CNA State Exam practice questions with correct answers

CNA State Exam practice questions
with correct answers


A client diagnosed with hypertension will most
likely have a history of
a. low blood pressure.
b. high blood pressure.
c. low blood sugar.
d. high blood sugar. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. high blood pressure.

A client has a weak left side. When transferring
the client from the bed to the wheelchair, the
nurse aide should stand
a. on the right side.
b. in front of the client.
c. on the left side.
d. behind the client. - CORRECT ANSWER-c. on the left side.

A client is on a bowel and bladder training
program and has not had a bowel movement in
three days. The nurse aide should
a. report it to the charge nurse.
b. give the client an enema.
c. offer the client prune juice.
d. encourage the client to drink more fluids. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. report it to the charge
nurse.

A client is on CMR and in the prone position.
The nurse aide finds the client vomiting bright
red blood. The nurse aide should first
a. clean up the vomit.
b. place the client in the side-lying position.
c. provide the client with an emesis basin.
d. call the charge nurse. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. place the client in the side-lying position.

A client is scheduled for a partial bed bath. This
means that the nurse aide must wash the
client's
a. face, neck, ears, arms, and hands.

,b. face, axillae, hands, and buttocks.
c. face, hands, axillae, and legs.
d. face, hands, axillae, genitals, and buttocks. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. face, hands, axillae,
genitals, and buttocks.

A client refuses to allow the nurse aide to bathe
her. The nurse aide tells the client that she will
not be allowed to eat lunch or go to bingo if she
does not have her bath. This is an example of
a. rehabilitation.
b. discipline.
c. verbal abuse.
d. physical abuse. - CORRECT ANSWER-c. verbal abuse.

A client's dentures are lost. The first action
should be to
a. notify the administrator.
b. look for them.
c. notify the doctor.
d. notify the charge nurse. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. notify the charge nurse.

A client's family wants to talk about the client's
impending death, but the client does not want
to talk about it. The family should be
encouraged to
a. carry on the conversation away from the
client.
b. talk freely in front of the client in order to
help the client to accept it.
c. wait until the client dies to talk about it.
d. force the client to talk about it with them. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. carry on the conversation
away from the
client.

A female client's perineal area should be
cleansed before which specimen is collected?
a. 24-hour urine specimen
b. midstream clean-catch urine specimen
c. pediatric routine urine specimen
d. routine urine specimens - CORRECT ANSWER-b. midstream clean-catch urine specimen

A female resident's husband has asked for some
time alone with his wife in her room. What
should the nurse aide do?
(A) Let the husband visit but listen outside the
door.
(B) Let the husband visit and leave the door
open.
(C) Tell the husband not to disturb his wife.
(D) Let the husband visit in private. - CORRECT ANSWER-(D) Let the husband visit in private.

A nurse aide enters a room to check on a resident
who is in restraints. The nurse aide finds that the
resident has gotten out of the restraint and is
partly out of the bed. What should the nurse
aide do?
(A) Call for help to get the resident back into bed

, and put the restraint back on.
(B) Put the restraint back on tightly so that the
resident cannot move.
(C) Leave the restraint off and report the
problem to the charge nurse.
(D) Put a different type of restraint on the
resident.
hard." - CORRECT ANSWER-(A) Call for help to get the resident back into bed
and put the restraint back on.

A nurse aide finds a male resident in bed with a
female resident who is confused. What should
the nurse aide do?
(A) Scold the male resident.
(B) Report this to the charge nurse.
(C) Close the door and the privacy curtains.
(D) Put a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door.¨ - CORRECT ANSWER-(B) Report this to the
charge nurse.

A nurse aide finds clean linen lying on the floor
near the linen cart. What should the nurse aide
do?
(A) Discard the linen in the soiled linen hamper.
(B) Place the linen on the clean linen cart and
cover the cart.
(C) Place the linen in a resident's room for
immediate use.
(D) Leave the linen on the floor for
housekeeping staff to remove. - CORRECT ANSWER-(A) Discard the linen in the soiled linen
hamper.

A nurse aide has found a fire in a resident's waste
can. What should the nurse aide do first?
(A) Pull the fire alarm.
(B) Pour water on the fire.
(C) Move residents out of immediate danger.
(D) Use the fire extinguisher to put out the fire. - CORRECT ANSWER-(C) Move residents out of
immediate danger.

A nurse aide is assigned to care for a resident
who asks her to stay with her because she thinks
she is dying. What should the nurse aide do?
(A) Scold the resident for talking that way.
(B) Ask the resident why she feels this way.
(C) Tell the resident, "That isn't true."
(D) Ignore the resident's behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER-(B) Ask the resident why she feels this
way.

A nurse aide is assigned to care for a resident
who has wandered over to another unit. What is
the nurse aide's most helpful response, when the
nurse aide brings the resident back?
(A) "Let me walk with you."
(B) "How did you get over here?"
(C) "Don't you know where you belong?"
(D) "Don't you realize I have a lot to do?" - CORRECT ANSWER-(A) "Let me walk with you."