Prometric Exam Questions
Which is NOT a sign of elder abuse?
A. Stiff joints and joint pain
B. Old bruises and new bruises
C. Poor personal hygiene
D. Frequent injuries – answer A. Stiff joints and joint pain
You suspect a person was abused, what should you do?
A. Tell the family
B. Call a state agency
C. Tell the nurse
D. Ask the person if he/she was abused - answerC. Tell the nurse
When recording information, you should do the following except
A. Use ink
B. Include date and time
C. Erase if you make an error
D. Sign all entries with your name and title - answerC. Erase if you make an error
Which of the following statements about recording is FALSE?
A. Use the person's exact words whenever possible.
B. Record only what you have observed and done yourself.
C. Do not skip lines.
D. To save time, chart a procedure before it is completed. - answerD. To save time,
chart a procedure before it is completed.
Which of the following statements about a person's records is FALSE?
A. The record is used to communicate information about the person.
B. The record is a written account of the person's illness and response to treatment.
C. The record is a written account of the care given by the health team.
D. Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record. - answerD.
Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record.
A resident's care plan provides the nurse aide with information about
A. The financial arrangements made for the resident's care
B. Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
,C. Facility procedures for performing different nursing care procedures
D. The nurse aide's assignments and when care is provided to each resident - answerB.
Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
A resident who was admitted today is sitting in a chair in his room. He asks for help to
go to the bathroom. The nurse aide knows the resident's care plan has not been
completed. To help the resident the nurse aide should
A. Ask the resident to use a walker while assisting the resident to the bathroom
B. Get another nurse aide's help to walk the resident to the bathroom
C. Position a commode chair next to the chair the resident is sitting in
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs -
answerD. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs
Which member of the health care team counsels residents and their families and
arranges for needed services?
A. Dietician
B. Social worker
C. Physical Therapist
D. Activities Director - answerB. Social worker
The nursing home is having a Christmas party. A resident who is Jewish is not
interested in going to the party. The nurse aide should
A. Remind the resident how much the resident enjoys parties.
B. Encourage the resident to go since so many other residents are attending.
C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do.
D. Ask if the resident participated in any activities for the Jewish Hanukkah holiday. -
answerC. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do.
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's
scope of practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role -
answerD. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role
The nurse aide receives resident assignments from the charge nurse at the beginning of
the shift. When planning priorities it will be most important for the nurse aide to
A. Decide break times with other nurse aides
B. Review assignments with others to check if residents are divided evenly
C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
,D. Check what the activity department has scheduled for residents during the shift -
answerC. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an
example of
A. Resident neglect
B. Resident abuse
C. Nurse aide carelessness
D. Nurse aide non-compliance - answerB. Resident abuse
Failure to give proper care resulting in physical or emotional harm to the resident is
______________. Ex: Upon arriving for your shift, you find a resident lying in a soiled
bed with fecal matter dried on his skin:
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. Code of ethics
D. Negligence - answerD. Negligence
While caring for Mrs. Jones the nursing assistant discovers that she became less
combative when provided with a washcloth. The best way to communicate this with
other staff is to:
A. Report your findings to the nurse before you leave
B. Keep the information to yourself
C. Remember to report it at next week's care conference
D. Post a note in the shower room - answerA. Report your findings to the nurse before
you leave
The nursing assistant sees a medical abbreviation she is unfamiliar with on the work
assignment. What should she do?
A. Check with co-workers to see what it may mean
B. Check with the charge nurse to see what it means
C. Ask the housekeeper what she thinks
D. Ask the resident leading questions to figure it out - answerB. Check with the charge
nurse to see what it means
If the patient speaks a different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond?
A. Do sign language or use visual aids like photographs
B. Get an interpreter
C. Try to learn the language
D. Nod often to give the message that he or she is understood - answerB. Get an
interpreter
, An open-ended question requires ___________ answer. An open-ended question
encourages a person to talk.
A. A simple "yes" or "no"
B. A negative
C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
D. A written - answerC. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
When speaking with residents and their families, a nursing assistant should
A. Use medical terms so that they will understand more easily
B. Use simple, non-medical terms
C. Use a different language
D. Talk over their heads to other staff members - answerB. Use simple, non-medical
terms
A client gives the nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse aide
has done. The nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Take the money so as not to offend the client
B. Politely refuse the money
C. Take the money and buy something for the unit
D. Ask the nurse in charge what to do - answerB. Politely refuse the money
The nurse aide notices that a client's mail has been delivered to the client's room. The
nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Open the mail and leave it on the client's table
B. Open the mail and read it to the client
C. Read the mail to make sure it doesn't contain upsetting news
D. Give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed - answerD. Give the
client the unopened mail and offer help as needed
If a client is sitting in a chair in his room masturbating, the nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Report the incident to the other nurse aides
B. Tell the client to stop
C. Laugh and tell the client to go in the bathroom
D. Leave the client alone and provide privacy - answerD. Leave the client alone and
provide privacy
The nurse aide is in the employee dining room. A group of nurse aides are eating lunch
together and begin discussing how rude a certain client was acting. The nurse aide
SHOULD:
Which is NOT a sign of elder abuse?
A. Stiff joints and joint pain
B. Old bruises and new bruises
C. Poor personal hygiene
D. Frequent injuries – answer A. Stiff joints and joint pain
You suspect a person was abused, what should you do?
A. Tell the family
B. Call a state agency
C. Tell the nurse
D. Ask the person if he/she was abused - answerC. Tell the nurse
When recording information, you should do the following except
A. Use ink
B. Include date and time
C. Erase if you make an error
D. Sign all entries with your name and title - answerC. Erase if you make an error
Which of the following statements about recording is FALSE?
A. Use the person's exact words whenever possible.
B. Record only what you have observed and done yourself.
C. Do not skip lines.
D. To save time, chart a procedure before it is completed. - answerD. To save time,
chart a procedure before it is completed.
Which of the following statements about a person's records is FALSE?
A. The record is used to communicate information about the person.
B. The record is a written account of the person's illness and response to treatment.
C. The record is a written account of the care given by the health team.
D. Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record. - answerD.
Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record.
A resident's care plan provides the nurse aide with information about
A. The financial arrangements made for the resident's care
B. Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
,C. Facility procedures for performing different nursing care procedures
D. The nurse aide's assignments and when care is provided to each resident - answerB.
Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
A resident who was admitted today is sitting in a chair in his room. He asks for help to
go to the bathroom. The nurse aide knows the resident's care plan has not been
completed. To help the resident the nurse aide should
A. Ask the resident to use a walker while assisting the resident to the bathroom
B. Get another nurse aide's help to walk the resident to the bathroom
C. Position a commode chair next to the chair the resident is sitting in
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs -
answerD. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs
Which member of the health care team counsels residents and their families and
arranges for needed services?
A. Dietician
B. Social worker
C. Physical Therapist
D. Activities Director - answerB. Social worker
The nursing home is having a Christmas party. A resident who is Jewish is not
interested in going to the party. The nurse aide should
A. Remind the resident how much the resident enjoys parties.
B. Encourage the resident to go since so many other residents are attending.
C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do.
D. Ask if the resident participated in any activities for the Jewish Hanukkah holiday. -
answerC. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do.
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's
scope of practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role -
answerD. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role
The nurse aide receives resident assignments from the charge nurse at the beginning of
the shift. When planning priorities it will be most important for the nurse aide to
A. Decide break times with other nurse aides
B. Review assignments with others to check if residents are divided evenly
C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
,D. Check what the activity department has scheduled for residents during the shift -
answerC. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an
example of
A. Resident neglect
B. Resident abuse
C. Nurse aide carelessness
D. Nurse aide non-compliance - answerB. Resident abuse
Failure to give proper care resulting in physical or emotional harm to the resident is
______________. Ex: Upon arriving for your shift, you find a resident lying in a soiled
bed with fecal matter dried on his skin:
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. Code of ethics
D. Negligence - answerD. Negligence
While caring for Mrs. Jones the nursing assistant discovers that she became less
combative when provided with a washcloth. The best way to communicate this with
other staff is to:
A. Report your findings to the nurse before you leave
B. Keep the information to yourself
C. Remember to report it at next week's care conference
D. Post a note in the shower room - answerA. Report your findings to the nurse before
you leave
The nursing assistant sees a medical abbreviation she is unfamiliar with on the work
assignment. What should she do?
A. Check with co-workers to see what it may mean
B. Check with the charge nurse to see what it means
C. Ask the housekeeper what she thinks
D. Ask the resident leading questions to figure it out - answerB. Check with the charge
nurse to see what it means
If the patient speaks a different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond?
A. Do sign language or use visual aids like photographs
B. Get an interpreter
C. Try to learn the language
D. Nod often to give the message that he or she is understood - answerB. Get an
interpreter
, An open-ended question requires ___________ answer. An open-ended question
encourages a person to talk.
A. A simple "yes" or "no"
B. A negative
C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
D. A written - answerC. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
When speaking with residents and their families, a nursing assistant should
A. Use medical terms so that they will understand more easily
B. Use simple, non-medical terms
C. Use a different language
D. Talk over their heads to other staff members - answerB. Use simple, non-medical
terms
A client gives the nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse aide
has done. The nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Take the money so as not to offend the client
B. Politely refuse the money
C. Take the money and buy something for the unit
D. Ask the nurse in charge what to do - answerB. Politely refuse the money
The nurse aide notices that a client's mail has been delivered to the client's room. The
nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Open the mail and leave it on the client's table
B. Open the mail and read it to the client
C. Read the mail to make sure it doesn't contain upsetting news
D. Give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed - answerD. Give the
client the unopened mail and offer help as needed
If a client is sitting in a chair in his room masturbating, the nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Report the incident to the other nurse aides
B. Tell the client to stop
C. Laugh and tell the client to go in the bathroom
D. Leave the client alone and provide privacy - answerD. Leave the client alone and
provide privacy
The nurse aide is in the employee dining room. A group of nurse aides are eating lunch
together and begin discussing how rude a certain client was acting. The nurse aide
SHOULD:
