CNA

• You may attend a resident council meeting in an eldercare facility (EFC) if None of the above
• The client's religion forbids eating pork


  Bacon is being served for breakfast
• The MOST appropriate response

  Call the kitchen for a tray without bacon
• An ECF resident wishes to wash her own underwear
• You should


  Help her obtain supplies
• When moving a wheelchair onto an elevator, you should

  Stay Behind the chair, pulling it toward you
• When assisting a client in and out of bed, the nurse aide should always

  Employ body mechanic techniques
• The correct procedure for serving a meal to a client who must be fed

  Bring the tray into the room when you are ready to feed the client
• While giving an unconscious patient a bath, it is important to

  Give passive range of motion to all joints
• When assisting a client to use the bedside commode, it is important to

  all of the above
• When assisting a client with eating, one of the FIRST things the nurse aide should do is

  Wash his/her hands and the client's hands
• When arranging a patient's room, you should do all of the following EXCEPT

  Administer medications
• A clients dentures are lost. The FIRST action would be to

  Look for them
• You are told to put a client in Folwer's position, before changing the position of the client's bed, you should

  Explain the procedure to the client
• When counting respirations, the nurse aide should


  Count five respirations and then check your watch
• The foley bag must be kept lower than the client's bladder so that


  Urine will not return to the bladder, causing infection
• In the long-term-care facility, the family members should be asked to

  Attend care-planning meetings
• Mrs. Hernandez is a diabetic. For her mid-afternoon nourishment, the kitchen has sent a carton of chocolate ice cream. You FIRST action should be to


  Hold the nourishment and report to the charge nurse
• H.S. care


  Care that is given Before bedtime
• When responding to a client on the intercom, you should

  Give your name and position and say "may I help you?"
• Mr. Smith, a newly admitted conscious client, has been put to bed. Before leaving him alone, the FIRST action would be to

  Make sure he knows how to use call light
• A goal for an EFC resident is that she not swear at the nurses or aides. When she calls you by your name, your appropriate action is to

  Smile and give the appropriate reward
• A female client's perineal area should be cleansed before which specimen is collected?

  Midstream clean-catch urine specimen
• The most common site for counting the pulse is the

  Radial artery
• An agitated resident must be turned every two hours all night long. The FIRST action of the nurse when waking up this resident is to


  Speak quietly and calmly
• Before assisting a client into a wheelchair, the first action would be to check if

  Wheels of the chair are locked
• When should you wash your hands

  Before and after contact with a patient
• Before bathing a client, the nursing assistant should

  All of the above
• When family members visit a client, the visitors should

  Be allowed privacy with the client
• The purpose of cold applications is usually to

  Prevent or reduce swelling
• When assisting Mr. Jackson, a blind client, with his meal, it is NECESSARY to


  Identify each item on his tray
• With catheterized patients, which of the following is NOT the nurse aide's responsibility?
• The hot water bottle is an example of a

  Local moist heat application
• When giving information to the charge nurse for an incident report, the nurse aide should

  State the facts clearly
• The BEST food choices for a geriatric client with no teeth would include
• During hand washing, the nurse aide accidentally touches the inside of the sink while rinsing the soap off. The NEXT action is to

  Repeat the wash from the beginning
• As a nurse aide, it is your responsibility to


  Do the tasks the supervisor assigns you
• An important way to reduce the incidence of decubitus ulcers is to

  Change position every 2 hours
• Which of the following should you observe and record when admitting a client?

  Bruises, marks, rashes, or broken skin
• Which statement about some patients with developmental disabilities is correct?

  They can learn, but at a slow pace