MISSOURI CNA STATE EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
NEW UPDATE 2025-2026!!
List 10 traits of a Professional Nurse Assistant. - ANSWER>>1. Always identifies self by
name, wears name tag
2. Calls each resident by preferred name; includes the residents in conversation
3. Assists new residents to become oriented to the facility
4. Anticipates the residents' needs by learning what their interests are and their
religious preferences
5. As much as possible, encourages the residents to make choices and decisions
6. Protect resident's property
7. Resident may have privacy with visitors
8. Promotes resident to do as much as they safely can for themselves
9. Is sensitive to the residents' families, visitors, and co-workers
10. Is knowledgeable in all nursing skills
List 2 ways to improve the way you use your time at work - ANSWER>>1. Identify and
establish priorities
2. Use your time properly
List 7 behaviors that will result in a legal or disciplinary action - ANSWER>>1. Being
neglectful in the performance of duties
2. Verbal, physical, emotional or sexual abuse; misappropriation of funds
3. Property destruction
4. Insubordination or disobedience to charge nurse
,chain of command - ANSWER>>1. CNA, CMT, RNA
2. Charge nurse (LPN, RN)
3. Assistant DON
4. DON
5. Administrator
6. Board of directors
Who are significant members of the healthcare team/community? -
ANSWER>>Resident and family
One of a nurse assistant's job duties can involve: - ANSWER>>assist with activities of
daily living
A resident has complained about something to a nurse assistant; whom would a nurse
assistant go to first and report the complaint to the: - ANSWER>>Charge nurse
Dietary staff - ANSWER>>Prepares and serves food, washes dishes and keeps dietary
area clean.
Nurse (LPN/RN) - ANSWER>>Plans, assigns, and evaluates nursing care
physician - ANSWER>>Gives orders for medications and treatments
administrator - ANSWER>>In charge of the facility
Social services designee - ANSWER>>Helps resident with admission, discharge, and
personal affairs
Nurse assistant - ANSWER>>Provides bedside care
,Activities director and personal affairs - ANSWER>>plans social events for the facility
Restorative nurse assistant - ANSWER>>Performs specific therapeutic procedures
Which of the following is examples of equipment or furniture found in residents' rooms? -
ANSWER>>Personal storage closet and beside table
A CNA should put the call light within the reach of the resident: - ANSWER>>all of the
time
The clean utility room may be used to store all of the following EXCEPT -
ANSWER>>Sterile supplies
One of the responsibilities a nurse assistant includes at the nurse's station:-
ANSWER>> review care plan
State 6 rights the resident has - ANSWER>>1. The Right to documentation
2. Right to self medication
3. Right to rules and regulations information
4. Right to knowledge of medical condition
5. Right to refuse treatment and research
6. Right to be informed about available services
Whom would you report your suspicions of abuse, neglect, or exploitation to? -
ANSWER>>Missouri Division of Health Standards and Licensure
Name 4 physical/behavioral indicators of abuse - ANSWER>>1. Sudden change in
behavior
, 2. Withdrawal
3. weight loss
4. Unkept appearance, poor oral hygiene
List five areas of information needed when reporting a case of abuse, neglect, or
exploitation. - ANSWER>>1. written policies and procedures that prohibit
mistreatment, neglect, and abuse of residents and misappropriation of residents'
properties\\\\\
2. facility must report all alleged violations involving mistreatment, neglect, or abuse,
including injuries of unknown source, and misappropriation of resident's property
immediately to the administrator of the facility
3. evidence that all alleged violations are thoroughly investigated
4. All investigations are to be reported to the administrator or his/her designated
representative, and to other officials as may be required under state laws, within 5
working days
Grievance- The term means >>a cause of distress that justifies complaint or resistance,
may be filed by resident or employee
If a nursing assistant only cared for a resident if she received gifts, the nursing assistant
would be guilty of: - ANSWER>>Exploitation
Which of the following statements is true about the nurse assistant's legal
responsibilities? - ANSWER>>The nurse assistant is responsible for residents while in
charge of their care
What are the 4 major parts of the body structure? - ANSWER>>1. Cells
2. Tissues
3. Organs
4. systems
Which of the following body systems include the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands? -
ANSWER>>Endocrine
NEW UPDATE 2025-2026!!
List 10 traits of a Professional Nurse Assistant. - ANSWER>>1. Always identifies self by
name, wears name tag
2. Calls each resident by preferred name; includes the residents in conversation
3. Assists new residents to become oriented to the facility
4. Anticipates the residents' needs by learning what their interests are and their
religious preferences
5. As much as possible, encourages the residents to make choices and decisions
6. Protect resident's property
7. Resident may have privacy with visitors
8. Promotes resident to do as much as they safely can for themselves
9. Is sensitive to the residents' families, visitors, and co-workers
10. Is knowledgeable in all nursing skills
List 2 ways to improve the way you use your time at work - ANSWER>>1. Identify and
establish priorities
2. Use your time properly
List 7 behaviors that will result in a legal or disciplinary action - ANSWER>>1. Being
neglectful in the performance of duties
2. Verbal, physical, emotional or sexual abuse; misappropriation of funds
3. Property destruction
4. Insubordination or disobedience to charge nurse
,chain of command - ANSWER>>1. CNA, CMT, RNA
2. Charge nurse (LPN, RN)
3. Assistant DON
4. DON
5. Administrator
6. Board of directors
Who are significant members of the healthcare team/community? -
ANSWER>>Resident and family
One of a nurse assistant's job duties can involve: - ANSWER>>assist with activities of
daily living
A resident has complained about something to a nurse assistant; whom would a nurse
assistant go to first and report the complaint to the: - ANSWER>>Charge nurse
Dietary staff - ANSWER>>Prepares and serves food, washes dishes and keeps dietary
area clean.
Nurse (LPN/RN) - ANSWER>>Plans, assigns, and evaluates nursing care
physician - ANSWER>>Gives orders for medications and treatments
administrator - ANSWER>>In charge of the facility
Social services designee - ANSWER>>Helps resident with admission, discharge, and
personal affairs
Nurse assistant - ANSWER>>Provides bedside care
,Activities director and personal affairs - ANSWER>>plans social events for the facility
Restorative nurse assistant - ANSWER>>Performs specific therapeutic procedures
Which of the following is examples of equipment or furniture found in residents' rooms? -
ANSWER>>Personal storage closet and beside table
A CNA should put the call light within the reach of the resident: - ANSWER>>all of the
time
The clean utility room may be used to store all of the following EXCEPT -
ANSWER>>Sterile supplies
One of the responsibilities a nurse assistant includes at the nurse's station:-
ANSWER>> review care plan
State 6 rights the resident has - ANSWER>>1. The Right to documentation
2. Right to self medication
3. Right to rules and regulations information
4. Right to knowledge of medical condition
5. Right to refuse treatment and research
6. Right to be informed about available services
Whom would you report your suspicions of abuse, neglect, or exploitation to? -
ANSWER>>Missouri Division of Health Standards and Licensure
Name 4 physical/behavioral indicators of abuse - ANSWER>>1. Sudden change in
behavior
, 2. Withdrawal
3. weight loss
4. Unkept appearance, poor oral hygiene
List five areas of information needed when reporting a case of abuse, neglect, or
exploitation. - ANSWER>>1. written policies and procedures that prohibit
mistreatment, neglect, and abuse of residents and misappropriation of residents'
properties\\\\\
2. facility must report all alleged violations involving mistreatment, neglect, or abuse,
including injuries of unknown source, and misappropriation of resident's property
immediately to the administrator of the facility
3. evidence that all alleged violations are thoroughly investigated
4. All investigations are to be reported to the administrator or his/her designated
representative, and to other officials as may be required under state laws, within 5
working days
Grievance- The term means >>a cause of distress that justifies complaint or resistance,
may be filed by resident or employee
If a nursing assistant only cared for a resident if she received gifts, the nursing assistant
would be guilty of: - ANSWER>>Exploitation
Which of the following statements is true about the nurse assistant's legal
responsibilities? - ANSWER>>The nurse assistant is responsible for residents while in
charge of their care
What are the 4 major parts of the body structure? - ANSWER>>1. Cells
2. Tissues
3. Organs
4. systems
Which of the following body systems include the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands? -
ANSWER>>Endocrine
