CNA Midterm Exam
What is a nursing assistant? What do they do? ANS: A person who has passed a nursing training and
compency evaluation; they perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but cannot care for
themselves. ANS: Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team ANS: The nursing team are those who provide nursing care.
They include: NPs, RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team ANS: The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge
focus on the person's total care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for? ANS: Licensure, certification,
accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it require? ANS: OBRA is federal
law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights? ANS: information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality;
personal choice; grievances; work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse,
mistreatment, and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do? ANS: Someone who supports or promotes the needs and
interests of another person. They act on behalf of persons receiving care
What is the nurse practice act and what does it do? ANS: A law that defines a nurses scope of practice,
describes their education and licensing requirements, and protects the public from people practicing
without a license
,Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits ANS: A CNA can meet the person's personal
needs, transfer persons and make observations, measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take oral/phone orders from
doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell the person or family diagnosis or
treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs)
Five rights of delegation ANS: The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication,
Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you ANS: Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate
response to care, provide education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders
from doctors, drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Integumentary system ANS: Skin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system ANS: Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects
organs
Nervous system ANS: Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system ANS: The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to
them
Lymphatic system ANS: Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense
against infection.
Respiratory system ANS: Brings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system ANS: Removes solid waste from the body
, Urinary system ANS: Removes waste products from the blood and maintains water balance within the
body
Reproductive system ANS: produces offspring
Endocrine system ANS: Hormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the body
Immune system ANS: Protects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain ANS: Cerebrum: largest part of the brain; the center of thought and
intelligence
Cerebellum: regulates and coordinates body movements
Brain stem: Connects cerebrum to the spinal cord. It contains the midbrain, pons, and medulla
Midbrain ANS: Associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and
temperature regulation
Pons ANS: Management of sleep, arousal, and facial expressions
Medulla ANS: Controls heartbeat and breathing
What makes up the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and what do they do? ANS: Sympathetic NS:
speed up functions
Parasympathetic NS: slows down functions
4 chambers of the heart ANS: RA: receives blood from body tissues
What is a nursing assistant? What do they do? ANS: A person who has passed a nursing training and
compency evaluation; they perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but cannot care for
themselves. ANS: Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team ANS: The nursing team are those who provide nursing care.
They include: NPs, RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team ANS: The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge
focus on the person's total care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for? ANS: Licensure, certification,
accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it require? ANS: OBRA is federal
law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights? ANS: information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality;
personal choice; grievances; work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse,
mistreatment, and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do? ANS: Someone who supports or promotes the needs and
interests of another person. They act on behalf of persons receiving care
What is the nurse practice act and what does it do? ANS: A law that defines a nurses scope of practice,
describes their education and licensing requirements, and protects the public from people practicing
without a license
,Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits ANS: A CNA can meet the person's personal
needs, transfer persons and make observations, measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take oral/phone orders from
doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell the person or family diagnosis or
treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs)
Five rights of delegation ANS: The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication,
Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you ANS: Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate
response to care, provide education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders
from doctors, drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Integumentary system ANS: Skin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system ANS: Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects
organs
Nervous system ANS: Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system ANS: The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to
them
Lymphatic system ANS: Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense
against infection.
Respiratory system ANS: Brings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system ANS: Removes solid waste from the body
, Urinary system ANS: Removes waste products from the blood and maintains water balance within the
body
Reproductive system ANS: produces offspring
Endocrine system ANS: Hormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the body
Immune system ANS: Protects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain ANS: Cerebrum: largest part of the brain; the center of thought and
intelligence
Cerebellum: regulates and coordinates body movements
Brain stem: Connects cerebrum to the spinal cord. It contains the midbrain, pons, and medulla
Midbrain ANS: Associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and
temperature regulation
Pons ANS: Management of sleep, arousal, and facial expressions
Medulla ANS: Controls heartbeat and breathing
What makes up the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and what do they do? ANS: Sympathetic NS:
speed up functions
Parasympathetic NS: slows down functions
4 chambers of the heart ANS: RA: receives blood from body tissues
