CNA EXAM - AUTOMATIC FAILS

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CNA EXAM - AUTOMATIC FAILS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

This Exam contains:

-Guarantee passing score -22 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Range of motion - shoulder

Answer:

-Performing the range of motion on the incorrect side from what is listed on your care plan -Failure to ask resident about pain -Failure to complete 1 set of 3 repetitions for each exercise

Question 2: Assist resident needing to use a bedpan

Answer:

-Failure to wear gloves -Failure to raise head of bed to Semi-Fowler's Position (45 degrees) -Placing bed pan on table -Failure to place or remove bed pad

Question 3: Provide mouth care to resident who has teeth

Answer:

-Not wearing gloves -Head of bed not raised to Fowler's (90 degrees) before care

Question 4: Dressing a resident who has a weak arm

Answer:

-Always undress from the strong to weak arm & dress from weak to strong arm -Always ensure your resident's safety & dignity -Allow for an outfit preference -Avoid placing dirty gown on bedside table

Question 5: Provide perineal care to female resident who is incontinent

Answer:

-Always cleanse from front to back -Same layer of washcloth used twice -Not applying gloves before performing skill -Not maintaining resident's privacy

Question 6: Feeding a resident

Answer:

-Wearing gloves while feeding the resident -Failure to converse with the resident -Failure to sit with the resident -Failure to record intake

Question 7: Provide foot care to resident

Answer:

-Failure to converse with the resident -Failure to wash, rinse, dry area -If you dig or file toenails -Failure to replace sock & shoe

Question 8: Change resident to a supported side-lying position

Answer:

-None

Question 9: Measure & record a resident's respirations

Answer:

-Failure to record the measurement

Question 10: Range of motion - elbow & wrist

Answer:

-Performing the range of motion on the incorrect side from what is listed on your care plan -Failure to ask about pain -Failure to complete 1 set of 3 repetitions for each exercise

Question 11: Provide resident hand & nail care

Answer:

-Failure to converse with the resident -Failure to wash, rinse, & dry area -Failure to wear gloves

Question 12: Measure & record contents of urinary drainage bag

Answer:

-Failure to record output -Failure to wear gloves -Failure to return bed to lowest position -Failure to wash hands 3 times

Question 13: Change an occupied bed

Answer:

-Failure to maintain the safety of your patient (i.e. leaving the bedside while the patient is positioned on their side) -Not following infection control protocol (i.e. placing dirty linens on the bedside table and/or floor) -Allowing the resident to lay directly on the mattress

Question 14: Ambulate the resident using a transfer/gait belt

Answer:

-Failure to ask resident if they are dizzy with every change of position -Failure to use gait belt during transfer -Failure to be mindful of your own body mechanics -Failure to assist your resident to walk the number of steps indicated on care plan -Failure to recognize the resident's non-skid shoes

Question 15: Provide catheter care to female resident

Answer:

-Always cleanse from front to back -Always ensure your resident's safety & dignity -Failure to cleanse catheter or perineal area using a clean area of washcloth

-Failure to cleanse, rinse, & dry area -Failure to wear gloves

Question 16: Indirect care

Answer:

-None

Question 17: Measure & record a resident's radial pulse

Answer:

-Failing to record the measurements -Failure to check the pulse twice

Question 18: Handwashing

Answer:

-None

Question 19: Provide resident a partial bed bath & back rub

Answer:

-Same layer of washcloth used twice for any part of the face -Not applying gloves before performing skill -Not maintaining resident's privacy -Not maintaining the safety of the resident -You must wash, rinse, & dry each area of the body

Question 20: Provide mouth care to a resident who has a denture

Answer:

-Failure to wear gloves -Dentures not brushed over sink -Failure to pad inside of sink with paper towels

Question 21: Transfer resident using a pivot technique

Answer:

-Failure to brake wheelchair before pivot -Failure to brake wheelchair before leaving -Failure to put resident's shoes on before pivot -Failure to apply gait belt -Failure to ask patient to scoot forward so feet are not dangling from bed -Failure to have resident's feet on foot pads -Failure to have resident sit back in chair