CNA Skills Cont...

Which action is performed first when providing catheter care?

• Give perineal care.
• Explain the procedure to the client.
• Put on gloves.
• Check the drainage system

Which best practice method does the HCA follow when assisting with client urinary drainage systems?

• Place the urinary collection bag below the level of the bladder.
• Lay the catheter drainage bag on the bed beside the client’s left hand
• Use 5 cm gauze bandage to secure the catheter tubing to the client’s leg
• Wrap the excess tubing around the client’s leg

Which of the following procedures is best practice when providing safe catheter care for a female client?

• Separate the labia then cleanse from the anus upward to the vulva. 
• Separate the labia then cleanse from the top of the vulva downwards to the anus.
• Separate the labia then clean around the urinary meatus in a circular motion.
• Separate the labia then clean from the anus upward to the meatus.  

Mrs. Nibble has an indwelling catheter. Which observation made by the HCA would require immediate reporting to the supervisor?

• Urine is seen in the tubing and in the drainage bag.

• Urine is clear and light yellow in colour.

• Urine output is 100 milliliters during an eight-hour shift.

• Urine has a mild odor.

How does the HCA demonstrate compassionate caring for a client who complains that his/her catheter is pulling?

• By securing the catheter to the inner thigh
• By checking the amount of urine in the urinary bag
• By checking the care plan
• By removing the catheter

Where should you sit if you are feeding the resident ?

• on the patient's unaffected side at eye level
• on the affected side
• you don't sit, you stand on the affected side
• stand on the unaffected side

If a resident is visually impaired, how do you descibe the different food on a plate?

• like a ball
• like a wheel
• like a tire
• like a clock

When preparing to take a meal tray into the client's room, what is the most important action for the nurse to take

• Check that client's name is displayed on the tray card

• Make sure the client's favorite foods are present

• Determine if enough fluids have been ordered

• keep all food covered until eaten

Pillows should be used for a client placed in a side-lying position

• promote sleep

• decrease pain

• prevents skin breakdowns

• decrease edema

When applying elastic stockings to the client, it would be best for the nurse aide to position the client

• lying down in bed

• dangling the legs from the edge of the bed

• standing at the side of the bed

• sitting in a wheelchair