CNA Exam WI Questions and Answers
1.What measures should betaken assures measurement of weight
accurately indicates a change in the resident's body weight.
Answer Start with the scale balanced to zero.
Make sure the resident is not holding onto the scale
Make surety resident is not holding onto walker or cane while being
weighed. Weigh the resident on the same scale each time
2.According to Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, which need might a resident
have difficulty meeting due to his dependance on others for assistance
with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living)?
Answer Need for Self-Esteem
3.A resident has the right to refuse cares. How should a CNA respond to a
resident who refuses care?
Answer Try to be persuasive and give options. If that doesn't work
Respect Refusal
Notify the nurse of any refusal of cares
4.Menopause is the time in a women's life when she has decreased blood
levels of estrogen and progesterone. What are some normal changes
offing that result from this decrease?
Answer Loss of calcium which leads to brittle bones Menstrual Periods
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Vaginal walls get drier and thinner
5.List 5 guidelines for Urinary Catheter Care
Answer 1. Make sure the drainage bag is below the bladder or hips
(prevents urine from flowing back into the bladder)
2.Keep drainage bag off of the floor
3.Keep tubing straight, free from kinks(if not straight urine may be
prevented from draining)
4.Keep genital area clean (catheter goes all the way to the bladder
and makes it easier for bacteria to enter the body)
6.Which of the following is an open ended question that should be most
helpful in encouraging the resident to communicate?
How do you prefer to have your breakfast?
Are you hungry for
breakfast? Do you want to
east breakfast? I will take
you to breakfast now.
Correct answer
How do you prefer to have your breakfast.
7.List tasks which are typically not in the scope of practice for CNAs?
Answer Admin- istering Medication
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, Procedures requiring sterile technique
Diagnosing illness or prescribing treatments or meds
Informing residents or family of diagnosis or medical
plans
8.What are the 5 right of delegation?
Answer Right Task Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right
Direction/communication
Right
Supervision/Evaluation
9.What type of question encourages residents to communicate?
Answer Open Ended Questions
10.When a CNA is asked to perform a task not in his scope of practice or
that he has not been trained to do, how should he respond to the request?
Answer Do not accept the delegation
Communicate to the nurse why refused
(respectfully) For Example
I have not been trained and or it is not within my scope of practice.
11.When working with a resident who does not speak English, what can
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1.What measures should betaken assures measurement of weight
accurately indicates a change in the resident's body weight.
Answer Start with the scale balanced to zero.
Make sure the resident is not holding onto the scale
Make surety resident is not holding onto walker or cane while being
weighed. Weigh the resident on the same scale each time
2.According to Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, which need might a resident
have difficulty meeting due to his dependance on others for assistance
with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living)?
Answer Need for Self-Esteem
3.A resident has the right to refuse cares. How should a CNA respond to a
resident who refuses care?
Answer Try to be persuasive and give options. If that doesn't work
Respect Refusal
Notify the nurse of any refusal of cares
4.Menopause is the time in a women's life when she has decreased blood
levels of estrogen and progesterone. What are some normal changes
offing that result from this decrease?
Answer Loss of calcium which leads to brittle bones Menstrual Periods
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22
,stop
Vaginal walls get drier and thinner
5.List 5 guidelines for Urinary Catheter Care
Answer 1. Make sure the drainage bag is below the bladder or hips
(prevents urine from flowing back into the bladder)
2.Keep drainage bag off of the floor
3.Keep tubing straight, free from kinks(if not straight urine may be
prevented from draining)
4.Keep genital area clean (catheter goes all the way to the bladder
and makes it easier for bacteria to enter the body)
6.Which of the following is an open ended question that should be most
helpful in encouraging the resident to communicate?
How do you prefer to have your breakfast?
Are you hungry for
breakfast? Do you want to
east breakfast? I will take
you to breakfast now.
Correct answer
How do you prefer to have your breakfast.
7.List tasks which are typically not in the scope of practice for CNAs?
Answer Admin- istering Medication
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, Procedures requiring sterile technique
Diagnosing illness or prescribing treatments or meds
Informing residents or family of diagnosis or medical
plans
8.What are the 5 right of delegation?
Answer Right Task Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right
Direction/communication
Right
Supervision/Evaluation
9.What type of question encourages residents to communicate?
Answer Open Ended Questions
10.When a CNA is asked to perform a task not in his scope of practice or
that he has not been trained to do, how should he respond to the request?
Answer Do not accept the delegation
Communicate to the nurse why refused
(respectfully) For Example
I have not been trained and or it is not within my scope of practice.
11.When working with a resident who does not speak English, what can
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