CNA SKILLS TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
Beginning Procedure Actions ✔✔1.*Wash hands thoroughly prior to entering room or when in
room
2. Assemble needed equipment
3.Go to resident's room, knock and pause before entering.
4. *Introduce self by name and title
5. *Identify the resident by facility policies and address them by name.
6. Ask visitors to leave the room and inform them where they may wait.
7.*Provide privacy throughout procedure; pull curtains, shut door, properly cover patient as
needed.
8.*Explain procedure to resident; speak clearly, slowly and directly to resident, maintaining face
to face contact whenever possible.
9. Answer resident's questions about the procedure.
10. Allow resident to assist as much as possible.
11. Raise the bed to a comfortable working height.
Ending Procedure Actions ✔✔1.*Position resident comfortably.
,2.*Return bed to lowest position.
3.*Leave signal cord, telephone and water within reach.
4.*Perform a general safety check.
5. Open curtain.
6. Care for equipment following policy.
7.*Wash hands.
8. Let visitors know they may return.
9.*Report completion of task and observation of any abnormalities and record actions and
observations.
Vital Signs: Blood Pressure ✔✔1.Clean ear pieces and diaphragm with antiseptic wipe.
2. Position residents arm resting on firm surface with palm up.
3.Wrap cuff around arm with bladder over artery 1" above antecubital space-cuff even and snug.
4. Place ear pieces in ears and place diaphragm over artery.
5. Inflate cuff to no more than 180mm/Hg or may use pulse obliteration method, candidate
choice
6. Deflate cuff, note systolic reading, and note point of diastolic reading.
7. Accurate reading within 4mm/Hg window on both systolic and diastolic
8.*Accurately record blood pressure.
, Vital Signs: Temperature (Tympanic) ✔✔1. Place tympanic thermometer cover on.
2. Ask person to turn head so ear is in front of you, put new probe cover on.
3. Pull back on the ear (gentle, firm) to straighten the ear canal and insert probe gently into ear
canal directed toward nose.
4. Start the thermometer.
5. Wait until you hear a beep or flashing light and remove.
6.*Read the temperature and record accurately.
Vital Signs: Temperature (Oral/Axillary) ✔✔1. *Ask the person if they have eaten or consumed
a beverage, cold or hot or smoked within the last 15 minutes.
2. Place a sheath on the probe.
3. Correct placement for obtaining oral reading or axillary reading.
4. If necessary, hold the probe in place for oral
5. Leave the probe in place until the instrument beeps.
6. Remove the probe sheath from the probe and dispose of properly.
7. Replace the probe.
8.*Red the temperature and record accurately.
ANSWERS RATED A+
Beginning Procedure Actions ✔✔1.*Wash hands thoroughly prior to entering room or when in
room
2. Assemble needed equipment
3.Go to resident's room, knock and pause before entering.
4. *Introduce self by name and title
5. *Identify the resident by facility policies and address them by name.
6. Ask visitors to leave the room and inform them where they may wait.
7.*Provide privacy throughout procedure; pull curtains, shut door, properly cover patient as
needed.
8.*Explain procedure to resident; speak clearly, slowly and directly to resident, maintaining face
to face contact whenever possible.
9. Answer resident's questions about the procedure.
10. Allow resident to assist as much as possible.
11. Raise the bed to a comfortable working height.
Ending Procedure Actions ✔✔1.*Position resident comfortably.
,2.*Return bed to lowest position.
3.*Leave signal cord, telephone and water within reach.
4.*Perform a general safety check.
5. Open curtain.
6. Care for equipment following policy.
7.*Wash hands.
8. Let visitors know they may return.
9.*Report completion of task and observation of any abnormalities and record actions and
observations.
Vital Signs: Blood Pressure ✔✔1.Clean ear pieces and diaphragm with antiseptic wipe.
2. Position residents arm resting on firm surface with palm up.
3.Wrap cuff around arm with bladder over artery 1" above antecubital space-cuff even and snug.
4. Place ear pieces in ears and place diaphragm over artery.
5. Inflate cuff to no more than 180mm/Hg or may use pulse obliteration method, candidate
choice
6. Deflate cuff, note systolic reading, and note point of diastolic reading.
7. Accurate reading within 4mm/Hg window on both systolic and diastolic
8.*Accurately record blood pressure.
, Vital Signs: Temperature (Tympanic) ✔✔1. Place tympanic thermometer cover on.
2. Ask person to turn head so ear is in front of you, put new probe cover on.
3. Pull back on the ear (gentle, firm) to straighten the ear canal and insert probe gently into ear
canal directed toward nose.
4. Start the thermometer.
5. Wait until you hear a beep or flashing light and remove.
6.*Read the temperature and record accurately.
Vital Signs: Temperature (Oral/Axillary) ✔✔1. *Ask the person if they have eaten or consumed
a beverage, cold or hot or smoked within the last 15 minutes.
2. Place a sheath on the probe.
3. Correct placement for obtaining oral reading or axillary reading.
4. If necessary, hold the probe in place for oral
5. Leave the probe in place until the instrument beeps.
6. Remove the probe sheath from the probe and dispose of properly.
7. Replace the probe.
8.*Red the temperature and record accurately.
