KANSAS CNA STATE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ What is the Normal temp if done orally? Answer: 97.6 - 99.6 °F
◉ What is the normal temp if done rectally? Answer: 98.6 - 100.6 °F
◉ What is the normal temp for using the axillary method? Answer:
96.6 - 98.6 °F
◉ What is the normal temp for the tympanic method? Answer: 98.2 -
100 °F
◉ How many minutes before taking temp orally do you need after
eating or drinking?. Answer: 10-20 minutes
◉ What is the normal pulse range?. Answer: 60-100 bpm
◉ What would your resident be considered with a bpm less than
60?. Answer: Bradycardia
,◉ What would your resident be considered with a bpm greater than
90?. Answer: Tachycardia
◉ Where is your radial pulse located?. Answer: wrist
◉ Where is your apical pulse located?. Answer: below nipple
◉ What does dyspnea indicate?. Answer: Shortness of breathe
◉ What does apnia indicate?. Answer: Airflow to the lungs stops for
at least 10 seconds or longer
◉ What is systolic blood pressure, and what is the normal range?.
Answer: -the top # in a bp reading ; measures pressure in arteries
when your heart beats
-less than 120 (<120)
◉ What is diastolic blood pressure, and what is the normal range?.
Answer: -bottom # in bp reading ; measures pressure in arteries in-
between beats
-less than 80 (<80)
◉ What would be considered a normal blood pressure reading?.
Answer: 120/80
,◉ What is hypertension or HTN?. Answer: high blood pressure
◉ What is a well-known name for a cerebrovascular accident.
Answer: Stroke
◉ This is a chronic condition in which the heart's ability to pump
blood efficiently is compromised. Answer: congestive heart failure
◉ What is restorative care?. Answer: Helping the resident maintain
the highest level of functioning possible
◉ What is the purpose for providers in a healthcare system?.
Answer: People or organizations that provide health care
◉ This kind of 24 hour care is medically necessary care given by a
skilled nurse or therapist.. Answer: Skilled care
◉ This kind of 24 hour skilled care is given in hospitals and
ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term,
immediate care for illnesses or injuries.. Answer: Acute care
, ◉ This care is given in hospitals or long-term care facilities, for
people who need less care than an acute short-term illness, but more
care than chronic long-term illnesses.. Answer: Subacute care
◉ What kind of care is given to people who have had treatments,
procedures, or surgeries and need short-term skilled care.
These patients typically can go home.. Answer: Outpatient care
◉ What is managed care and 2 examples of it ?. Answer: -managed
care is when many health insurance plans employ cost-control
strategies
-Health Maintenance Organizations(HMOs)
-Preferred Provider Organizations(PPOs)
◉ Inspections are done periodically by the state agency that licenses
facilities, what are these inspections called?. Answer: Surveys
◉ What is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates
and accredits healthcare organizations?. Answer: joint Commission
◉ What is Medicare?. Answer: Federal health insurance program
(est. 1965) for people aged 65 or older
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ What is the Normal temp if done orally? Answer: 97.6 - 99.6 °F
◉ What is the normal temp if done rectally? Answer: 98.6 - 100.6 °F
◉ What is the normal temp for using the axillary method? Answer:
96.6 - 98.6 °F
◉ What is the normal temp for the tympanic method? Answer: 98.2 -
100 °F
◉ How many minutes before taking temp orally do you need after
eating or drinking?. Answer: 10-20 minutes
◉ What is the normal pulse range?. Answer: 60-100 bpm
◉ What would your resident be considered with a bpm less than
60?. Answer: Bradycardia
,◉ What would your resident be considered with a bpm greater than
90?. Answer: Tachycardia
◉ Where is your radial pulse located?. Answer: wrist
◉ Where is your apical pulse located?. Answer: below nipple
◉ What does dyspnea indicate?. Answer: Shortness of breathe
◉ What does apnia indicate?. Answer: Airflow to the lungs stops for
at least 10 seconds or longer
◉ What is systolic blood pressure, and what is the normal range?.
Answer: -the top # in a bp reading ; measures pressure in arteries
when your heart beats
-less than 120 (<120)
◉ What is diastolic blood pressure, and what is the normal range?.
Answer: -bottom # in bp reading ; measures pressure in arteries in-
between beats
-less than 80 (<80)
◉ What would be considered a normal blood pressure reading?.
Answer: 120/80
,◉ What is hypertension or HTN?. Answer: high blood pressure
◉ What is a well-known name for a cerebrovascular accident.
Answer: Stroke
◉ This is a chronic condition in which the heart's ability to pump
blood efficiently is compromised. Answer: congestive heart failure
◉ What is restorative care?. Answer: Helping the resident maintain
the highest level of functioning possible
◉ What is the purpose for providers in a healthcare system?.
Answer: People or organizations that provide health care
◉ This kind of 24 hour care is medically necessary care given by a
skilled nurse or therapist.. Answer: Skilled care
◉ This kind of 24 hour skilled care is given in hospitals and
ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term,
immediate care for illnesses or injuries.. Answer: Acute care
, ◉ This care is given in hospitals or long-term care facilities, for
people who need less care than an acute short-term illness, but more
care than chronic long-term illnesses.. Answer: Subacute care
◉ What kind of care is given to people who have had treatments,
procedures, or surgeries and need short-term skilled care.
These patients typically can go home.. Answer: Outpatient care
◉ What is managed care and 2 examples of it ?. Answer: -managed
care is when many health insurance plans employ cost-control
strategies
-Health Maintenance Organizations(HMOs)
-Preferred Provider Organizations(PPOs)
◉ Inspections are done periodically by the state agency that licenses
facilities, what are these inspections called?. Answer: Surveys
◉ What is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates
and accredits healthcare organizations?. Answer: joint Commission
◉ What is Medicare?. Answer: Federal health insurance program
(est. 1965) for people aged 65 or older
