CAREGIVER CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION
STUDY SHEET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉The nurse is providing instructions to a client and family regarding
home care following cataract removal from the left eye. The nurse
would plan to teach the client which of the following pieces of
information about positioning in the postoperative period?
1. Lower the head between the knees 3 times a day.
2. Bend below the waist as often as possible.
3. Avoid sleeping on the left side.
4. Sleep only on the left side.. Answer: 3. Avoid sleeping on the left
side.
Following cataract surgery, the client should not sleep on the left
side of he body that was operated on. Clients should also avoid
bending below the level of the waist so as not to increase intraocular
pressure.
Test-Taking Strategy: Remember that options that are comparable or
alike are not likely to be correct. With this in mind, eliminate "lower
the head between the knees 3 times a day" and "bend below the
,waist as often as possible" first. Choose correctly between the two
remaining options, using knowledge of positioning following eye
surgery and principles related to gravity and edema formation.
Review the care to the client following cataract surgery if you had
difficulty with this question.
◉The client with hypertension has been prescribed a low-sodium
diet. The nurse teaching this client about foods that are allowed
should plan to include which of the following in a list provided to the
client?
1. Tomato soup
2. Boiled shrimp
3. Instant oatmeal
4. Summer squash. Answer: 4. Summer squash
Foods that are lower in sodium are fruits and vegetables (summer
squash) because they do not contain physiological saline. Highly
processed or refined foods ( tomato soup and instant oatmeal) are
higher in sodium unless they are specifically noted as "low sodium."
Saltwater fish and shellfish are higher in sodium.
Test-Taking Strategy: Begin to answer this question by eliminating
"boiled shrimp" as being highest in sodium. Eliminate the other
,correct options they are processed foods. Review the foods that are
high and low in sodium if you had difficulty with this question.
◉The client has been diagnosed with gout. In developing a teaching
plan for this client, the nurse should include a list that identifies
which of the following foods to be avoided?
1. Chicken liver
2. Carrots
3. Tapioca
4. Chocolate. Answer: 1. Chicken liver
Liver and other organ meats should be omitted from the diet of a
client who has gout because of high purine content. Purines are a
form of protein. The food items identified in the other options
contain negligible amounts of purines and may be consumed freely
by the client with gout.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the pathophysiology of the client's
diagnosis and subject, foods high in purine. Remember that organ
meats are high in purines.
◉The client is resuming a diet after hemigastrectomy. To minimize
complications, the nurse would tell the client to avoid doing which of
the following?
, 1. Lying down after eating
2. Drinking liquids with meals
3. Eating six meals a day
4. Excluding concentrated sweets in the diet. Answer: 2. Drinking
liquids with meals
The client who had a hemigastrectomy is at risk for dumping
syndrome. This client should be placed on a diet that is high in
protein, moderate in fat, and high in calories. The client should avoid
drinking liquids with meals. Frequent small meals are encouraged,
and the client should avoid concentrated sweets.
◉The nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client receiving
potassium-sparing diuretic about foods that are low in potassium.
The nurse should include which of the following on a list of foods
that have low potassium content?
1. Apple
2. Carrots
3. Spinach
4. Avocado. Answer: 1. Apple
STUDY SHEET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉The nurse is providing instructions to a client and family regarding
home care following cataract removal from the left eye. The nurse
would plan to teach the client which of the following pieces of
information about positioning in the postoperative period?
1. Lower the head between the knees 3 times a day.
2. Bend below the waist as often as possible.
3. Avoid sleeping on the left side.
4. Sleep only on the left side.. Answer: 3. Avoid sleeping on the left
side.
Following cataract surgery, the client should not sleep on the left
side of he body that was operated on. Clients should also avoid
bending below the level of the waist so as not to increase intraocular
pressure.
Test-Taking Strategy: Remember that options that are comparable or
alike are not likely to be correct. With this in mind, eliminate "lower
the head between the knees 3 times a day" and "bend below the
,waist as often as possible" first. Choose correctly between the two
remaining options, using knowledge of positioning following eye
surgery and principles related to gravity and edema formation.
Review the care to the client following cataract surgery if you had
difficulty with this question.
◉The client with hypertension has been prescribed a low-sodium
diet. The nurse teaching this client about foods that are allowed
should plan to include which of the following in a list provided to the
client?
1. Tomato soup
2. Boiled shrimp
3. Instant oatmeal
4. Summer squash. Answer: 4. Summer squash
Foods that are lower in sodium are fruits and vegetables (summer
squash) because they do not contain physiological saline. Highly
processed or refined foods ( tomato soup and instant oatmeal) are
higher in sodium unless they are specifically noted as "low sodium."
Saltwater fish and shellfish are higher in sodium.
Test-Taking Strategy: Begin to answer this question by eliminating
"boiled shrimp" as being highest in sodium. Eliminate the other
,correct options they are processed foods. Review the foods that are
high and low in sodium if you had difficulty with this question.
◉The client has been diagnosed with gout. In developing a teaching
plan for this client, the nurse should include a list that identifies
which of the following foods to be avoided?
1. Chicken liver
2. Carrots
3. Tapioca
4. Chocolate. Answer: 1. Chicken liver
Liver and other organ meats should be omitted from the diet of a
client who has gout because of high purine content. Purines are a
form of protein. The food items identified in the other options
contain negligible amounts of purines and may be consumed freely
by the client with gout.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the pathophysiology of the client's
diagnosis and subject, foods high in purine. Remember that organ
meats are high in purines.
◉The client is resuming a diet after hemigastrectomy. To minimize
complications, the nurse would tell the client to avoid doing which of
the following?
, 1. Lying down after eating
2. Drinking liquids with meals
3. Eating six meals a day
4. Excluding concentrated sweets in the diet. Answer: 2. Drinking
liquids with meals
The client who had a hemigastrectomy is at risk for dumping
syndrome. This client should be placed on a diet that is high in
protein, moderate in fat, and high in calories. The client should avoid
drinking liquids with meals. Frequent small meals are encouraged,
and the client should avoid concentrated sweets.
◉The nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client receiving
potassium-sparing diuretic about foods that are low in potassium.
The nurse should include which of the following on a list of foods
that have low potassium content?
1. Apple
2. Carrots
3. Spinach
4. Avocado. Answer: 1. Apple
