Certified Nursing Assistant CNA EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of removing pathogens, or the state of
being free of pathogens
Minimum data set coordinater - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Manages the assessment of
resident needs and delivery of required care in a long term care facility (usually specially trained
nurse).
Minimum Data Set (MDS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Must be completed for each
resident within 14 days of admission and again each year. Must be reviewed every 3 months. If
there is a change in condition the MDS must be updated.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
federal law that requires health information be private and secure and that organizations must
take special step to protect this information. Applies to all providers and penalties can be
imposed including jail time.
Protected Health Information (PHI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a person's private health
information, which includes name, address, telephone number, social security number, email
address, and medical record number
Handwashing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Wets hands thoroughly with warm water
2. Apply soap to hands
3. *washes hands for at least 20 seconds.*
4. Rubs hands together lathering all surfaces of hands/fingers.
5. Lathers surfaces of wrist
6. Cleans fingernails by rubbing them in palm of other hand
7. Rinses hands/wrists with fingers pointing downward
,8. Dries hands with clean paper towels
9. Turn off faucet with paper towels
10. *Does not touch clean hands or scrubs to sink or faucet*
11. Immediately discards paper towel into trash can without touching other hand.
Denture Care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Supplies: Tooth brush, tooth paste, gloves, paper
towel, small wash cloth, basin, dentures & cup
1. Greet resident by name
2. Introduce self by name and title
3. Perform hand hygiene.
4. Explain procedure to resident.
5. *Don gloves*
6. Protect dentures from damage by lining bottom of sink with a towel/washcloth
7. Use warm water to clean/rinse denture
8. Applies denture toothpaste to toothbrush
9. Brushes all surfaces of denture
10. Rinse denture
11. Place denture in denture cup.
12. Adds water to cover denture cup.
13. *Removes gloves*
14. *Performs hand hygiene immediately after removing gloves and before touching other
items*
15. Place call light, water and phone within resident reach.
Mouth Care: Conscious, Brushing Teeth - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Greets resident by
name
2. Introduce self by name
3. Perform hand hygiene
,4. Explain procedure to patient
5. *Dons gloves*
6. *Position resident in upright position (60-90 degrees)*
7. Offer resident clothing protector or towel
8. Applies toothpaste to toothbrush
9. Inserts toothbrush into residents mouth
10. Brush all surfaces of upper teeth
11. Brush all surfaces of lower teeth
12. Brush tongue
13. Offer residents water to rinse mouth
14. Provide resident a basin to spit
15. Cleans/dries around residents mouth
16. Offer resident lip moisturizer
17. *removes gloves*
18. *performs hand hygiene immediately after removing gloves and before touching other items*
19. Places call light, water and phone within reach.
Mouth Care: Unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Greets resident by name
2. Introduce self by name
3. Perform hand hygiene
4. Explain procedure to patient
5. *Dons gloves*
6. *Turn residents head to side*
7. Places a towel under residents head
8. Wets sponge in cup of water
9. Removes excess water from sponge by rolling along cup.
10. Inserts sponge into residents mouth
11. Rotates sponge against all surfaces of mouth
, 12. Cleans/dries around resident mouth
13. Applies lip moisturizer
14. *Removes gloves*
15. *performs hand hygiene immediately after removing gloves and before touching other items*
16. Places call light, water and phone within reach.
Female Brief Change - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Greet resident by name
2. Introduces self by name and title
3. Perform hand hygiene
4. Explains procedure
5. *Dons gloves*
6. Position resident comfortably on back
7. Undoes front tabs of soiled briefs
8. Rolls soiled brief down between residents legs
9. Uses disposable wipes
10. *Wipes clean to dirty with each stroke*
11. Uses different parts of wipe for each stroke
12. Separates labia majora
13. Wipes down center of labia, starting with urinary meatus
14. Wipes down both sides of labia, starting with urinary meatus
15. Wipes vaginal area/upper thighs
16. Discards soiled wipes by tucking into soiled brief or into waste container
17. Rolls resident onto side on count of three
18. Wipes anal area with disposable wipes
19 Removes soiled brief
20. Places soiled brief into plastic bag
21 Changes gloves
22 Tucks clean brief under resident
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of removing pathogens, or the state of
being free of pathogens
Minimum data set coordinater - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Manages the assessment of
resident needs and delivery of required care in a long term care facility (usually specially trained
nurse).
Minimum Data Set (MDS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Must be completed for each
resident within 14 days of admission and again each year. Must be reviewed every 3 months. If
there is a change in condition the MDS must be updated.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
federal law that requires health information be private and secure and that organizations must
take special step to protect this information. Applies to all providers and penalties can be
imposed including jail time.
Protected Health Information (PHI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a person's private health
information, which includes name, address, telephone number, social security number, email
address, and medical record number
Handwashing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Wets hands thoroughly with warm water
2. Apply soap to hands
3. *washes hands for at least 20 seconds.*
4. Rubs hands together lathering all surfaces of hands/fingers.
5. Lathers surfaces of wrist
6. Cleans fingernails by rubbing them in palm of other hand
7. Rinses hands/wrists with fingers pointing downward
,8. Dries hands with clean paper towels
9. Turn off faucet with paper towels
10. *Does not touch clean hands or scrubs to sink or faucet*
11. Immediately discards paper towel into trash can without touching other hand.
Denture Care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Supplies: Tooth brush, tooth paste, gloves, paper
towel, small wash cloth, basin, dentures & cup
1. Greet resident by name
2. Introduce self by name and title
3. Perform hand hygiene.
4. Explain procedure to resident.
5. *Don gloves*
6. Protect dentures from damage by lining bottom of sink with a towel/washcloth
7. Use warm water to clean/rinse denture
8. Applies denture toothpaste to toothbrush
9. Brushes all surfaces of denture
10. Rinse denture
11. Place denture in denture cup.
12. Adds water to cover denture cup.
13. *Removes gloves*
14. *Performs hand hygiene immediately after removing gloves and before touching other
items*
15. Place call light, water and phone within resident reach.
Mouth Care: Conscious, Brushing Teeth - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Greets resident by
name
2. Introduce self by name
3. Perform hand hygiene
,4. Explain procedure to patient
5. *Dons gloves*
6. *Position resident in upright position (60-90 degrees)*
7. Offer resident clothing protector or towel
8. Applies toothpaste to toothbrush
9. Inserts toothbrush into residents mouth
10. Brush all surfaces of upper teeth
11. Brush all surfaces of lower teeth
12. Brush tongue
13. Offer residents water to rinse mouth
14. Provide resident a basin to spit
15. Cleans/dries around residents mouth
16. Offer resident lip moisturizer
17. *removes gloves*
18. *performs hand hygiene immediately after removing gloves and before touching other items*
19. Places call light, water and phone within reach.
Mouth Care: Unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Greets resident by name
2. Introduce self by name
3. Perform hand hygiene
4. Explain procedure to patient
5. *Dons gloves*
6. *Turn residents head to side*
7. Places a towel under residents head
8. Wets sponge in cup of water
9. Removes excess water from sponge by rolling along cup.
10. Inserts sponge into residents mouth
11. Rotates sponge against all surfaces of mouth
, 12. Cleans/dries around resident mouth
13. Applies lip moisturizer
14. *Removes gloves*
15. *performs hand hygiene immediately after removing gloves and before touching other items*
16. Places call light, water and phone within reach.
Female Brief Change - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Greet resident by name
2. Introduces self by name and title
3. Perform hand hygiene
4. Explains procedure
5. *Dons gloves*
6. Position resident comfortably on back
7. Undoes front tabs of soiled briefs
8. Rolls soiled brief down between residents legs
9. Uses disposable wipes
10. *Wipes clean to dirty with each stroke*
11. Uses different parts of wipe for each stroke
12. Separates labia majora
13. Wipes down center of labia, starting with urinary meatus
14. Wipes down both sides of labia, starting with urinary meatus
15. Wipes vaginal area/upper thighs
16. Discards soiled wipes by tucking into soiled brief or into waste container
17. Rolls resident onto side on count of three
18. Wipes anal area with disposable wipes
19 Removes soiled brief
20. Places soiled brief into plastic bag
21 Changes gloves
22 Tucks clean brief under resident
