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ILLINOIS CNA STATE EXAM 2025 UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
How do you promote communication with a resident? - correct
answer- asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you
feeling?" (ch.6)
A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help...
what do you do? - correct answer- Use a gait belt
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath? - correct answer- 80-
93 `F
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath? - correct answer- Sitz-
seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or
HOT water (93-98-106)
What is the oral temperature? - correct answer- 97.6-99.6
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A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to
do when he is done? - correct answer- use call light/call for help
promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails
A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before
leaving, what do you do? - correct answer- Let the doctor speak
to the nurse.
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose? -
correct answer- Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart.
Check ever 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being
discharged? - correct answer- Help in packing resident's things
away.
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant
that housekeeping left behind, what do you do? - correct
answer- Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
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Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question* - correct answer-
1 oz = 30 mL
How do you take a random urine specimen? - correct answer-
Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the
container in a plastic bag, apply Biohazard Label.
The Midstream Specimen - correct answer- *Clean-voided
specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? - correct answer-
Start with an empty bladder
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---
discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Tes is restarted if:
ILLINOIS CNA STATE EXAM 2025 UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
How do you promote communication with a resident? - correct
answer- asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you
feeling?" (ch.6)
A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help...
what do you do? - correct answer- Use a gait belt
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath? - correct answer- 80-
93 `F
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath? - correct answer- Sitz-
seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or
HOT water (93-98-106)
What is the oral temperature? - correct answer- 97.6-99.6
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A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to
do when he is done? - correct answer- use call light/call for help
promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails
A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before
leaving, what do you do? - correct answer- Let the doctor speak
to the nurse.
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose? -
correct answer- Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart.
Check ever 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being
discharged? - correct answer- Help in packing resident's things
away.
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant
that housekeeping left behind, what do you do? - correct
answer- Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
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Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question* - correct answer-
1 oz = 30 mL
How do you take a random urine specimen? - correct answer-
Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the
container in a plastic bag, apply Biohazard Label.
The Midstream Specimen - correct answer- *Clean-voided
specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? - correct answer-
Start with an empty bladder
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---
discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Tes is restarted if:
