Practice Questions CNA State Exam
2024/2025
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.
2024/2025
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.
