CNA PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS

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CNA PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What should you do after feeding a dysphagic patient?

Answer:

keep the patient upright for 30 minutes (because they have trouble swallowing) Question 2: What is the acronym for the priority list for nursing assistants in the case of a fire?

Answer:

RACE (remove; activate; contain; extinguish) Question 3: When the nurse fails to keep the patient's matters confidential, or exposes the patient's body while performing care is called ____.

Answer:

Invasion of privacy Question 4: Refusing to participate in social activities and having trouble sleeping and eating is a sign of what?

Answer:

pain

Question 5: A paraplegia patient is one whose ____ half of the body is paralyzed

Answer:

lower

Question 6: A quadriplegia patient is one who has ______ paralyzed.

Answer:

all limbs Question 7: The act of punishing a patient by isolating him or her from the other patients is called _______.

Answer:

involuntary seclusion

Question 8: What is the proper way to take off a mask?

Answer:

untie the bottom tie first, then the top tie Question 9: Immediately before you expel the urine sample into the sterile container, you must

_____?

Answer:

remove the clamp that you had previously placed on the catheter

Question 10: What 3 things do you record after taking a patient's respirations?

Answer:

respiratory effort, depth, and rate

Question 11: What is the role of the dietician?

Answer:

the one who plans the patients meals Question 12: When transferring a patient most of the patient's weight is supported by the nursing assistant's ______.

Answer:

legs

Question 13: Personal quality in which a nursing assistant would accept a new assignment without complaint

Answer:

flexibility

Question 14: ability to perform the job duties for which you have been trained

Answer:

accountability

Question 15: What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987?

Answer:

establishes standards for Nursing Assistant

Question 16: hypotension

Answer:

low blood pressure Question 17: When taking a person's blood pressure for the first time, how should it be done?

Answer:

Measure blood pressure on both arms and use the second measurement as a baseline

Question 18: What does NPO stand for?

Answer:

Nothing by mouth

Question 19: Is is acceptable to pray with patients?

Answer:

yes

Question 20: Condition of rapid breathing

Answer:

Tachpnea

Question 21: A skin rash caused by mites

Answer:

Scabies

Question 22: Where should the enema bag be hung?

Answer:

on the IV pole with the tubing at the bottom; no higher than 12 inches above the patient's anus

Question 23: What is the acronym for the proper steps to extinguish a fire?

Answer:

PASS (Pull the pin; Aim the extinguisher; Squeeze the trigger; sweep at base of fire)

Question 24: Where is the proper place to secure a drainage bag?

Answer:

To the bed frame; avoid securing to a moveable object

Question 25: What are signs of a hyperglycemia patient?

Answer:

sluggish and/or confused mood, deep respirations, slow or normal pulse, slurred speech, hot, flushed, and dry skin.

Question 26: Where is the proper place to store a patient's bedpan?

Answer:

in the bottom drawer of the patient's bedside table

Question 27: what is hypertension?

Answer:

High blood pressure Question 28: A communicable disease,(contagious disease), that affects a persons lungs and immunity system is called ____.

Answer:

Tuberculosis