INDIANA CNA SCRIPTED 2027 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔examples of neglect? - ✔✔Leaving resident soiled, leaving call light and water out of
reach of resident
✔✔example of misappropriation - ✔✔using residents personal phone to make calls,
taking residents money or personal belongings
✔✔first thing to be done if you feel a resident is being abused? - ✔✔remove resident
from harm and report immediately.
✔✔Links in the chain of infection? - ✔✔Causitive agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible hose
✔✔Most important action to take to prevent spread of infection - ✔✔WASH HANDS
✔✔5 moments of hand hygiene - ✔✔Before resident contact, after resident contact,
before aseptic task, after exposure to blood/body fluids, after contact with resident
surroundings
✔✔Importance in personal protective equipment? - ✔✔Proper usage will provide a
barrier between the caregiver and the pathogen, thus preventing the spread of infection
✔✔describe direct contact which could spread infection? - ✔✔touching an infected
person and then proceeding to touch another person without washing hands
✔✔describe indirect contact which could cause infection - ✔✔touching a contaminated
object and then touching a person without washing hands
✔✔If a resident has Clostridium Difficlile, is an alcohol-based hand rub effective? -
✔✔NO, you must always wash hands after coming into contact with C-diff
, ✔✔Universal sign for choking? - ✔✔clutching the throat
✔✔what document provides first aid should a resident drink a chemical - ✔✔Material
Safety Data Sheets
✔✔Explain the actions of the caregiver if a resident is having a seizure? - ✔✔Call for
nurse, stay with resident, assist nurse with postioning resident on their side, place
padding under head, move furniture away, keep things out of patients mouth and do not
restrain, loosen clothing expecially around neck, note duration and areas involved.
✔✔define acronym R.A.C.E - ✔✔Remove residents from area
Activate alarm
Contain the fire (close doors)
Extinguish if possible
✔✔define acronym P.A.S.S - ✔✔Pull Pin
Aim nozzle
Squeeze handle
Sweep back and forth at base of flame
✔✔What to do if you catch on fire? - ✔✔stop drop and roll
✔✔Normal pulse rate - ✔✔60-100 beats per minute
✔✔Normal Blood pressure range - ✔✔systolic ----> 100-139
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diastolic-----> 60-89
✔✔How to check respirations while resident sleeps - ✔✔place hand on residents chest
to feel the rise and fall
✔✔Define proper body alignment - ✔✔residents shoulders are directly above their hips,
their head and neck straight, their arms and legs in natural positions
✔✔Name four most common bed positions? - ✔✔Supine, Lateral, Semi-fowlers,
Fowlers
✔✔Which position raises the bed to 30-45degrees - ✔✔semi-fowlers
✔✔Does semi-fowlers put more or less pressure on the coccyx than Fowlers position -
✔✔Less
✔✔When transferring a resident with right sided weakness from the bed to the chair,
which side should chair be placed on? - ✔✔Left side (residents stronger side)
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔examples of neglect? - ✔✔Leaving resident soiled, leaving call light and water out of
reach of resident
✔✔example of misappropriation - ✔✔using residents personal phone to make calls,
taking residents money or personal belongings
✔✔first thing to be done if you feel a resident is being abused? - ✔✔remove resident
from harm and report immediately.
✔✔Links in the chain of infection? - ✔✔Causitive agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible hose
✔✔Most important action to take to prevent spread of infection - ✔✔WASH HANDS
✔✔5 moments of hand hygiene - ✔✔Before resident contact, after resident contact,
before aseptic task, after exposure to blood/body fluids, after contact with resident
surroundings
✔✔Importance in personal protective equipment? - ✔✔Proper usage will provide a
barrier between the caregiver and the pathogen, thus preventing the spread of infection
✔✔describe direct contact which could spread infection? - ✔✔touching an infected
person and then proceeding to touch another person without washing hands
✔✔describe indirect contact which could cause infection - ✔✔touching a contaminated
object and then touching a person without washing hands
✔✔If a resident has Clostridium Difficlile, is an alcohol-based hand rub effective? -
✔✔NO, you must always wash hands after coming into contact with C-diff
, ✔✔Universal sign for choking? - ✔✔clutching the throat
✔✔what document provides first aid should a resident drink a chemical - ✔✔Material
Safety Data Sheets
✔✔Explain the actions of the caregiver if a resident is having a seizure? - ✔✔Call for
nurse, stay with resident, assist nurse with postioning resident on their side, place
padding under head, move furniture away, keep things out of patients mouth and do not
restrain, loosen clothing expecially around neck, note duration and areas involved.
✔✔define acronym R.A.C.E - ✔✔Remove residents from area
Activate alarm
Contain the fire (close doors)
Extinguish if possible
✔✔define acronym P.A.S.S - ✔✔Pull Pin
Aim nozzle
Squeeze handle
Sweep back and forth at base of flame
✔✔What to do if you catch on fire? - ✔✔stop drop and roll
✔✔Normal pulse rate - ✔✔60-100 beats per minute
✔✔Normal Blood pressure range - ✔✔systolic ----> 100-139
-----------------------------
diastolic-----> 60-89
✔✔How to check respirations while resident sleeps - ✔✔place hand on residents chest
to feel the rise and fall
✔✔Define proper body alignment - ✔✔residents shoulders are directly above their hips,
their head and neck straight, their arms and legs in natural positions
✔✔Name four most common bed positions? - ✔✔Supine, Lateral, Semi-fowlers,
Fowlers
✔✔Which position raises the bed to 30-45degrees - ✔✔semi-fowlers
✔✔Does semi-fowlers put more or less pressure on the coccyx than Fowlers position -
✔✔Less
✔✔When transferring a resident with right sided weakness from the bed to the chair,
which side should chair be placed on? - ✔✔Left side (residents stronger side)
