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Q1: How do you promote communication with a resident?
A: asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6)
Q2: A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help...
what do you do?
A: Use a gait belt
Q3: What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
A: 80-93 `F
Q4: What is the temperature of a SITZ bath?
A: Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT water (93-98-106)
Q5: What is the oral temperature?
A: 97.6-99.6
Q6: A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to
do when he is done?
A: use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails
Q7: A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment
before leaving, what do you do?
A: Let the doctor speak to the nurse.
Q8: How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
A: Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart.
Check ever 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
Q9: As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being
discharged?
A: Help in packing resident's things away.
Q10: You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of
disinfectant that housekeeping left behind, what do you do?
,A: Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
Q11: Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
there will be an illustration for this question
A: 1 oz = 30 mL
Q12: How do you take a random urine specimen?
A: Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag,
apply Biohazard Label.
Q13: The Midstream Specimen
A: *Clean-voided specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
Q14: How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen?
A: Start with an empty bladder
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Tes is restarted if
a voiding was not saved
toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
the specimen contains stools
Q15: You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different
unit, what do you do?
A: Transfer the call.
(pg.56)
Q16: A resident wth dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost
his keys, what do you do?
A: Tell him you will help him find his keys
Q17: What do you do to a room when a resident checks out?
A: Disinfect the room.
Q18: A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they done eating?
, A: Double bag outside the room and send it to the kitchen.
Q19: What do you do with a residents BM when you empty their
colostomy bag?
A: Flush in the toilet
Q20: How many times do you ambulate a resident when the care
plan states ambulate with BID?
A: BID- twice a day
TID- Three times a day
QID- Four times a day
Q21: You walk into a room and there is a trash can on fire. What is
the first thing you should do?
A: Remove/protect the residents.
R-remove resident
A-alarm
C-confine, close doors
E-evacuate
Q22: How should a gait belt be applied?
A: Over clothes with buckle off center
Q23: How should an cold compress be applied?
A: With cloth bag = Ice pack
Q24: What do you do with person in shock?
A: Make the person lie down and elevate the legs
Q25: When transferring someone with a gait belt, how should your
hands be positioned?
A: Underhand grasp
Q26: During rehab, where do you focus
A). on patient's abilities
B). on patient's disabilities
A: On patient's abilities- what they can do
Q27: Where do you walk if the person has right-sided weakness?
A: Towards his weak side
Q28: How do you apply TED hose?
Rainey Harper College | UPDATED Questions with 100%
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Q1: How do you promote communication with a resident?
A: asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6)
Q2: A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help...
what do you do?
A: Use a gait belt
Q3: What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
A: 80-93 `F
Q4: What is the temperature of a SITZ bath?
A: Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT water (93-98-106)
Q5: What is the oral temperature?
A: 97.6-99.6
Q6: A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to
do when he is done?
A: use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails
Q7: A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment
before leaving, what do you do?
A: Let the doctor speak to the nurse.
Q8: How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
A: Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart.
Check ever 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
Q9: As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being
discharged?
A: Help in packing resident's things away.
Q10: You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of
disinfectant that housekeeping left behind, what do you do?
,A: Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
Q11: Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
there will be an illustration for this question
A: 1 oz = 30 mL
Q12: How do you take a random urine specimen?
A: Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag,
apply Biohazard Label.
Q13: The Midstream Specimen
A: *Clean-voided specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
Q14: How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen?
A: Start with an empty bladder
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Tes is restarted if
a voiding was not saved
toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
the specimen contains stools
Q15: You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different
unit, what do you do?
A: Transfer the call.
(pg.56)
Q16: A resident wth dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost
his keys, what do you do?
A: Tell him you will help him find his keys
Q17: What do you do to a room when a resident checks out?
A: Disinfect the room.
Q18: A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they done eating?
, A: Double bag outside the room and send it to the kitchen.
Q19: What do you do with a residents BM when you empty their
colostomy bag?
A: Flush in the toilet
Q20: How many times do you ambulate a resident when the care
plan states ambulate with BID?
A: BID- twice a day
TID- Three times a day
QID- Four times a day
Q21: You walk into a room and there is a trash can on fire. What is
the first thing you should do?
A: Remove/protect the residents.
R-remove resident
A-alarm
C-confine, close doors
E-evacuate
Q22: How should a gait belt be applied?
A: Over clothes with buckle off center
Q23: How should an cold compress be applied?
A: With cloth bag = Ice pack
Q24: What do you do with person in shock?
A: Make the person lie down and elevate the legs
Q25: When transferring someone with a gait belt, how should your
hands be positioned?
A: Underhand grasp
Q26: During rehab, where do you focus
A). on patient's abilities
B). on patient's disabilities
A: On patient's abilities- what they can do
Q27: Where do you walk if the person has right-sided weakness?
A: Towards his weak side
Q28: How do you apply TED hose?
