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Certified Nursing Assistant Exam Questions
And Answers 2025 Update.
Acute illness - Answer✔a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic illness - Answer✔an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it
can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Health team - Answer✔the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the
person's total care
Licensed practical nurse (LPN) - Answer✔a nurse who has completed a one year nursing
program and has passed a licensing test
Nursing assistant - Answer✔a person who has passed a nursing assistant training and
competency evaluation program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a
licensed nurse
Nursing team - Answer✔those who provide nursing care- RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants
Terminal illness - Answer✔an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
DON - Answer✔director of nursing
LPN - Answer✔licensed practical nurse
RN - Answer✔Registered Nurse
Nurse Team Hierarchy (from most control to least) - Answer✔DON....nursing
supervisors/managers...charge nurse....staff RNs...LPNs....nursing assistants
The governing body of a hospital - Answer✔board of directors (or board of trustees)
Medicare - Answer✔federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age or older
Medicaid - Answer✔health care payment program sponsored by federal government
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Involuntary seclusion - Answer✔separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping
the person to a certain area or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
ombudsman - Answer✔someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another
person (for resident/patient)
Representative - Answer✔a person who has the legal right to act on the patient's or resident's
behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
OBRA - Answer✔Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (federal)
Rights of patients and residents - Answer✔the right to information
to refuse treatment
to personal privacy
to make their own choices
to voice concerns, questions, and complaints about treatment/care
to work or perform services if he/she wants to do so
to form and take part in resident groups
to keep and use personal items
to be free from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse
to not have body movements restricted
to quality of life
abuse - Answer✔the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or
punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person (or the
person's caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being
assault - Answer✔intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the
person's consent
battery - Answer✔touching a person's body without his or her consent
boundary crossing - Answer✔a brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone
civil law - Answer✔laws concerned with relationships between people
defamation - Answer✔injuring a person's name or reputation by making false statements to a
third person
delegate - Answer✔to authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation
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elder abuse - Answer✔any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other
person to an older adult; the act causes harm or serious risk of harm
ethics - Answer✔knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
false imprisonment - Answer✔unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of
movement
fraud - Answer✔saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person
invasion of privacy - Answer✔violating a person's right not to have his or her name, photo, or
private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
job description - Answer✔a document that describes what the agency expects you to do
malpractice - Answer✔negligence by a professional person
negligence - Answer✔an unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and
careful manner and a person or the person's property was harmed
nursing task - Answer✔nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that can
be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require an RNs professional knowledge or
judgement
professional sexual misconduct - Answer✔an act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature
protected health information - Answer✔identifying information and information about the
person's health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)
self-neglect - Answer✔a person's behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health,
safety, and well-being
slander - Answer✔making false statements orally
vulnerable adult - Answer✔a person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that
makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged
confidentiality - Answer✔trusting others with personal and private information
preceptor - Answer✔a staff member who guides another staff member
professionalism - Answer✔following laws, being ethical, having good work ethics, and having
the skills to do your work
communication - Answer✔the exchange of information - a message sent is received and
correctly interpreted by the intended person
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Certified Nursing Assistant Exam Questions
And Answers 2025 Update.
Acute illness - Answer✔a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic illness - Answer✔an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it
can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Health team - Answer✔the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the
person's total care
Licensed practical nurse (LPN) - Answer✔a nurse who has completed a one year nursing
program and has passed a licensing test
Nursing assistant - Answer✔a person who has passed a nursing assistant training and
competency evaluation program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a
licensed nurse
Nursing team - Answer✔those who provide nursing care- RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants
Terminal illness - Answer✔an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
DON - Answer✔director of nursing
LPN - Answer✔licensed practical nurse
RN - Answer✔Registered Nurse
Nurse Team Hierarchy (from most control to least) - Answer✔DON....nursing
supervisors/managers...charge nurse....staff RNs...LPNs....nursing assistants
The governing body of a hospital - Answer✔board of directors (or board of trustees)
Medicare - Answer✔federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age or older
Medicaid - Answer✔health care payment program sponsored by federal government
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Involuntary seclusion - Answer✔separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping
the person to a certain area or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
ombudsman - Answer✔someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another
person (for resident/patient)
Representative - Answer✔a person who has the legal right to act on the patient's or resident's
behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
OBRA - Answer✔Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (federal)
Rights of patients and residents - Answer✔the right to information
to refuse treatment
to personal privacy
to make their own choices
to voice concerns, questions, and complaints about treatment/care
to work or perform services if he/she wants to do so
to form and take part in resident groups
to keep and use personal items
to be free from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse
to not have body movements restricted
to quality of life
abuse - Answer✔the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or
punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person (or the
person's caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being
assault - Answer✔intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the
person's consent
battery - Answer✔touching a person's body without his or her consent
boundary crossing - Answer✔a brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone
civil law - Answer✔laws concerned with relationships between people
defamation - Answer✔injuring a person's name or reputation by making false statements to a
third person
delegate - Answer✔to authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation
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elder abuse - Answer✔any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other
person to an older adult; the act causes harm or serious risk of harm
ethics - Answer✔knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
false imprisonment - Answer✔unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of
movement
fraud - Answer✔saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person
invasion of privacy - Answer✔violating a person's right not to have his or her name, photo, or
private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
job description - Answer✔a document that describes what the agency expects you to do
malpractice - Answer✔negligence by a professional person
negligence - Answer✔an unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and
careful manner and a person or the person's property was harmed
nursing task - Answer✔nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that can
be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require an RNs professional knowledge or
judgement
professional sexual misconduct - Answer✔an act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature
protected health information - Answer✔identifying information and information about the
person's health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)
self-neglect - Answer✔a person's behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health,
safety, and well-being
slander - Answer✔making false statements orally
vulnerable adult - Answer✔a person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that
makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged
confidentiality - Answer✔trusting others with personal and private information
preceptor - Answer✔a staff member who guides another staff member
professionalism - Answer✔following laws, being ethical, having good work ethics, and having
the skills to do your work
communication - Answer✔the exchange of information - a message sent is received and
correctly interpreted by the intended person
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