CNA Hartman: Chapter 7 |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 | LATEST UPDATE
Prepare the room before the resident arrives
List guidelines related to Admission. When a new resident arrives at your facility, note the time and their condition
Introduce yourself and state your position. Smile and be friendly
, Measure and record VS
When admitting residents, name 4 things Obtain a height and weight
an NA can be expected to do. Obtain a urine specimen
Help the resident label and put away personal belongings
Moving a resident from one place to another
What is a transfer? Give me an example of Example: Moving a resident from Room 3A to 10A or from the Intensive Care Unit
a situation that may require a resident to be (ICU) to a step-down unit
transferred. Example: transferring the resident to an outside facility (LTC to hospital)
What has to be in place before a resident is A discharge order from a physician (doctor)
discharged?
Measure vital signs
List tasks that an NA may be required to do
Help the resident pack their belongings
during a discharge.
Take the resident to the discharge area
They show how well the vital organs of the body, such as the heart and lungs, are
Why are vital signs (VS) important?
working.
Temperature
Pulse
Name the 4 vitals signs.
Respirations
Blood Pressure
Normal temperature range 96.6-99.6 degrees Fahrenheit
Temporal (forehead)
Tympanic (ear)
Name the 5 sites that can be used to
Oral (mouth)
measure body temperature.
Axillary (armpit)
Rectal (rectum)
Which temperature site is the most Rectal (rectum)
accurate?
Which temperature site is the least Axillary (armpit)
accurate?
Red thermometer: Rectal (rectum)
What color thermometer is used for oral,
axillary and rectal sites?
Blue or green thermometer: Oral (mouth) and Axillary (armpit)
Is unconscious
Has recently had facial or oral surgery
List reasons why an oral temperature
Is heavily sedated
should not be taken on a resident.
Is coughing
Is using oxygen
How long should a NA wait before 10-20 minutes
taking an oral temperature in a person
who has smoked, chewed gum, eaten or
drunken fluids?
Sims' position
An NA should place a resident in the
_________when obtaining a rectal
temperature.
Pulse number of heartbeats per minute
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 | LATEST UPDATE
Prepare the room before the resident arrives
List guidelines related to Admission. When a new resident arrives at your facility, note the time and their condition
Introduce yourself and state your position. Smile and be friendly
, Measure and record VS
When admitting residents, name 4 things Obtain a height and weight
an NA can be expected to do. Obtain a urine specimen
Help the resident label and put away personal belongings
Moving a resident from one place to another
What is a transfer? Give me an example of Example: Moving a resident from Room 3A to 10A or from the Intensive Care Unit
a situation that may require a resident to be (ICU) to a step-down unit
transferred. Example: transferring the resident to an outside facility (LTC to hospital)
What has to be in place before a resident is A discharge order from a physician (doctor)
discharged?
Measure vital signs
List tasks that an NA may be required to do
Help the resident pack their belongings
during a discharge.
Take the resident to the discharge area
They show how well the vital organs of the body, such as the heart and lungs, are
Why are vital signs (VS) important?
working.
Temperature
Pulse
Name the 4 vitals signs.
Respirations
Blood Pressure
Normal temperature range 96.6-99.6 degrees Fahrenheit
Temporal (forehead)
Tympanic (ear)
Name the 5 sites that can be used to
Oral (mouth)
measure body temperature.
Axillary (armpit)
Rectal (rectum)
Which temperature site is the most Rectal (rectum)
accurate?
Which temperature site is the least Axillary (armpit)
accurate?
Red thermometer: Rectal (rectum)
What color thermometer is used for oral,
axillary and rectal sites?
Blue or green thermometer: Oral (mouth) and Axillary (armpit)
Is unconscious
Has recently had facial or oral surgery
List reasons why an oral temperature
Is heavily sedated
should not be taken on a resident.
Is coughing
Is using oxygen
How long should a NA wait before 10-20 minutes
taking an oral temperature in a person
who has smoked, chewed gum, eaten or
drunken fluids?
Sims' position
An NA should place a resident in the
_________when obtaining a rectal
temperature.
Pulse number of heartbeats per minute
