TCD BARTELS----STATE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
How do you promote communication with a resident?
DUTY A - ANS 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?DUTY C -
ANS Place commode and Use a gait belt for transfer
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
DUTY D - ANS 80-93 `F or comfortable to touch, Lukewarm and used for fever reduction
What is a SITZ bath?
DUTY D - ANS Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT, have
patient feel water. Watch for dizziness or passing out
What is the oral temperature range?
DUTY B - ANS 97.6-99.6
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done?
DUTY C - ANS use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place on side rail
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,A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do?
DUTY A - ANS Let the doctor speak to the nurse.
Tell him you can get the nurse
If he leaves, tell the nurse and she can call him
DO NOT TAKE ORDERS
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
DUTY D - ANS Wide base of support, stand at foot of bed facing the patient
Legs between 12-24 inches apart ,bend at your knees
Raise bed to your waist level
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?
DUTY A - ANS Help gather personal items and pack
Help them dress
Get a wheelchair, take them to their car and help them into car
Return to unit, strip bed and disinfect room
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind,
what do you do?
DUTY B - ANS Remove it from the resident's room immediately. Cleaners must be locked
away and out of reach of residents
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question*
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,DUTY A - ANS 1 oz = 30 mL
ONLY count liquids, a solid that melts at room temperature can be a liquid.
How do you take a random urine specimen?
DUTY B - ANS 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.
How do you collect The Midstream Specimen?
DUTY B - ANS Also called the Clean-void specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way. Place container
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
5) finish void into toilet once specimen is received.
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen?
DUTY B - ANS Start with an empty bladder--to do this
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Test is restarted if:
-a voiding was not saved
-toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
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, You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do?
DUTY A - ANS Transfer the call.
(pg.56)
A resident with dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost his keys, what do you do?
DUTY B - ANS Tell him you will help him find his keys
Tell him you will help him
Stay Calm
What do you do to a room when a resident checks out?
DUTY B - ANS Disinfect the room.
Terminal Cleaning, strip bed and disinfect bed, pillow and room
A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they done eating?
DUTY B - ANS Bag in the room then stand at door and bag again as someone in hall holds bag
open---DOUBLE BAGGING
Take to kitchen and place in designated areas for isolation trays
What do you do with a residents BM when you empty their colostomy bag? DUTY D -
ANS Flush in the toilet
YOU ONLY EMPTY the bags, not change them.
they are emptied into a bedpan or cylinder then that container is taken to the toilet to discard
of the matter.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
How do you promote communication with a resident?
DUTY A - ANS 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?DUTY C -
ANS Place commode and Use a gait belt for transfer
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
DUTY D - ANS 80-93 `F or comfortable to touch, Lukewarm and used for fever reduction
What is a SITZ bath?
DUTY D - ANS Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT, have
patient feel water. Watch for dizziness or passing out
What is the oral temperature range?
DUTY B - ANS 97.6-99.6
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done?
DUTY C - ANS use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place on side rail
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,A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do?
DUTY A - ANS Let the doctor speak to the nurse.
Tell him you can get the nurse
If he leaves, tell the nurse and she can call him
DO NOT TAKE ORDERS
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
DUTY D - ANS Wide base of support, stand at foot of bed facing the patient
Legs between 12-24 inches apart ,bend at your knees
Raise bed to your waist level
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?
DUTY A - ANS Help gather personal items and pack
Help them dress
Get a wheelchair, take them to their car and help them into car
Return to unit, strip bed and disinfect room
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind,
what do you do?
DUTY B - ANS Remove it from the resident's room immediately. Cleaners must be locked
away and out of reach of residents
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question*
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,DUTY A - ANS 1 oz = 30 mL
ONLY count liquids, a solid that melts at room temperature can be a liquid.
How do you take a random urine specimen?
DUTY B - ANS 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.
How do you collect The Midstream Specimen?
DUTY B - ANS Also called the Clean-void specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way. Place container
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
5) finish void into toilet once specimen is received.
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen?
DUTY B - ANS Start with an empty bladder--to do this
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Test is restarted if:
-a voiding was not saved
-toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do?
DUTY A - ANS Transfer the call.
(pg.56)
A resident with dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost his keys, what do you do?
DUTY B - ANS Tell him you will help him find his keys
Tell him you will help him
Stay Calm
What do you do to a room when a resident checks out?
DUTY B - ANS Disinfect the room.
Terminal Cleaning, strip bed and disinfect bed, pillow and room
A resident is in isolation.
What do you do with their food tray when they done eating?
DUTY B - ANS Bag in the room then stand at door and bag again as someone in hall holds bag
open---DOUBLE BAGGING
Take to kitchen and place in designated areas for isolation trays
What do you do with a residents BM when you empty their colostomy bag? DUTY D -
ANS Flush in the toilet
YOU ONLY EMPTY the bags, not change them.
they are emptied into a bedpan or cylinder then that container is taken to the toilet to discard
of the matter.
4 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
