IL CNA PRACTICE EXAM

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IL CNA PRACTICE EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -85 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Mr. Michaels has a respiratory disorder and his doctor has asked for a sputum specimen. Prior to collecting a sputum specimen from Mr. Michaels, the nurse assistant

may ask the resident to:

• rinse his mouth out with clear water.
• rinse his mouth out with mouth wash.
• expectorate onto a sterile pad.
• expectorate into a tissue.

Answer:

rinse his mouth out with clear water.

Question 2: When should the nurse assistant trim the resident's fingernails?

• during a.m care
• before taking a shower
• before taking a tub bath
• after soaking the resident's hands

Answer:

• after soaking the resident's hands

Question 3: When a nurse assistant is cleaning a resident's glasses that have plastic lenses, the

nurse assistant must dry the plastic lens using a:

• hand/bath towel.
• brown paper towel.
• facial tissue.
• soft cloth.

Answer:

• soft cloth.

Question 4: When a resident experiences a seizure, the nurse assistant's primary concern

should be to:

• Protect the resident's head
• Restrain the resident's body movement
• Hold the resident's wrists tightly
• Immediately go get help

Answer:

Protect the resident's head Question 5: When checking a resident's general/therapeutic diet documentation, the nurse

assistant sees the abbreviation NPO. The resident would be allowed:

• Only water
• Nuts, prunes, and oranges
• Nothing by mouth
• No pure orange

Answer:

• Nothing by mouth

Question 6: The nurse assistant has been assigned to transport two residents in wheelchairs to the dining hall. The safest way for the nurse assistant to move the two residents in wheelchairs

is to:

• push one wheelchair at a time.
• pull two wheelchairs at a time.
• push one wheelchair while pulling the other.
• line the wheelchairs up side by side and push both wheelchairs at the same time.

Answer:

push one wheelchair at a time.Question 7: When a nurse assistant is administering a sitz bath to a resident, it is extremely

important that the nurse assistant closely monitors the resident for signs of:

• 30-40 minutes.
• excitability.
• faintness.
• agressiveness.

Answer:

faintness.Question 8: When the nurse assistant applies petroleum jelly to an irritated area on a resident's

skin, the petroleum jelly is considered to be a (an):

• Anti perspirant
• Skin deodorant
• Topical ointment
• Medicated ointment

Answer:

• Topical ointment

Question 9: A nurse assistant is preparing to empty Mr. Johnson's urinary drainage bag. After

putting on gloves, the nurse assistant must:

• raise the drainage bag above the level of the resident's bladder.
• remove the catheter tubing from the resident's bladder.
• open drainage port.
• apply a clamp directly on the drainage bag tubing.

Answer:

• open drainage port.

Question 10: When a nurse assistant applies a warm compress to a resident's body part, the

compress is covered with plastic and wrapped in a towel to keep the:

• compress moist
• compress warm
• resident from getting wet
• Compress from transferring heat to the body part

Answer:

• compress warm

Question 11: When a nurse assistant is assigned to care for a resident returning from cataract surgery, the nurse assistant should follow the same basic procedures that would be used for a:

• hearing impaired resident.
• nonverbal/mute resident.
• non-ambulatory resident.
• visually impaired/blind resident.

Answer:

visually impaired/blind resident.