Basic Nursing Care Provided by the Nurse
Aide questions and answers 2024\2025
A+ Grade
While receiving personal care in bed, a resident begins to have a seizure. The nurse aide should?
- correct answer call the charge nurse and remain with the resident
When a resident is not able to stand, the resident's height is usually measured by?
- correct answer taking the measurement from head to heels while the resident is flat in bed
Which of the following is the nurse aide most likely to observe in a resident who has a low blood sugar?
- correct answer shakiness and trembling
A nurse aide notices that a resident with dementia is walking with a limp on the right foot. The nurse
aide's first response should be to?
- correct answer remove the resident's shoe and inspect the foot
The heart is an important muscle for which body system?
- correct answer circulatory system
While bathing a resident who is comatose, the nurse aide notices a reddened area on the left hip. Once
reported, the charge nurse is likely to request that the nurse aide?
- correct answer keep the resident positioned to avoid pressure on the hip
A resident usually responds verbally to the nurse aide's greetings, but this morning the resident seems
to be having trouble waking up. The resident is not talking but is breathing and warm. The nurse aide's
next action should be to?
- correct answer call for the charge nurse immediately
What of the following is generally experienced by a resident with low blood sugar?
- correct answer weakness
, A resident says he is 5 feet 6 inches tall. When the nurse aide measures the resident's height, the
resident is 5 feet 4 inches. What should the nurse aide do?
- correct answer measure the resident again
Which of the following is an observation often seen when a resident is impacted?
- correct answer liquid feces seeping out of the anus
A nurse aide walks into a resident's room and find a resident on the floor. The resident says, " I fell down
and I can not move my arm." What should be the nurse aide's next action?
- correct answer ask the resident to stay still while the nurse aide calls for help
While helping the resident to get dressed, the nurse aide observes that the resident's breathing is faster.
The resident says she feels tired. What should be the nurse aide's first action?
- correct answer stop the dressing to let the resident rest
Which of the following is most important to closely observe when a resident wears elastic stockings, the
type that are worn to help circulation?
- correct answer the color of the resident's toes
A resident who used to go to the bathroom by herself now asks for assistance to walk to the bathroom.
What is the appropriate response by the nurse aide?
- correct answer assist the resident and report the change to the charge nurse
Areas of the body where the bone lies close to the skin is known as?
- correct answer a pressure point
A nurse aide is assigned to a table in the dining room during the residents' lunch. One of the residents
who is seated at the table begins to have a seizure. The nurse has been called. The next action by the
nurse aide should be to?
- correct answer guide the resident from the chair to the floor
When a resident is dark skinned, the first signs of skin breakdown, instead of appearing pale or red, may
appear?
- correct answer purple
Aide questions and answers 2024\2025
A+ Grade
While receiving personal care in bed, a resident begins to have a seizure. The nurse aide should?
- correct answer call the charge nurse and remain with the resident
When a resident is not able to stand, the resident's height is usually measured by?
- correct answer taking the measurement from head to heels while the resident is flat in bed
Which of the following is the nurse aide most likely to observe in a resident who has a low blood sugar?
- correct answer shakiness and trembling
A nurse aide notices that a resident with dementia is walking with a limp on the right foot. The nurse
aide's first response should be to?
- correct answer remove the resident's shoe and inspect the foot
The heart is an important muscle for which body system?
- correct answer circulatory system
While bathing a resident who is comatose, the nurse aide notices a reddened area on the left hip. Once
reported, the charge nurse is likely to request that the nurse aide?
- correct answer keep the resident positioned to avoid pressure on the hip
A resident usually responds verbally to the nurse aide's greetings, but this morning the resident seems
to be having trouble waking up. The resident is not talking but is breathing and warm. The nurse aide's
next action should be to?
- correct answer call for the charge nurse immediately
What of the following is generally experienced by a resident with low blood sugar?
- correct answer weakness
, A resident says he is 5 feet 6 inches tall. When the nurse aide measures the resident's height, the
resident is 5 feet 4 inches. What should the nurse aide do?
- correct answer measure the resident again
Which of the following is an observation often seen when a resident is impacted?
- correct answer liquid feces seeping out of the anus
A nurse aide walks into a resident's room and find a resident on the floor. The resident says, " I fell down
and I can not move my arm." What should be the nurse aide's next action?
- correct answer ask the resident to stay still while the nurse aide calls for help
While helping the resident to get dressed, the nurse aide observes that the resident's breathing is faster.
The resident says she feels tired. What should be the nurse aide's first action?
- correct answer stop the dressing to let the resident rest
Which of the following is most important to closely observe when a resident wears elastic stockings, the
type that are worn to help circulation?
- correct answer the color of the resident's toes
A resident who used to go to the bathroom by herself now asks for assistance to walk to the bathroom.
What is the appropriate response by the nurse aide?
- correct answer assist the resident and report the change to the charge nurse
Areas of the body where the bone lies close to the skin is known as?
- correct answer a pressure point
A nurse aide is assigned to a table in the dining room during the residents' lunch. One of the residents
who is seated at the table begins to have a seizure. The nurse has been called. The next action by the
nurse aide should be to?
- correct answer guide the resident from the chair to the floor
When a resident is dark skinned, the first signs of skin breakdown, instead of appearing pale or red, may
appear?
- correct answer purple
