CNA Midterm Exam Questions And
Answers.
What is a nursing assistant? What do they do? -
\A person who has passed a nursing training and compency evaluation; they perform
delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but cannot
care for themselves. -
\Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team -
\The nursing team are those who provide nursing care. They include: NPs, RNs,
LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team -
\The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total
care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for? -
\Licensure, certification, accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it require? -
\OBRA is federal law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights? -
\information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality; personal choice;
grievances; work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse,
mistreatment, and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do? -
\Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person. They
act on behalf of persons receiving care
What is the nurse practice act and what does it do? -
\A law that defines a nurses scope of practice, describes their education and licensing
requirements, and protects the public from people practicing without a license
Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits -
\A CNA can meet the person's personal needs, transfer persons and make
observations, measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take
oral/phone orders from doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell
, the person or family diagnosis or treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or
drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs)
Five rights of delegation -
\The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication, Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you -
\Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate response to care, provide
education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders from doctors,
drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Integumentary system -
\Skin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system -
\Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects organs
Nervous system -
\Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system -
\The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to them
Lymphatic system -
\Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense
against infection.
Respiratory system -
\Brings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system -
\Removes solid waste from the body
Urinary system -
\Removes waste products from the blood and maintains water balance within the body
Reproductive system -
\produces offspring
Endocrine system -
\Hormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the body
Immune system -
\Protects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain -
Answers.
What is a nursing assistant? What do they do? -
\A person who has passed a nursing training and compency evaluation; they perform
delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but cannot
care for themselves. -
\Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team -
\The nursing team are those who provide nursing care. They include: NPs, RNs,
LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team -
\The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total
care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for? -
\Licensure, certification, accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it require? -
\OBRA is federal law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights? -
\information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality; personal choice;
grievances; work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse,
mistreatment, and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do? -
\Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person. They
act on behalf of persons receiving care
What is the nurse practice act and what does it do? -
\A law that defines a nurses scope of practice, describes their education and licensing
requirements, and protects the public from people practicing without a license
Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits -
\A CNA can meet the person's personal needs, transfer persons and make
observations, measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take
oral/phone orders from doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell
, the person or family diagnosis or treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or
drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs)
Five rights of delegation -
\The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication, Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you -
\Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate response to care, provide
education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders from doctors,
drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Integumentary system -
\Skin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system -
\Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects organs
Nervous system -
\Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system -
\The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to them
Lymphatic system -
\Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense
against infection.
Respiratory system -
\Brings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system -
\Removes solid waste from the body
Urinary system -
\Removes waste products from the blood and maintains water balance within the body
Reproductive system -
\produces offspring
Endocrine system -
\Hormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the body
Immune system -
\Protects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain -
