CNA Chapter 1.4 Questions and
Answers
What are other names CNAs are called? – answer They can be called a nurse aid,
certified nurse aide, patient care technician or certified nursing assistant.
What are tasks CNAs provide? – answer CNAs are given tasks by nurses to provide
personal care: bathing, drinking, eating, hair care. Another task for a CNA is to promote
independence for a resident to help their self esteem.
What are the duties for a CNA? – answer CNAs must help with toileting needs, moving
around/walking, keeping a resident's living area clean, neat and safe, caring for supplies
and equipment, dressing residents, making beds, giving back rubs, oral care.
What duties can't CNAs do? – answer They cannot give medication, inserting or take
out tubes in a resident, change sterile dressing, give tube feedings and cannot delegate
other CNAs. These are all done by an RN or LPN.
What is an exceptional duty a CNA can do? – answer A CNA can help change sterile
dressing with a nurse if he/she needs help.
What is the CNAs role in the health professional team? – answer CNAs are the eyes
and ears of the team because they observe changes in a resident's condition. They are
an important role in the team.
Charting – answer It is reporting changes of a resident's condition and writing down the
information. This is what a CNA mainly does in the team.
What is the goal of the health professional team? – answer To help a resident recover
from an illness as much as possible.
Residents' rights – answer All residents in LTCFs are the responsibility for each CNA. If
a resident needs help even if he/she is not in your assignment sheet, provide care and
help.
ATL flowsheet – answer It is a document that reports changes in a resident such intake
and output. Usually done by the CNA.
Care plan - answerTasks assigned by the nurse for the CNA to provide care in daily
routines for a resident. Tasks include vital signs and weight loss. Note that before you
start a procedure, check if it's in the care plan.
What can CNAs document? – answer Incident reports, ATL flow sheet and care plan
Answers
What are other names CNAs are called? – answer They can be called a nurse aid,
certified nurse aide, patient care technician or certified nursing assistant.
What are tasks CNAs provide? – answer CNAs are given tasks by nurses to provide
personal care: bathing, drinking, eating, hair care. Another task for a CNA is to promote
independence for a resident to help their self esteem.
What are the duties for a CNA? – answer CNAs must help with toileting needs, moving
around/walking, keeping a resident's living area clean, neat and safe, caring for supplies
and equipment, dressing residents, making beds, giving back rubs, oral care.
What duties can't CNAs do? – answer They cannot give medication, inserting or take
out tubes in a resident, change sterile dressing, give tube feedings and cannot delegate
other CNAs. These are all done by an RN or LPN.
What is an exceptional duty a CNA can do? – answer A CNA can help change sterile
dressing with a nurse if he/she needs help.
What is the CNAs role in the health professional team? – answer CNAs are the eyes
and ears of the team because they observe changes in a resident's condition. They are
an important role in the team.
Charting – answer It is reporting changes of a resident's condition and writing down the
information. This is what a CNA mainly does in the team.
What is the goal of the health professional team? – answer To help a resident recover
from an illness as much as possible.
Residents' rights – answer All residents in LTCFs are the responsibility for each CNA. If
a resident needs help even if he/she is not in your assignment sheet, provide care and
help.
ATL flowsheet – answer It is a document that reports changes in a resident such intake
and output. Usually done by the CNA.
Care plan - answerTasks assigned by the nurse for the CNA to provide care in daily
routines for a resident. Tasks include vital signs and weight loss. Note that before you
start a procedure, check if it's in the care plan.
What can CNAs document? – answer Incident reports, ATL flow sheet and care plan
