Nurse Aide Competency Test 12
Practice Question with Answers
What is an acute change in mental status? -
✔️Confusion, lethargy, delirium
What does lethargy mean? -
✔️Weaker than usual
What are some examples of barriers to communication? -
✔️Clichés, slang, impairments
Where do you place the call light? -
✔️On the resident's unaffected side
To whom does the CNA report? -
✔️The charge nurse
What is the difference between an objective and subjective observation? -
✔️Objective- information based on what is factually seen, heard, touched, or
smelled
Subjective- information that could not be or was not observed. Information based on
what someone thinks or something that was reported by another person that may or
may not be true
What are some examples of resident choices which could be honored by the facility
to promote person-centered care -
✔️Preferred activities, choice of clothing, choice of mealtimes
What does HIPAA stand for?
What kind of law is HIPAA? -
✔️Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Practice Question with Answers
What is an acute change in mental status? -
✔️Confusion, lethargy, delirium
What does lethargy mean? -
✔️Weaker than usual
What are some examples of barriers to communication? -
✔️Clichés, slang, impairments
Where do you place the call light? -
✔️On the resident's unaffected side
To whom does the CNA report? -
✔️The charge nurse
What is the difference between an objective and subjective observation? -
✔️Objective- information based on what is factually seen, heard, touched, or
smelled
Subjective- information that could not be or was not observed. Information based on
what someone thinks or something that was reported by another person that may or
may not be true
What are some examples of resident choices which could be honored by the facility
to promote person-centered care -
✔️Preferred activities, choice of clothing, choice of mealtimes
What does HIPAA stand for?
What kind of law is HIPAA? -
✔️Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
