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CNA Study Guide Exam Questions
Containing 168 Terms with Definitive
Solutions 2024.
Long Term Care Centers - Answer: Designed for persons who cannot care for
themselves: Medical, nursing, dietary, recreational, rehabilitative, and social
services are provided
Residents - Answer: Persons in long-term care centers; Center is their permanent
or temporary home; Most residents are older and have chronic diseases, poor
nutrition, or poor health; Some residents are disabled from birth defects,
accidents, or diseases;
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Alert, oriented residents - Answer: Resident knows who & where they are, the
year, and time of day. They have physical problems. Disability level affects the
amount of care required. Some require complete care; others need help with daily
activities
Confused & disoriented residents - Answer: Resident is mildly to severely
confused & disoriented. Some simply have trouble remembering where the dining
room is, the month, or year. Others are more confused & disoriented--they do not
know who or where they are. Sometimes the problem is short term. For others it
is permanent and becomes worse
Complete care residents - Answer: Residents who are disabled, confused, and
disoriented. They cannot meet their own needs or tell you what they need. They
need to be kept clean, safe, and comfortable
Short-term residents/Respite Care - Answer: Residents who need to recover from
surgery, fractures, or illnesses and regain strength & mobility to return to their
former living situations. Home care-giver is given a rest.
Life-long Residents - Answer: Residents with birth defects & childhood injuries &
diseases can cause disabilities such as mental retardation & Down syndrome.
Person has limited function in at least 3 areas: self-care, understanding, or
expressing language, learning, mobility, self-direction, independent living, &
financial support. Person needs lifelong assistance, support and special services.
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Developmental Disability - Answer: A disability occurring before 22 years of age;
May be a physical impairment, intellectual impairment, or both
Mentally ill residents - Answer: Residents with problems coping or adjusting to
stress affecting behavioral and function.
Terminally ill residents - Answer: Residents who are going to die from terminal
illness (cancer, AIDS, liver/heart/kidney/respiratory disease.
Nursing Team - Answer: RN's, LPN's (LVN's), & Nursing Assistant's
Nursing Process - Answer: 1) Assessment - Collects information. 2) Nursing
Diagnosis - Describes health problems. 3) Planning - Setting priorities and goals. 4)
Implementation - Carries out the plan (goals). 5) Evaluation - Measures if the goals
of the planning step were met.
Medicare - Answer: A federal health insurance program for persons 65 yrs of age
or older
Medicaid - Answer: A health care payment program sponsored by federal & state
governments
OBRA-Residents Rights - Answer: Right to all his or her information records; Right
to refuse treatment; Right to privacy & confidentiality; Right to personal choice;
Right to voice concerns, questions, & complaints about care; Right to not have to
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work for care, care items, or other things or privileges; Right to form & take part in
resident & family groups; Right to keep and use personal items; Right to be free
from all abuse, mistreatment, & neglect; Right to be free of restraint; Right to a
quality of life that promotes dignity & self-esteem; Promotes physical,
psychological, and mental well-being for quality of life
Quality of Life Activities - Answer: Nursing center provides activity programs that
allow personal choice. They must promote physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, &
emotional wellbeing. Religious services promote spiritual health
Quality of Life Environment - Answer: Nursing centers environment must promote
quality of life by being clean, safe & as home-like as possible.
OBRA Requirements for Dignity & Privacy - Answer: 1. Courteous & Dignified
Interactions (right tone of voice, good eye contact, stand or sit close, use proper
name & title, gain attention before interacting with resident, use touch IF person
approves, respect social status, listen with interest, DO NOT yell, scold, or
embarrass resident) 2. Courteous & Dignified Care (grooming, dressing, clothing is
personal choice, promote independence & dignity in dining, respect private space
& property, assist with walking, transfers, bathing & hygiene preferences) 3.
Privacy & Self-Determination (avoid exposure & embarrassment, keep person
properly draped at all times, use curtains & screens during all care & procedures,
knock before entering, close bathroom door when person uses it) 4. Maintain
Personal Choice & Independence (Person smokes in allowed areas, takes part in
activities according to interests, involved in scheduling activities & care, gives
CNA Study Guide Exam Questions
Containing 168 Terms with Definitive
Solutions 2024.
Long Term Care Centers - Answer: Designed for persons who cannot care for
themselves: Medical, nursing, dietary, recreational, rehabilitative, and social
services are provided
Residents - Answer: Persons in long-term care centers; Center is their permanent
or temporary home; Most residents are older and have chronic diseases, poor
nutrition, or poor health; Some residents are disabled from birth defects,
accidents, or diseases;
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Alert, oriented residents - Answer: Resident knows who & where they are, the
year, and time of day. They have physical problems. Disability level affects the
amount of care required. Some require complete care; others need help with daily
activities
Confused & disoriented residents - Answer: Resident is mildly to severely
confused & disoriented. Some simply have trouble remembering where the dining
room is, the month, or year. Others are more confused & disoriented--they do not
know who or where they are. Sometimes the problem is short term. For others it
is permanent and becomes worse
Complete care residents - Answer: Residents who are disabled, confused, and
disoriented. They cannot meet their own needs or tell you what they need. They
need to be kept clean, safe, and comfortable
Short-term residents/Respite Care - Answer: Residents who need to recover from
surgery, fractures, or illnesses and regain strength & mobility to return to their
former living situations. Home care-giver is given a rest.
Life-long Residents - Answer: Residents with birth defects & childhood injuries &
diseases can cause disabilities such as mental retardation & Down syndrome.
Person has limited function in at least 3 areas: self-care, understanding, or
expressing language, learning, mobility, self-direction, independent living, &
financial support. Person needs lifelong assistance, support and special services.
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Developmental Disability - Answer: A disability occurring before 22 years of age;
May be a physical impairment, intellectual impairment, or both
Mentally ill residents - Answer: Residents with problems coping or adjusting to
stress affecting behavioral and function.
Terminally ill residents - Answer: Residents who are going to die from terminal
illness (cancer, AIDS, liver/heart/kidney/respiratory disease.
Nursing Team - Answer: RN's, LPN's (LVN's), & Nursing Assistant's
Nursing Process - Answer: 1) Assessment - Collects information. 2) Nursing
Diagnosis - Describes health problems. 3) Planning - Setting priorities and goals. 4)
Implementation - Carries out the plan (goals). 5) Evaluation - Measures if the goals
of the planning step were met.
Medicare - Answer: A federal health insurance program for persons 65 yrs of age
or older
Medicaid - Answer: A health care payment program sponsored by federal & state
governments
OBRA-Residents Rights - Answer: Right to all his or her information records; Right
to refuse treatment; Right to privacy & confidentiality; Right to personal choice;
Right to voice concerns, questions, & complaints about care; Right to not have to
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work for care, care items, or other things or privileges; Right to form & take part in
resident & family groups; Right to keep and use personal items; Right to be free
from all abuse, mistreatment, & neglect; Right to be free of restraint; Right to a
quality of life that promotes dignity & self-esteem; Promotes physical,
psychological, and mental well-being for quality of life
Quality of Life Activities - Answer: Nursing center provides activity programs that
allow personal choice. They must promote physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, &
emotional wellbeing. Religious services promote spiritual health
Quality of Life Environment - Answer: Nursing centers environment must promote
quality of life by being clean, safe & as home-like as possible.
OBRA Requirements for Dignity & Privacy - Answer: 1. Courteous & Dignified
Interactions (right tone of voice, good eye contact, stand or sit close, use proper
name & title, gain attention before interacting with resident, use touch IF person
approves, respect social status, listen with interest, DO NOT yell, scold, or
embarrass resident) 2. Courteous & Dignified Care (grooming, dressing, clothing is
personal choice, promote independence & dignity in dining, respect private space
& property, assist with walking, transfers, bathing & hygiene preferences) 3.
Privacy & Self-Determination (avoid exposure & embarrassment, keep person
properly draped at all times, use curtains & screens during all care & procedures,
knock before entering, close bathroom door when person uses it) 4. Maintain
Personal Choice & Independence (Person smokes in allowed areas, takes part in
activities according to interests, involved in scheduling activities & care, gives
