CNA CHAPTER 5 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
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◉ What is a step you can take as a CNA to prevent resident
poisoning? Answer: -Make sure patients and residents cannot reach
hazardous material
-Follow agency policy for storing personal care items
-Keep harmful products in their original containers
-Leave the original label on harmful products
-Read all labels carefully before using a product.
◉ Residents with dementia is on the commode, how long should you
leave them alone? Answer: Never
◉ Can a urine contaminate a stool sample? Answer: Yes
◉ What is PPE worn for? Answer: Contact precautions
◉ What does rehabilitation and restorative nursing care focus on?
Answer: The whole person and what the person can do.
,◉ What is a bland diet? Answer: To reduce gastric irrigation
◉ Arm pain is an example of.... Answer: Subjective data- the person
tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses
(symptoms)
[objective- information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an
observer (signs)]
◉ A patient with hip injury would use what type of bed pan?
Answer: Fracture bed pan
◉ How would you place the call light for a quadriplegic patient?
Answer: If not able to reach, check on the person often.
◉ After providing the urinal for a patient.... Answer: ask them to
close tightly to prevent spills and call for help.
◉ Know PROM Answer: Passive Range of Motion
ex. Flexion
◉ A CNA is aware that for stool collection... Answer: Must be 1/2 cup
must not be contaminated
, ◉ A resident continues to call you Sally, his daughters name, what do
you tell him? Answer: Ask him to tell you about his daughter Sally.
◉ How do you help a resident participate with activities on time?
Answer: Make sure they have an activities schedule
be flexible as the CNA, and work the patients routine care around the
activities schedule.
◉ When do you give PM care? Answer: After lunch
Before bed
After visitors leave in the evening
◉ A patient that is playing bingo receives a phone call. What do you
do? Answer: Bring the phone call to them in the activities area
bring them back to their room and close the door to give privacy
◉ You answer a phone call for a resident while she is in the dining
room and it is her daughter, she asks you about her mothers
condition and treatment.
What do you do? Answer: Refer daughters questions to nurse
◉ A patient asks you for her blood pressure readings after you check
it, What do you do? Answer: Provide her the reading
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What is a step you can take as a CNA to prevent resident
poisoning? Answer: -Make sure patients and residents cannot reach
hazardous material
-Follow agency policy for storing personal care items
-Keep harmful products in their original containers
-Leave the original label on harmful products
-Read all labels carefully before using a product.
◉ Residents with dementia is on the commode, how long should you
leave them alone? Answer: Never
◉ Can a urine contaminate a stool sample? Answer: Yes
◉ What is PPE worn for? Answer: Contact precautions
◉ What does rehabilitation and restorative nursing care focus on?
Answer: The whole person and what the person can do.
,◉ What is a bland diet? Answer: To reduce gastric irrigation
◉ Arm pain is an example of.... Answer: Subjective data- the person
tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses
(symptoms)
[objective- information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an
observer (signs)]
◉ A patient with hip injury would use what type of bed pan?
Answer: Fracture bed pan
◉ How would you place the call light for a quadriplegic patient?
Answer: If not able to reach, check on the person often.
◉ After providing the urinal for a patient.... Answer: ask them to
close tightly to prevent spills and call for help.
◉ Know PROM Answer: Passive Range of Motion
ex. Flexion
◉ A CNA is aware that for stool collection... Answer: Must be 1/2 cup
must not be contaminated
, ◉ A resident continues to call you Sally, his daughters name, what do
you tell him? Answer: Ask him to tell you about his daughter Sally.
◉ How do you help a resident participate with activities on time?
Answer: Make sure they have an activities schedule
be flexible as the CNA, and work the patients routine care around the
activities schedule.
◉ When do you give PM care? Answer: After lunch
Before bed
After visitors leave in the evening
◉ A patient that is playing bingo receives a phone call. What do you
do? Answer: Bring the phone call to them in the activities area
bring them back to their room and close the door to give privacy
◉ You answer a phone call for a resident while she is in the dining
room and it is her daughter, she asks you about her mothers
condition and treatment.
What do you do? Answer: Refer daughters questions to nurse
◉ A patient asks you for her blood pressure readings after you check
it, What do you do? Answer: Provide her the reading
