PROMETRIC CAN EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔Which of the following questions asked to the resident is most likely to encourage
conversation? - ✔✔What are your favorite foods?
✔✔When trying to communicate with a resident who speaks a different language than
the nurse aide, the nurse aide should - ✔✔use pictures and gestures.
✔✔While walking down the hall, a nurse aid looks into a resident's room and sees
another nurse aid hitting a resident. The nurse aid is expected to - ✔✔enter the room
immediately to provide for resident's safety
✔✔Before touching a resident who is crying to offer comfort, the nurse aide should
consider - ✔✔the resident's cultural background.
✔✔When a resident is expressing anger, the nurse aide should - ✔✔listen closely to the
resident's concerns.
✔✔When giving a backrub, the nurse aid should - ✔✔keep the resident covered as
much as possible
✔✔A nurse aid finds a resident looking in the fridge at the nurses station at 5 a.m. The
resident, who is confused, explains he needs his breakfast before he leaves for work.
The best response by the nurse aide is to - ✔✔ask the resident about is job and if he is
hungry
✔✔What is true about caring for a resident with a hearing aid? - ✔✔remove the hearing
aid before showering
✔✔Residents with Parkinson's disease often require assistance with walking because
they - ✔✔have a shuffling walk and tremors.
✔✔A resident who is inactive is at risk of constipation. In addition to increased activity
and exercise, which of the following actions helps to prevent constipation? -
✔✔Adequate fluid intake
✔✔A resident has an indwelling urinary catheter. While making rounds, the nurse aide
notices that there is no urine in the drainage bag. The nurse aide should first - ✔✔check
for kinks in the tubing.
✔✔A resident who is incontinent of urine has an increased risk of developing -
✔✔pressure sores
, ✔✔When cleansing the genital area during perineal care, the nurse aide should -
✔✔replace the foreskin when pushed back to cleanse an uncircumcised penis.
✔✔What is considered a normal age related change? - ✔✔bladder holding less urine
✔✔A resident is on a bladder restraining program. The nurse aid can expect the
resident to - ✔✔have a schedule for toileting
✔✔A resident who has stress incontinence - ✔✔may leak urine when laughing or
coughing.
✔✔The doctor has told the resident that his cancer is growing and that he is dying.
When the resident tells the nurse aide that there is a mistake, the nurse aide should -
✔✔understand that denial is a normal reaction.
✔✔A slipknot is used when securing a restraint so that - ✔✔the restraint can be
removed quickly when needed.
✔✔When using personal protective equipment (PPE) the nurse aide correctly follows
Standard Precautions when wearing - ✔✔gloves to remove a resident's bedpan.
✔✔To help prevent resident falls, the nurse aid should - ✔✔leave residents bed at the
lowest level when care is complete
✔✔As the nurse aide begins his/her assignment, which of the following should the
nurse aide do first? - ✔✔Assist a resident that has called for assistance to get off the
toilet
✔✔What would affect a nurse aide's status on the state's nurse aide registry and also
cause the nurse aid to be ineligible to work in a nursing home? - ✔✔having a finding for
resident neglect
✔✔To help prevent the spread of germs between patients, nurse aides should - ✔✔hold
supplies and linens away from their uniforms
✔✔When a sink has hand control faucets, the nurse aid should use - ✔✔a paper towel
to turn the water off
✔✔When moving a resident up in bed who is able to move with assistance, the nurse
aide should - ✔✔bend the resident's knees and ask the resident to push with his/her
feet.
AND SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔Which of the following questions asked to the resident is most likely to encourage
conversation? - ✔✔What are your favorite foods?
✔✔When trying to communicate with a resident who speaks a different language than
the nurse aide, the nurse aide should - ✔✔use pictures and gestures.
✔✔While walking down the hall, a nurse aid looks into a resident's room and sees
another nurse aid hitting a resident. The nurse aid is expected to - ✔✔enter the room
immediately to provide for resident's safety
✔✔Before touching a resident who is crying to offer comfort, the nurse aide should
consider - ✔✔the resident's cultural background.
✔✔When a resident is expressing anger, the nurse aide should - ✔✔listen closely to the
resident's concerns.
✔✔When giving a backrub, the nurse aid should - ✔✔keep the resident covered as
much as possible
✔✔A nurse aid finds a resident looking in the fridge at the nurses station at 5 a.m. The
resident, who is confused, explains he needs his breakfast before he leaves for work.
The best response by the nurse aide is to - ✔✔ask the resident about is job and if he is
hungry
✔✔What is true about caring for a resident with a hearing aid? - ✔✔remove the hearing
aid before showering
✔✔Residents with Parkinson's disease often require assistance with walking because
they - ✔✔have a shuffling walk and tremors.
✔✔A resident who is inactive is at risk of constipation. In addition to increased activity
and exercise, which of the following actions helps to prevent constipation? -
✔✔Adequate fluid intake
✔✔A resident has an indwelling urinary catheter. While making rounds, the nurse aide
notices that there is no urine in the drainage bag. The nurse aide should first - ✔✔check
for kinks in the tubing.
✔✔A resident who is incontinent of urine has an increased risk of developing -
✔✔pressure sores
, ✔✔When cleansing the genital area during perineal care, the nurse aide should -
✔✔replace the foreskin when pushed back to cleanse an uncircumcised penis.
✔✔What is considered a normal age related change? - ✔✔bladder holding less urine
✔✔A resident is on a bladder restraining program. The nurse aid can expect the
resident to - ✔✔have a schedule for toileting
✔✔A resident who has stress incontinence - ✔✔may leak urine when laughing or
coughing.
✔✔The doctor has told the resident that his cancer is growing and that he is dying.
When the resident tells the nurse aide that there is a mistake, the nurse aide should -
✔✔understand that denial is a normal reaction.
✔✔A slipknot is used when securing a restraint so that - ✔✔the restraint can be
removed quickly when needed.
✔✔When using personal protective equipment (PPE) the nurse aide correctly follows
Standard Precautions when wearing - ✔✔gloves to remove a resident's bedpan.
✔✔To help prevent resident falls, the nurse aid should - ✔✔leave residents bed at the
lowest level when care is complete
✔✔As the nurse aide begins his/her assignment, which of the following should the
nurse aide do first? - ✔✔Assist a resident that has called for assistance to get off the
toilet
✔✔What would affect a nurse aide's status on the state's nurse aide registry and also
cause the nurse aid to be ineligible to work in a nursing home? - ✔✔having a finding for
resident neglect
✔✔To help prevent the spread of germs between patients, nurse aides should - ✔✔hold
supplies and linens away from their uniforms
✔✔When a sink has hand control faucets, the nurse aid should use - ✔✔a paper towel
to turn the water off
✔✔When moving a resident up in bed who is able to move with assistance, the nurse
aide should - ✔✔bend the resident's knees and ask the resident to push with his/her
feet.
