ACUTE CARE CNA EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
(MOD 1 Responsibilities 1-4)
Quality assurance is:
A)insurance that pays for a patient's hospitalization
B)Money paid to staff for providing good care
C)Evaluation Of care provided by the facility
One of the guarantees in the patients' Bill of rights - ANS C)Evaluation of care provided by
the facility
Maintaining patient confidentiality in acute care:
a)is not required
b)is not a concern of patients
c)is violated only when info from the doctor is disclosed
d)means keeping both written and verbal confidentiality, including computer documentation -
ANS d)means keeping both written and verbal confidentiality, including computer
documentation
CPR Certification:
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,a)May be a job requirement for the acute care nursing assistant
b)is renewed every 5 yrs
c)is not required for individuals who have state CNA certification
d)none of the above - ANS a)May be a job requirement for the acute care nursing assistant
The job description for a nursing assistant working in an acute care hospital may include more
responsibilities than allowed by the DHS role limitations for CNAs. In this case, the CNA should:
a)continue to use the title CNA
b)Use the title NA, or title recommended by the facility
c)Use the title licensed nurse
d)Use the title nurse - ANS b)Use the title N,A or title recommended by the facility
(MOD 2 Comm/Documentation 5-12)
Which of the following influences communication between the nursing assistant and patient?
a)The patient has completed only the third grade
b)The patient is upset and sobbing
c)The patient speaks little English
d)The patient is elderly and has difficulty seeing and hearing
e) all the above - ANS e) all the above
You find that you have documented vital signs on the wrong patient's chart. You should:
a)Use white out
b)Draw a line through the incorrect info and label "error" with your initials
c)Scribble out the info with a pen
d)Throw document away and start over. - ANS b)Draw a line through the incorrect info and
label "error" with your initials
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, Assertive Communication involves:
a)Using "I" messages
b)clarifying expectations/instructions
c)refusing to perform a task for which you have not received training.
d)giving and receiving feedback
e)all the above - ANS e)all the above
A friend of yours is in the hospital. Is it acceptable to look up info in the computer to see how
he/she is doing?
a)Yes
b)no - ANS b)no
A patients chart is:
a)Kept for 7 yrs
b)public property
c) A legal document
d)May be viewed by Immediate family w doctors order, - ANS c) A legal document
Mr. Ross asks the same question multiple times. You should:
a)Be patient
b)Say you already answered the question
c)Tell him that you are answering it again
d)Report the behavior to the nurse. - ANS a)Be patient
The purpose of advance directives is to:
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
(MOD 1 Responsibilities 1-4)
Quality assurance is:
A)insurance that pays for a patient's hospitalization
B)Money paid to staff for providing good care
C)Evaluation Of care provided by the facility
One of the guarantees in the patients' Bill of rights - ANS C)Evaluation of care provided by
the facility
Maintaining patient confidentiality in acute care:
a)is not required
b)is not a concern of patients
c)is violated only when info from the doctor is disclosed
d)means keeping both written and verbal confidentiality, including computer documentation -
ANS d)means keeping both written and verbal confidentiality, including computer
documentation
CPR Certification:
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,a)May be a job requirement for the acute care nursing assistant
b)is renewed every 5 yrs
c)is not required for individuals who have state CNA certification
d)none of the above - ANS a)May be a job requirement for the acute care nursing assistant
The job description for a nursing assistant working in an acute care hospital may include more
responsibilities than allowed by the DHS role limitations for CNAs. In this case, the CNA should:
a)continue to use the title CNA
b)Use the title NA, or title recommended by the facility
c)Use the title licensed nurse
d)Use the title nurse - ANS b)Use the title N,A or title recommended by the facility
(MOD 2 Comm/Documentation 5-12)
Which of the following influences communication between the nursing assistant and patient?
a)The patient has completed only the third grade
b)The patient is upset and sobbing
c)The patient speaks little English
d)The patient is elderly and has difficulty seeing and hearing
e) all the above - ANS e) all the above
You find that you have documented vital signs on the wrong patient's chart. You should:
a)Use white out
b)Draw a line through the incorrect info and label "error" with your initials
c)Scribble out the info with a pen
d)Throw document away and start over. - ANS b)Draw a line through the incorrect info and
label "error" with your initials
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, Assertive Communication involves:
a)Using "I" messages
b)clarifying expectations/instructions
c)refusing to perform a task for which you have not received training.
d)giving and receiving feedback
e)all the above - ANS e)all the above
A friend of yours is in the hospital. Is it acceptable to look up info in the computer to see how
he/she is doing?
a)Yes
b)no - ANS b)no
A patients chart is:
a)Kept for 7 yrs
b)public property
c) A legal document
d)May be viewed by Immediate family w doctors order, - ANS c) A legal document
Mr. Ross asks the same question multiple times. You should:
a)Be patient
b)Say you already answered the question
c)Tell him that you are answering it again
d)Report the behavior to the nurse. - ANS a)Be patient
The purpose of advance directives is to:
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