taking a pulse - ✔✔radial
✔✔What is the best bed position (proper term) when a resident is placed on a bedpan -
✔✔Fowlers position
✔✔What should you do if you notice a change in the resident's condition, cognitive
level, skin integrity? - ✔✔Report to the nurse. NA spends the most time with the
resident and is most likely to notice changes.
If it is an acute change: confusion, delirium, SOB, Chest pain then stay with the resident
until nurse arrives
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔How many people are needed to assist in moving a resident? - ✔✔Depends on the
resident. Always ensure you have enough assistance when transferring. Hoyer Lift
requires 2
✔✔How can you prevent orthostatic hypotension - ✔✔Changing positions slowly: allow
them to sit on bed prior to standing
✔✔When are falls most likely to occur - ✔✔During Shift Change
✔✔What can not be used around oxygen therapy - ✔✔electric razors, smoking,
candles, frayed cords or exposed wires, static electricity (rubbing sheets)
✔✔What is needed to start a fire - ✔✔Fuel, heat & oxygen
✔✔What do you do in the event of a fire? - ✔✔R.A.C.E. Rescue residents in immediate
danger, Activate alarm, Confine, Extinguish
✔✔How do you use a fire extinguisher? - ✔✔PASS. Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
✔✔A person with this may become pale, sweat a lot & breath harder when they sit up in
bed - ✔✔orthostatic hypotension
✔✔How often should restraints be released? - ✔✔Every 2 hours
✔✔How do you lift heavy objects? - ✔✔Wide base for support, Bend and the knees and
squat with a straight back, keep object close to you
Don't lift heavy objects higher than chest level
✔✔What are the locations for pulses? - ✔✔Carotid (neck), Apical (below left breast),
Brachial (bend of arm on pinky side), Radial (wrist on thumb side), Femoral, (groin),
popliteal (behind knee), posterior tibial (inside of ankle), Dorsal pedal (top of foot)
✔✔When is it okay for a nursing assistant to trip a diabetic's toenails? - ✔✔Never
✔✔What is alopecia? - ✔✔Hairloss
✔✔What should you do if you nick someone and cause them to start bleeding during
shaving? - ✔✔Apply direct pressure
✔✔When should a NA assist in cutting a resident's hair? - ✔✔NEVER
, ✔✔What does normal urine look like? - ✔✔Clear, straw yellow, not cloudy, no sediment,
no strong odor
✔✔What is the proper temperature of the water for a bed bath? - ✔✔No more than 105-
115 degrees
✔✔What do you do if the diet card does not match the resident? - ✔✔Hold the tray,
don't give it to resident, report it and ensure correct food is received
✔✔What are common signs of UTI - ✔✔urgency, frequency, burning, odor, color
change or blood in urine
✔✔What do you do if someone loses strength from musculoskeletal changes -
✔✔strengthening exercises, ROM, talk to nurse about request for PT
Requires a diet high in protein, calcium and vitamins
Do NOT want them on bedrest. Bedrest or decreased activity will make worse because
lack of use
✔✔How often is mouth care completed on an unconscious client? - ✔✔every 2 hours
✔✔How do you prevent aspiration when giving mouth care to unconscious patient -
✔✔position on side or turn head to side
Don't put any liquids in mouth
Use moist, prepackaged oral swabs
If you notice liquid in mouth that needs out, get nurse to suction
✔✔How do you perform pericare on an uncircumcised male? - ✔✔retract foreskin, clean
in circular motion and return foreskin down
✔✔What is most common site for taking a pulse - ✔✔radial
✔✔What is the best bed position (proper term) when a resident is placed on a bedpan -
✔✔Fowlers position
✔✔What should you do if you notice a change in the resident's condition, cognitive
level, skin integrity? - ✔✔Report to the nurse. NA spends the most time with the
resident and is most likely to notice changes.
If it is an acute change: confusion, delirium, SOB, Chest pain then stay with the resident
until nurse arrives
