CNA FINAL REVIEW 2

While eating dinner a client starts to choke and turn blue. The nurse aide SHOULD

• give client a drink of water
• slap client on back until food dislodges
• call for assistance and start Heimlich manuever
• immediately remove client's tray and call for nurse supervisor

To convert four ounces of juice to milliliters (ml), the nurse aide should multiply

• 4 X 10ml
• 4 X 30
• 4 X 5 
• 4 X 15

The purpose for padding side rails on the client’s bed is to

• protect the client from injury
• use them as a restraint
• keep the client warm
• have a place to connect the call signal

NPO means

• nothing by mouth except water
• only ice chips
• nothing by mouth
• nothing per ostomy

To avoid pulling the catheter when turning a male client, the catheter tube must be taped to the client’s

• upper thigh
• bed frame
• bed sheet
• hip

A client is paralyzed on the right side. The nurse aide should place the signaling device

• under the pillow
• on the right side of the bed near the client's hand
• at the foot of the bed
• on the left side of the bed near the client's hand

The equipment you need to gather to do unconscious oral care would include

• toothpaste
• toothette/mouth swab
• toothbrust
• all of the above

Clean bed linen placed in a client’s room but NOT used should be

• put in the dirty linen container
• taken to the nurse in charge
• used for a client in the next room
• returned to the linen closet

A client needs to be repositioned but is heavy, and the nurse aide is not sure she can move the client alone. The nurse aide should

• go on to another task
• try to move the client alone
• ask another nurse aide to help
• have the family do it

When helping a client who is recovering from a stroke to walk, the nurse aide should assist

• with a wheelchair
• on the client's strong side
• from behind the client
• on the client's weak side