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Nursing Assistant CNA Practice Test
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The CNA Nursing Assistant certification exam is in two parts, a written part and a skills part. The written part is in multiple choice format. CNAs are expected to know these subjects: CNA Roles, Observation, Reporting and Abbreviations, Safety and Managing Behavior, Emergencies, Personal Care Skills, Infection Control and Blood Borne Pathogens, Caring for All Ages, Common Physical and Emotional Problems, Care of the Dying Person at the End of Life and Legal and Ethical Issues.
 

Nursing Assistant CNA Practice Test
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1. A small contained fire breaks out in a small trash can near the lobby of the nursing home. No visitors or residents are in immediate danger. You have pulled the alarm, what should you do next?
2. A patient is complaining of shortness of breath and requesting his breathing treatment. You notice the patient is wearing a nasal cannula with oxygen flowing at 2 L/min. What disease do you suspect this patient suffers from?
3. The RN asks you to bring the unit's collected lab specimens to the lab "stat". You should ______________.
4. 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?
5. What are standard precautions?
6. You are assisting an elderly female patient to the bathroom. Which of the following would be important to emphasize to the patient to prevent Urinary Tract Infections?
7. Which of the following hospice tasks should not be performed by a CNA?
8. You hear the code for an infant abduction over the intercom in the hospital. You notice a suspicious person walking with a large bag quickly through the halls. What is your response?
9. A CNA is caring for an immobile patient and notices a new open sore to the patient's sacrum. What should the CNA do?
10. ____________ may result when patients or residents ignore the urge to defecate.
11. You are caring for Thomas N. Thomas is 77 years old. He has edema, or swelling, in his legs and he has a fluid restriction in terms of his fluid intake. You have been assigned to weigh him daily. Based on these symptoms and the care that he is being given, what disorder is he most likely affected with?
12. 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?
13. A CNA is caring for a patient on hospice care. She notices the patient's lips, hands and feet are blue and mottled. There is no rise and fall of the patient's chest. What should the CNA's next action be?
14. The chain of infection includes the ________________.
15. You notice a patient is walking with a shuffling gait with a walker and has jerky movements of the arms and legs. The patient has some difficulty speaking but is alert and oriented. What do you suspect is causing this patient's symptoms?
16. Many people, particularly older people, go to what kind of healthcare facility after they are discharged from a hospital after a stroke?
17. A CNA notices an uncapped syringe lying on the floor in the patient's room. What is the CNA's response?
18. 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?
19. 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?
20. 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?
21. Asepsis is defined as ________________.
22. All of the following are preventive measures to avoid pressure ulcers in the elderly, except:
23. Mobility is an important human function. The hazards of immobility lead to many physical problems and emotional problems. Immobility can lead to detrimental cardiac, muscular, respiratory, skeletal, urinary, gastrointestinal, skin and emotional changes. Which of the following is an example of a skeletal hazard of immobility?
24. 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?
25. A patient is confined to their bed and needs assistance at meals. What position should you place the bed in as you are feeding the patient?