PROMETRIC CAN COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔Which of the following statements is true about how people experience pain?
A. Pain is usually worse in the morning.
B. Residents with dementia do not feel pain.
C. A person's culture can affect response to pain.
D. Younger people handle pain better than older adults. - ✔✔C. A person's culture can
affect response to pain.
✔✔When helping a resident transfer from a bed to a chair, which of the following best
demonstrates appropriate safety techniques?
A. Place a gait belt around the resident's waist
B. Position the chair as close to the bed as possible
C. Signal the resident to stand by saying, "1, 2, 3, stand"
D. Follow the transfer technique as described in the care plan - ✔✔D. Follow the
transfer technique as described in the care plan
✔✔The purpose of a gait or transfer belt is to
A. limit physical contact with ill residents who are transferred or walked.
B. protect the nurse aide's back when walking or transferring a resident.
C. help steady and support a resident when transferring or walking.
D. allow residents to transfer or walk independently. - ✔✔C. help steady and support a
resident when transferring or walking.
✔✔When a resident has an indwelling urinary catheter, the nurse aide should expect
that the resident's care plan will include
A. limiting activity by keeping the resident on bedrest.
B. emptying the urinary drainage bag every two-hours.
C. keeping the area where the catheter enters the body clean.
D. toileting the resident every two hours for bladder retraining. - ✔✔C. keeping the area
where the catheter enters the body clean.
✔✔When helping admit a new resident, the nurse aide notices the resident's right-sided
weakness from a stroke. The resident asks for help to the bathroom. Before assisting
the resident, the nurse aide should
A. ask how the resident went to the bathroom at home.
B. ask the resident to wait until the care plan is completed.
C. get instructions from the nurse about how to toilet the resident.
D. help the resident to the bathroom immediately, supporting the right-side. - ✔✔C. get
instructions from the nurse about how to toilet the resident.
✔✔A resident is choking. The first response by the nurse aide should be to
A. go find the charge nurse.
B. get the suction machine.
, C. call emergency services (911).
D. begin abdominal thrusts. - ✔✔D. begin abdominal thrusts.
✔✔A nurse aide who is new to the unit, observes two residents go into a room and
close the door. The nurse aide suspects that the two residents are going to have sex.
What should the nurse aide do?
A. Check on the residents every few minutes.
B. Report the residents' behavior to the charge nurse.
C. Ask the nurse if the residents should be medicated.
D. Tell the residents that sex is not allowed in the nursing home. - ✔✔B. Report the
residents' behavior to the charge nurse.
✔✔Why should residents who are unable to change their own positions, have their
positions changed by staff at least every two hours?
A. Correct residents' posture
B. Improve the residents' breathing
C. Promote circulation at pressure points
D. Provide an opportunity for incontinent care - ✔✔C. Promote circulation at pressure
points
✔✔A nurse aide hears the charge nurse scream at a resident. The nurse aide goes to
the resident to provide immediate protection of the resident. The nurse aide should also
A. call the police immediately.
B. ask if the nurse is feeling stressed about something.
C. report the situation to the charge nurse's supervisor.
D. ask if any other staff have ever observed this behavior. - ✔✔C. report the situation to
the charge nurse's supervisor.
✔✔According to Standard Precautions, the nurse aide should wear gloves for which of
the following procedures?
A. Getting linen from a linen cart
B. Removing soiled linen from a bed
C. Performing range of motion exercises
D. Transferring a resident to a showerchair - ✔✔B. Removing soiled linen from a bed
✔✔While helping in the dining room, the nurse aide notices a male resident in distress
holding his throat. The nurse aide believes the resident may be choking. After calling for
help, the nurse aide's next action should be to
A. check the resident's ABCs.
B. ask if the resident can talk.
C. provide an abdominal thrust.
D. lower the resident to the floor - ✔✔B. ask if the resident can talk.
✔✔The nurse aide is taking routine vital signs on a resident. The resident's temperature
is 101.4º Fahrenheit. The most appropriate response by the nurse aide is to
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔Which of the following statements is true about how people experience pain?
A. Pain is usually worse in the morning.
B. Residents with dementia do not feel pain.
C. A person's culture can affect response to pain.
D. Younger people handle pain better than older adults. - ✔✔C. A person's culture can
affect response to pain.
✔✔When helping a resident transfer from a bed to a chair, which of the following best
demonstrates appropriate safety techniques?
A. Place a gait belt around the resident's waist
B. Position the chair as close to the bed as possible
C. Signal the resident to stand by saying, "1, 2, 3, stand"
D. Follow the transfer technique as described in the care plan - ✔✔D. Follow the
transfer technique as described in the care plan
✔✔The purpose of a gait or transfer belt is to
A. limit physical contact with ill residents who are transferred or walked.
B. protect the nurse aide's back when walking or transferring a resident.
C. help steady and support a resident when transferring or walking.
D. allow residents to transfer or walk independently. - ✔✔C. help steady and support a
resident when transferring or walking.
✔✔When a resident has an indwelling urinary catheter, the nurse aide should expect
that the resident's care plan will include
A. limiting activity by keeping the resident on bedrest.
B. emptying the urinary drainage bag every two-hours.
C. keeping the area where the catheter enters the body clean.
D. toileting the resident every two hours for bladder retraining. - ✔✔C. keeping the area
where the catheter enters the body clean.
✔✔When helping admit a new resident, the nurse aide notices the resident's right-sided
weakness from a stroke. The resident asks for help to the bathroom. Before assisting
the resident, the nurse aide should
A. ask how the resident went to the bathroom at home.
B. ask the resident to wait until the care plan is completed.
C. get instructions from the nurse about how to toilet the resident.
D. help the resident to the bathroom immediately, supporting the right-side. - ✔✔C. get
instructions from the nurse about how to toilet the resident.
✔✔A resident is choking. The first response by the nurse aide should be to
A. go find the charge nurse.
B. get the suction machine.
, C. call emergency services (911).
D. begin abdominal thrusts. - ✔✔D. begin abdominal thrusts.
✔✔A nurse aide who is new to the unit, observes two residents go into a room and
close the door. The nurse aide suspects that the two residents are going to have sex.
What should the nurse aide do?
A. Check on the residents every few minutes.
B. Report the residents' behavior to the charge nurse.
C. Ask the nurse if the residents should be medicated.
D. Tell the residents that sex is not allowed in the nursing home. - ✔✔B. Report the
residents' behavior to the charge nurse.
✔✔Why should residents who are unable to change their own positions, have their
positions changed by staff at least every two hours?
A. Correct residents' posture
B. Improve the residents' breathing
C. Promote circulation at pressure points
D. Provide an opportunity for incontinent care - ✔✔C. Promote circulation at pressure
points
✔✔A nurse aide hears the charge nurse scream at a resident. The nurse aide goes to
the resident to provide immediate protection of the resident. The nurse aide should also
A. call the police immediately.
B. ask if the nurse is feeling stressed about something.
C. report the situation to the charge nurse's supervisor.
D. ask if any other staff have ever observed this behavior. - ✔✔C. report the situation to
the charge nurse's supervisor.
✔✔According to Standard Precautions, the nurse aide should wear gloves for which of
the following procedures?
A. Getting linen from a linen cart
B. Removing soiled linen from a bed
C. Performing range of motion exercises
D. Transferring a resident to a showerchair - ✔✔B. Removing soiled linen from a bed
✔✔While helping in the dining room, the nurse aide notices a male resident in distress
holding his throat. The nurse aide believes the resident may be choking. After calling for
help, the nurse aide's next action should be to
A. check the resident's ABCs.
B. ask if the resident can talk.
C. provide an abdominal thrust.
D. lower the resident to the floor - ✔✔B. ask if the resident can talk.
✔✔The nurse aide is taking routine vital signs on a resident. The resident's temperature
is 101.4º Fahrenheit. The most appropriate response by the nurse aide is to
