NNAAP Nurse Aide Practice QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2022
While the nurse aide is assisting a client to commode, a visitor enters the room. How SHOULD
the nurse aide respond? Correct Answer: "Would you please wait in the lobby?"
The nurse aide should perform oral care on a client who is unconscious at LEAST every: Correct
Answer: 2 hours.
The nurse aide SHOULD report a client's concerns directly to the: Correct Answer: nurse
supervisor.
Before assisting a client into a bath or shower, the nurse aide should FIRST: Correct Answer:
check the temperature of the water.
A client looks forward to playing cards each morning. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct
Answer: plan the client's schedule so that the client is bathed and dressed in time for playing
cards.
A client with Alzheimer's disease wanders from room to room while moving the belongings of
other clients to different locations. Alert and oriented clients are angry that their things have been
moved. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: find the missing articles and return them.
A client is paralyzed on the left side the nurse aide SHOULD place the signaling device: Correct
Answer: on the clients right hand.
Physical restraints are used MOST often: Correct Answer: to prevent client injury.
What is the FIRST thing a nurse aide should do when finding an unresponsive client? Correct
Answer: call for help.
What type of fire can be put out with water? Correct Answer: Paper
When caring for a client from another country, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: be
sensitive to the client's cultural needs.
If a client has hand tremors, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: assist the client with
activities of daily living (ADL) as needed.
When taking a client's radial pulse, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: place the nurse
aide's fingertips on the clients wrist.
The female perineum SHOULD be cleansed: Correct Answer: from the front to back.
, To lift an object by using good body mechanics, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
bend the knees and keep the back straight.
The nurse aide is caring for a client who has dentures. Which of the following SHOULD the
nurse take when caring for the client's dentures? Correct Answer: Line the bathroom sink with a
towel before cleansing the dentures.
Right before dinner, a client is incontinent of urine. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
clean the client and take the client to dinner as soon as possible.
When operating a manual bed, the nurse aide SHOULD remember to: Correct Answer: fold the
cranks under the bed
The nurse aide is providing care for a client after elimination. It would be MOST important for
the nurse aide to: Correct Answer: ensure that all feces are removed from the client's skin.
The nursing care plan states. "Transfer with mechanical lift." However, a client is very agitated.
To transfer the client, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: get assistance to move the
client.
For safety, when leaving a client alone in a room, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
place the signaling device within the client's reach.
The nurse aide sees a client spill water on the floor in the hall. Another client is walking down
the hall. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: clean up spill.
The nurse aide is walking with a client who uses a wheelchair when the facility fire alarm system
is activated. The client becomes excited by the noise. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
comfort the client while moving to safe place.
The nurse aide is going to help a client walk from the bed to a chair. What SHOULD the nurse
aide put on the client's feet? Correct Answer: Rubber-soled slippers or shoes.
The nurse aide SHOULD refuse to perform a task if the: Correct Answer: nurse aide has not
been trained to do it.
When assisting a client in resolving grievances, the nurse aide SHOULD report the grievance to
the: Correct Answer: nurse in charge.
The nurse aide SHOULD place the soiled linen: Correct Answer: in the dirty linen container.
The nurse aide is reviewing fire prevention measures. Which of the following, if performed by
the nurse aide, would require follow-up? Correct Answer: Taking all cigarettes and matches
away from clients and visitors.
AND ANSWERS 2022
While the nurse aide is assisting a client to commode, a visitor enters the room. How SHOULD
the nurse aide respond? Correct Answer: "Would you please wait in the lobby?"
The nurse aide should perform oral care on a client who is unconscious at LEAST every: Correct
Answer: 2 hours.
The nurse aide SHOULD report a client's concerns directly to the: Correct Answer: nurse
supervisor.
Before assisting a client into a bath or shower, the nurse aide should FIRST: Correct Answer:
check the temperature of the water.
A client looks forward to playing cards each morning. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct
Answer: plan the client's schedule so that the client is bathed and dressed in time for playing
cards.
A client with Alzheimer's disease wanders from room to room while moving the belongings of
other clients to different locations. Alert and oriented clients are angry that their things have been
moved. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: find the missing articles and return them.
A client is paralyzed on the left side the nurse aide SHOULD place the signaling device: Correct
Answer: on the clients right hand.
Physical restraints are used MOST often: Correct Answer: to prevent client injury.
What is the FIRST thing a nurse aide should do when finding an unresponsive client? Correct
Answer: call for help.
What type of fire can be put out with water? Correct Answer: Paper
When caring for a client from another country, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: be
sensitive to the client's cultural needs.
If a client has hand tremors, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: assist the client with
activities of daily living (ADL) as needed.
When taking a client's radial pulse, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: place the nurse
aide's fingertips on the clients wrist.
The female perineum SHOULD be cleansed: Correct Answer: from the front to back.
, To lift an object by using good body mechanics, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
bend the knees and keep the back straight.
The nurse aide is caring for a client who has dentures. Which of the following SHOULD the
nurse take when caring for the client's dentures? Correct Answer: Line the bathroom sink with a
towel before cleansing the dentures.
Right before dinner, a client is incontinent of urine. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
clean the client and take the client to dinner as soon as possible.
When operating a manual bed, the nurse aide SHOULD remember to: Correct Answer: fold the
cranks under the bed
The nurse aide is providing care for a client after elimination. It would be MOST important for
the nurse aide to: Correct Answer: ensure that all feces are removed from the client's skin.
The nursing care plan states. "Transfer with mechanical lift." However, a client is very agitated.
To transfer the client, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: get assistance to move the
client.
For safety, when leaving a client alone in a room, the nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
place the signaling device within the client's reach.
The nurse aide sees a client spill water on the floor in the hall. Another client is walking down
the hall. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer: clean up spill.
The nurse aide is walking with a client who uses a wheelchair when the facility fire alarm system
is activated. The client becomes excited by the noise. The nurse aide SHOULD: Correct Answer:
comfort the client while moving to safe place.
The nurse aide is going to help a client walk from the bed to a chair. What SHOULD the nurse
aide put on the client's feet? Correct Answer: Rubber-soled slippers or shoes.
The nurse aide SHOULD refuse to perform a task if the: Correct Answer: nurse aide has not
been trained to do it.
When assisting a client in resolving grievances, the nurse aide SHOULD report the grievance to
the: Correct Answer: nurse in charge.
The nurse aide SHOULD place the soiled linen: Correct Answer: in the dirty linen container.
The nurse aide is reviewing fire prevention measures. Which of the following, if performed by
the nurse aide, would require follow-up? Correct Answer: Taking all cigarettes and matches
away from clients and visitors.
