CNA Practice Exam I

A resident often carries a doll with her, treating it like her baby. One day she is wandering around crying that she can't find her baby. The nurse aide should

• 1. ask the resident where she last had the doll.

• 1. ask the activity department if they have any other dolls.

• 1. offer comfort to the resident and help her look for her baby.

• 1. let the other staff know the resident is very confused and should be watched closely.

A nurse aide is asked to change a urinary drainage bag attached to a dwelling urinary catheter. The nurse aide has never done this before. The best response by the nurse aide is to

• Change the indwelling catheter at the same time.

• Ask another nurse aide to change the urinary drainage bag.

• Change the bag asking for help only if the nurse aide has problems.

• Ask a nurse to watch the nurse aide change the bag since it is the first time.

Before feeding a resident, which of the following is the BEST reason to wash the resident's hands?

• The resident may still touch his/her mouth or food.

• It reduces the risk of spreading airborne diseases.

• It improves residents' morale and appetite.

• The resident needs to keep meal routines.

Which of the following is a job task performed by the nurse aide?

• Participating in residents' care planning conferences.

• Taking a telephone order from a physician

• Giving medications to assigned residents

• Changing sterile wound dressings

Which of the following statements is true about range of motion (ROM) exercises?

• Done just once a day

• Help prevent strokes and paralysis

• Require at least ten repetitions of each exercise

• Are often performed during ADLs such as bathing or dressing

While the nurse aide tries to dress a resident who is confused, the resident keeps trying to grab a hairbrush. The nurse aide should

• Put the hairbrush away and out of sight

• Give the resident the hairbrush to hold

• Try to dress the resident more quickly

• Restrain the resident's hand

A resident who is lying in bed suddenly becomes short of breath. After calling for help, the nurse aide's next action should be to

• Ask the resident to take deep breaths

• take the resident's vital signs

• raise the head of the bed

• elevate the resident's feet

A resident who has cancer is expected to die within the next couple of days. Nursing care for this resident should focus on

• helping the resident through the stages of grief

• providing for the resident's comfort

• keeping the resident's care routine, such as for bathing

• giving the resident a lot of quiet time and privacy

While giving a bed bath, the nurse aide hears the alarm from a nearby door suddenly go off. The nurse aide should

• wait a few minutes to see if the alarm stops

• report the alarm to the charge nurse immediately

• make the resident being bathed safe and go check the door right away.

• stop the bed bath and go check on the location of all assigned residents

Gloves should be worn for which of the following procedures?

• Emptying a urinary drainage bag

• Brushing a resident's hair

• Ambulating a resident

• Feeding a resident