STNA Week 6 Quiz - Restorative Care and Rehabilitation 2026 UPDATE
1. What is the primary goal of rehabilitation for a resident?
A. To provide 24-hour skilled nursing care only
B. To cure the resident’s underlying medical condition
C. To help the resident reach the highest level of functioning possible
D. To discharge the resident to their home as quickly as possible
Answer: C
Rationale: Rehabilitation focuses on helping the resident regain or maintain their highest
level of physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning.
2. Which member of the healthcare team is primarily responsible for restorative
care?
A. The Physical Therapist
B. The Occupational Therapist
C. The Registered Nurse
D. The Nursing Assistant
Answer: D
Rationale: While therapists set the plan, Nursing Assistants are the primary providers of
day-to-day restorative care to maintain a resident’s progress.
3. What is a permanent shortening of a muscle called?
A. Atrophy
B. Dystrophy
C. Hypertrophy
D. Contracture
Answer: D
,Rationale: A contracture is the permanent shortening of a muscle, often resulting in a
frozen joint, usually due to lack of movement.
4. When a muscle wastes away and decreases in size due to lack of use, it is
called:
A. Cyanosis
B. Shearing
C. Edema
D. Atrophy
Answer: D
Rationale: Atrophy is the wasting away or decrease in size of a muscle from lack of use or
inactivity.
5. Which of the following is a respiratory complication caused by immobility?
A. Diabetes
B. Hypotension
C. Pneumonia
D. Urinary Tract Infection
Answer: C
Rationale: Immobility can cause secretions to pool in the lungs, leading to pneumonia.
6. What is the purpose of a bed cradle?
A. To prevent the resident from falling out of bed
B. To assist the resident in turning themselves
C. To keep the weight of top linens off the resident’s feet
D. To keep the resident’s legs in a neutral position
Answer: C
Rationale: A bed cradle is a metal frame used to keep top covers off a resident’s feet to
prevent skin irritation and foot drop.
, 7. Which device is used to prevent the resident’s hips and legs from turning
outward?
A. Trochanter roll
B. Abduction pillow
C. Hand roll
D. Footboard
Answer: A
Rationale: A trochanter roll is a rolled-up towel or blanket placed against the hips to
prevent the femur from rotating outward.
8. An abduction pillow is used to:
A. Prevent pressure ulcers on the heels
B. Support the resident’s head during sleep
C. Help the resident sit up in bed
D. Keep the resident’s legs separated after hip surgery
Answer: D
Rationale: Abduction pillows keep the legs in a specific position (away from the midline)
following hip replacement surgery to prevent dislocation.
9. Which of the following helps prevent contractures of the fingers?
A. Footboard
B. Trochanter roll
C. Hand roll
D. Bed cradle
Answer: C
Rationale: A hand roll is a soft device placed in the palm to prevent the fingers from
curling tightly into a contracture.
1. What is the primary goal of rehabilitation for a resident?
A. To provide 24-hour skilled nursing care only
B. To cure the resident’s underlying medical condition
C. To help the resident reach the highest level of functioning possible
D. To discharge the resident to their home as quickly as possible
Answer: C
Rationale: Rehabilitation focuses on helping the resident regain or maintain their highest
level of physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning.
2. Which member of the healthcare team is primarily responsible for restorative
care?
A. The Physical Therapist
B. The Occupational Therapist
C. The Registered Nurse
D. The Nursing Assistant
Answer: D
Rationale: While therapists set the plan, Nursing Assistants are the primary providers of
day-to-day restorative care to maintain a resident’s progress.
3. What is a permanent shortening of a muscle called?
A. Atrophy
B. Dystrophy
C. Hypertrophy
D. Contracture
Answer: D
,Rationale: A contracture is the permanent shortening of a muscle, often resulting in a
frozen joint, usually due to lack of movement.
4. When a muscle wastes away and decreases in size due to lack of use, it is
called:
A. Cyanosis
B. Shearing
C. Edema
D. Atrophy
Answer: D
Rationale: Atrophy is the wasting away or decrease in size of a muscle from lack of use or
inactivity.
5. Which of the following is a respiratory complication caused by immobility?
A. Diabetes
B. Hypotension
C. Pneumonia
D. Urinary Tract Infection
Answer: C
Rationale: Immobility can cause secretions to pool in the lungs, leading to pneumonia.
6. What is the purpose of a bed cradle?
A. To prevent the resident from falling out of bed
B. To assist the resident in turning themselves
C. To keep the weight of top linens off the resident’s feet
D. To keep the resident’s legs in a neutral position
Answer: C
Rationale: A bed cradle is a metal frame used to keep top covers off a resident’s feet to
prevent skin irritation and foot drop.
, 7. Which device is used to prevent the resident’s hips and legs from turning
outward?
A. Trochanter roll
B. Abduction pillow
C. Hand roll
D. Footboard
Answer: A
Rationale: A trochanter roll is a rolled-up towel or blanket placed against the hips to
prevent the femur from rotating outward.
8. An abduction pillow is used to:
A. Prevent pressure ulcers on the heels
B. Support the resident’s head during sleep
C. Help the resident sit up in bed
D. Keep the resident’s legs separated after hip surgery
Answer: D
Rationale: Abduction pillows keep the legs in a specific position (away from the midline)
following hip replacement surgery to prevent dislocation.
9. Which of the following helps prevent contractures of the fingers?
A. Footboard
B. Trochanter roll
C. Hand roll
D. Bed cradle
Answer: C
Rationale: A hand roll is a soft device placed in the palm to prevent the fingers from
curling tightly into a contracture.
