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INDIANA QMA STATE EXAM 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL
ANSWERED {180 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+ |
BRAND NEW!
What is required for using side rails if confining resident to bed? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > physician order
What body position should resident be placed in to prevent
aspiration? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > semi-fowler's
If using side rails, the resident must be checked how often and
released how often? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > checked hourly, released
every 2 hours for at least 10 minutes
If the heimlich maneuver is unsuccessful and person becomes
unconscious, _________ _______ should be performed. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > rescue breaths
When should you use the heimlich maneuver? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
when resident is unable to speak, breathe, cough, or no chest
movement
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When should the medication cart be locked? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
whenever unattended by authorized personnel
Crushing, pressing, or smothering feeling in chest, pain in left
arm or jaw, sob, dizziness, cyanosis, pallor, nausea/vomiting,
anxiety are symptoms of - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > myocardial
infarction/heart attack
What causes a heart attack? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > lack of blood
flow to the heart resulting in tissue/muscle death
If suspecting resident is having mi, what should be done after
calling for nurse? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > loosen tight clothing and
start cpr as instructed
A blood clot or ruptured vessel in the brain will interrupt blood
flow to brain tissues, damaging a section of the brain is known as
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cva/cerebrovascular accident aka stroke
Headache, dizziness, facial drooping, uneven grip/smile,
weakness on one side, speech problems, visual disturbances,
memory impairment, change in mental status are symptoms of -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cva/stroke
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Why are burns/scalds increased risk factor in the elderly? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > decreased sensitivity to pain/temperature
If a resident becomes unresponsive, no chest movement, dilated
and fixed pupils, and skin pale/cyanotic, the resident may be in
_____ _______ - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cardiac arrest
If a resident is suspected of having a seizure/convulsion, what
should never be done? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > never put anything into
mouth or restrict movement
If a resident is suffering from a seizure, what should you do to
assist? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -call for nurse, stay with resident
-remove nearby furniture or equipment
-loosen clothing
- position resident on side at conclusion of seizure
- note length of seizure and affected body parts
What indicates the difference from an arterial vs venous external
hemorrhage? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > arterial- squirting/gushing
bright red blood
Venous- bluish red trickling blood/flows from wound
INDIANA QMA STATE EXAM 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL
ANSWERED {180 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+ |
BRAND NEW!
What is required for using side rails if confining resident to bed? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > physician order
What body position should resident be placed in to prevent
aspiration? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > semi-fowler's
If using side rails, the resident must be checked how often and
released how often? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > checked hourly, released
every 2 hours for at least 10 minutes
If the heimlich maneuver is unsuccessful and person becomes
unconscious, _________ _______ should be performed. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > rescue breaths
When should you use the heimlich maneuver? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
when resident is unable to speak, breathe, cough, or no chest
movement
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When should the medication cart be locked? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
whenever unattended by authorized personnel
Crushing, pressing, or smothering feeling in chest, pain in left
arm or jaw, sob, dizziness, cyanosis, pallor, nausea/vomiting,
anxiety are symptoms of - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > myocardial
infarction/heart attack
What causes a heart attack? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > lack of blood
flow to the heart resulting in tissue/muscle death
If suspecting resident is having mi, what should be done after
calling for nurse? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > loosen tight clothing and
start cpr as instructed
A blood clot or ruptured vessel in the brain will interrupt blood
flow to brain tissues, damaging a section of the brain is known as
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cva/cerebrovascular accident aka stroke
Headache, dizziness, facial drooping, uneven grip/smile,
weakness on one side, speech problems, visual disturbances,
memory impairment, change in mental status are symptoms of -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cva/stroke
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Why are burns/scalds increased risk factor in the elderly? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > decreased sensitivity to pain/temperature
If a resident becomes unresponsive, no chest movement, dilated
and fixed pupils, and skin pale/cyanotic, the resident may be in
_____ _______ - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cardiac arrest
If a resident is suspected of having a seizure/convulsion, what
should never be done? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > never put anything into
mouth or restrict movement
If a resident is suffering from a seizure, what should you do to
assist? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -call for nurse, stay with resident
-remove nearby furniture or equipment
-loosen clothing
- position resident on side at conclusion of seizure
- note length of seizure and affected body parts
What indicates the difference from an arterial vs venous external
hemorrhage? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > arterial- squirting/gushing
bright red blood
Venous- bluish red trickling blood/flows from wound
