Illinois CNA State Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Graded A+
How do you promote communication with a
resident? - ANSWER -asking OPEN As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident
ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6) who is being discharged? - ANSWER -Help
in packing resident's things away.
A resident wants to use the commode, but she
needs help... what do you do? - ANSWER - You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle
Use a gait belt of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind,
what do you do? - ANSWER -Remove it
from the resident's room immediately.
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath? -
ANSWER -80-93 `F
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11
shift
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath? - *there will be an illustration for this question* -
ANSWER -Sitz- seat. The perineal and ANSWER -1 oz = 30 mL
rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT
water (93-98-106)
How do you take a random urine specimen? -
ANSWER -Used for routine urinalysis
What is the oral temperature? - ANSWER - No special measures are needed.
97.6-99.6 Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container,
place the container in a plastic bag, apply
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do Biohazard Label.
you tell him to do when he is done? -
ANSWER -use call light/call for help
promptly or while waiting for help- place in side The Midstream Specimen - ANSWER -
rails *Clean-voided specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
A doctor comes in and give an order for a new 3). Stop voiding half way
treatment before leaving, what do you do? - 4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
ANSWER -Let the doctor speak to the
nurse.
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? -
ANSWER -Start with an empty bladder
How should you be positioned when applying 1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty
TED hose? - ANSWER -Wide base of bladder---discard it
support 2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Legs between 12-24 inches apart. Tes is restarted if:
Check ever 2 hours. -a voiding was not saved
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min -toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
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, Illinois CNA State Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Graded A+
You answer the phone but the person meant to How should a gait belt be applied? -
call a different unit, what do you do? - ANSWER -Over clothes with buckle off
ANSWER -Transfer the call. center
(pg.56)
How should an cold compress be applied? -
A resident wth dementia is getting agitated and ANSWER -With cloth bag = Ice pack
thinks he lost his keys, what do you do? -
ANSWER -Tell him you will help him find
his keys What do you do with person in shock? -
ANSWER -Make the person lie down and
elevate the legs
What do you do to a room when a resident
checks out? - ANSWER -Disinfect the
room. When transferring someone with a gait belt, how
should your hands be positioned? -
ANSWER -Underhand grasp
A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they
done eating? - ANSWER -Double bag During rehab, where do you focus:
outside the room and send it to the kitchen. A). on patient's abilities
B). on patient's disabilities - ANSWER -On
patient's abilities- what they can do
What do you do with a residents BM when you
empty their colostomy bag? - ANSWER -
Flush in the toilet Where do you walk if the person has right-sided
weakness? - ANSWER -Towards his weak
side
How many times do you ambulate a resident
when the care plan states ambulate with BID? -
ANSWER -BID- twice a day How do you apply TED hose? - ANSWER -
TID- Three times a day While residents is lying in bed- supine position
QID- Four times a day
How to read a Fahrenheit and Centigrade
You walk into a room and there is a trash can on thermometer? - ANSWER -F= 0.2 of a
fire. What is the first thing you should do? - degree (short line)
ANSWER -Remove/protect the residents. C= 0.1 of a degree (long line)
R-remove resident
A-alarm
C-confine, close doors Blue-oral and axillary thermometers- long/slender
E-evacuate tips/pear shaped tip
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Graded A+
How do you promote communication with a
resident? - ANSWER -asking OPEN As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident
ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6) who is being discharged? - ANSWER -Help
in packing resident's things away.
A resident wants to use the commode, but she
needs help... what do you do? - ANSWER - You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle
Use a gait belt of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind,
what do you do? - ANSWER -Remove it
from the resident's room immediately.
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath? -
ANSWER -80-93 `F
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11
shift
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath? - *there will be an illustration for this question* -
ANSWER -Sitz- seat. The perineal and ANSWER -1 oz = 30 mL
rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT
water (93-98-106)
How do you take a random urine specimen? -
ANSWER -Used for routine urinalysis
What is the oral temperature? - ANSWER - No special measures are needed.
97.6-99.6 Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container,
place the container in a plastic bag, apply
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do Biohazard Label.
you tell him to do when he is done? -
ANSWER -use call light/call for help
promptly or while waiting for help- place in side The Midstream Specimen - ANSWER -
rails *Clean-voided specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
A doctor comes in and give an order for a new 3). Stop voiding half way
treatment before leaving, what do you do? - 4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
ANSWER -Let the doctor speak to the
nurse.
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? -
ANSWER -Start with an empty bladder
How should you be positioned when applying 1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty
TED hose? - ANSWER -Wide base of bladder---discard it
support 2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Legs between 12-24 inches apart. Tes is restarted if:
Check ever 2 hours. -a voiding was not saved
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min -toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
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, Illinois CNA State Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Graded A+
You answer the phone but the person meant to How should a gait belt be applied? -
call a different unit, what do you do? - ANSWER -Over clothes with buckle off
ANSWER -Transfer the call. center
(pg.56)
How should an cold compress be applied? -
A resident wth dementia is getting agitated and ANSWER -With cloth bag = Ice pack
thinks he lost his keys, what do you do? -
ANSWER -Tell him you will help him find
his keys What do you do with person in shock? -
ANSWER -Make the person lie down and
elevate the legs
What do you do to a room when a resident
checks out? - ANSWER -Disinfect the
room. When transferring someone with a gait belt, how
should your hands be positioned? -
ANSWER -Underhand grasp
A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they
done eating? - ANSWER -Double bag During rehab, where do you focus:
outside the room and send it to the kitchen. A). on patient's abilities
B). on patient's disabilities - ANSWER -On
patient's abilities- what they can do
What do you do with a residents BM when you
empty their colostomy bag? - ANSWER -
Flush in the toilet Where do you walk if the person has right-sided
weakness? - ANSWER -Towards his weak
side
How many times do you ambulate a resident
when the care plan states ambulate with BID? -
ANSWER -BID- twice a day How do you apply TED hose? - ANSWER -
TID- Three times a day While residents is lying in bed- supine position
QID- Four times a day
How to read a Fahrenheit and Centigrade
You walk into a room and there is a trash can on thermometer? - ANSWER -F= 0.2 of a
fire. What is the first thing you should do? - degree (short line)
ANSWER -Remove/protect the residents. C= 0.1 of a degree (long line)
R-remove resident
A-alarm
C-confine, close doors Blue-oral and axillary thermometers- long/slender
E-evacuate tips/pear shaped tip
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