CNA Practice Exam - Certified Nursing Assistant

CNA Roles, Roles of Others and Teamwork 1. Nursing assistants work in a lot of different places. One place that CNAs work is a skilled nursing facility. This type of facility is also called a ______________. 2. Many p ...

CNA Roles, Roles of Others and Teamwork 1. Nursing assistants work in a lot of different places. One place that CNAs work is a skilled nursing facility. This type of facility is also called a ______________. 2. Many people, particularly older people, go to what kind of healthcare facility after they are discharged from a hospital after a stroke? 3. A CNA, MA, and RN all provide care for 10 patients in a sub-acute facility. What is the term for this collaborative approach to patient care? 4. A CNA is covering another CNA's lunch break on another floor. She answers the light for a patient who complains of chest pain. Who should the CNA report this finding to? 5. You are asked to complete a bed change for a 300 lb. patient who is immobile and difficult to turn. You feel uncomfortable changing the bed yourself. What is your next course of action? 6. Which duties would be performed by a CNA in team nursing? Legal and Ethical Aspects of the CNA Role 7. The CNA can legally ____________. 8. The director of nursing at your long term care nursing home has assigned you to be in charge of the nursing home for the weekend because she is going away on a cruise vacation to the Caribbean. What should you do? 9. Which of the following actions is ethically wrong in the care of nursing home residents? 10. A patient requires a dressing change for the first time after surgery. Which of the following staff cannot legally change the patient's dressing immediately after surgery? 11. Which of the following is now the minimal requirement to be able to legally record and document data, such as vital signs and blood sugar readings, within a hospital setting? Priorities and Priority Setting 12. Who developed the Hierarchy of Needs?13. The levels of the Hierarchy of Needs are ___________________. 14. The CNA is working on a busy med-surg hospital floor and is caring for 10 patients. Vital signs are taken every 4 hours, with meals delivered at 0730, 12:30 and 5:30. It is currently 0900 and all patients have received their breakfast trays. Last vital signs were taken at 0400. Which of the following is the highest priority? 15. It is nearly time for your lunch break. A nurse is requesting assistance with an incontinence bed change. Which of the following is not a proper response? Acceptable and Unacceptable Abbreviations 16. You are the CNA caring for Mrs. Thomas. You see a notation on the nursing care plan that states, "ambulate at least 10 yards qid". This patient will be assisted with ambulation at which of the following times?17. The RN asks you to bring the unit's collected lab specimens to the lab "stat". You should ______________. 18. Hospital policy states that patients on the medical floor should have vital signs taken every 4 hours. Which of the following is an appropriate abbreviation for this order? 19. What does the medical abbreviation ADL stand for? 20. You are caring for a patient with a BKA. What do you expect to see when entering the patient's room related to this abbreviation when working with the patient? Observation, Reporting and Abbreviations 21. Which of the following lists the five senses? 22. What senses do nursing assistants use to observe patients and residents? 23. A CNA is caring for an immobile patient and notices a new open sore to the patient's sacrum. What should the CNA do? 24. A CNA is working in the resident dining hall and notices a resident grabbing at her throat without making any noise. What should the CNA's response be?25. A CNA is bathing a child on a Pediatric hospital unit. She notices the child has bruising to his arms and legs. What should be the CNA's first response be? Safety and Managing Behavior 26. Which risk factor places patients and residents at the greatest risk for falls? 27. Which sensory impairment places residents and patients at risk for falls? 28. You are caring for a resident in an Alzheimer's unit in a nursing home. The resident is repeatedly pushing on the locked door trying to exit the building. Which of the following would be your first response? 29. You are working in a dual occupancy room in a long-term care facility when the residents start arguing back and forth from their beds. What is the best response? 30. Which of the following is most likely to de-escalate a disoriented patient who is starting to become verbally abusive? 31. A CNA notices an uncapped syringe lying on the floor in the patient's room. What is the CNA's response? Disasters and Emergencies