CNA State Exam Questions and
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Acute Illness - ✔✔Sudden illness and expected to recover
Chronic illness - ✔✔On-going illness with no cure (arthritis)
Terminal Illness - ✔✔Will not recover (AD & COPD)
ALR - ✔✔Assisted living residence
DON - ✔✔Director of nursing
LVN - ✔✔Licensed vocational nurse
HMO - ✔✔Health maintenance organization
SNF - ✔✔Skilled nursing facility
RN - ✔✔Registered nurse
LPN - ✔✔Licensed practical nurse
PPO - ✔✔Preferred provider organization
A&O x0 - ✔✔Awake but not aware of anything
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,A&O x1 - ✔✔Aware of them self
A&O x2 - ✔✔Aware of self and place
A&O x3 - ✔✔Aware of self, place, date, time
A&O x4 - ✔✔Aware of self, place, date, time, events
Respite care - ✔✔resident cared for at home gets taken to nursing home while family is
away
Physical therapist - ✔✔Helps restore function
Occupational therapist - ✔✔Helps return person to their ADL's
Medicare - ✔✔Federal health insurance for people over 65
Medicaid - ✔✔Sponsored by federal gov't and run by state
OBRA - ✔✔Omnibus reconciliation act of 1987
residents informed of their rights orally or written
Representative - ✔✔Able to act on persons behalf if he/she cannot do so
Ombudsman - ✔✔Helps residents voice a grievance
Who are restraints ordered by - ✔✔Doctor
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,Aiding and Abetting - ✔✔Person is not present during crime but has knowledge of the
crime
Ethics - ✔✔Knowledge of right and wrong
Libel - ✔✔Making false statements in writing
Malpractice - ✔✔Negligence by professional person (NOT CNA)
Neglect - ✔✔Failure to provide person with service to prevent mental/physical harm
Negligence - ✔✔Unintentional wrong where person did not act in a reasonable manner
and the persons property was harmed
Slander - ✔✔Making a false statement orally
Defamation - ✔✔Injuring persons reputation by making false statements
False imprisonment - ✔✔Unlawful restraint or restriction of persons freedom of
movement
Fraud - ✔✔Saying or doing something to deceive a person
Assault - ✔✔Threatening to harm someone without consent
Battery - ✔✔Touching someone without consent
Holism - ✔✔Considers the whole person
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, Comatose - ✔✔Being unable to respond
Culture - ✔✔Characteristics of a group of people
Maslow's Hierarchy - ✔✔Physical
Safety and security
Love and belonging
Self esteem
Self actualization (rarely met)
Withdrawl - ✔✔Has little or no contact with family, friends, staff
How many options do you give a person with AD or dementia? - ✔✔Two
Paraphrasing - ✔✔Re-stating the persons message in your own words
Direct questions - ✔✔Yes or no answer
Open ended questions - ✔✔Invite the person to share thoughts, feelings, ideas
Clarifying - ✔✔Lets you make sure you understand the message
Focusing - ✔✔Useful when a person rambles or wanders in thought
Silence - ✔✔May not need to say anything when the person is silent
Bariatrics - ✔✔Treatment of obesity
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Acute Illness - ✔✔Sudden illness and expected to recover
Chronic illness - ✔✔On-going illness with no cure (arthritis)
Terminal Illness - ✔✔Will not recover (AD & COPD)
ALR - ✔✔Assisted living residence
DON - ✔✔Director of nursing
LVN - ✔✔Licensed vocational nurse
HMO - ✔✔Health maintenance organization
SNF - ✔✔Skilled nursing facility
RN - ✔✔Registered nurse
LPN - ✔✔Licensed practical nurse
PPO - ✔✔Preferred provider organization
A&O x0 - ✔✔Awake but not aware of anything
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,A&O x1 - ✔✔Aware of them self
A&O x2 - ✔✔Aware of self and place
A&O x3 - ✔✔Aware of self, place, date, time
A&O x4 - ✔✔Aware of self, place, date, time, events
Respite care - ✔✔resident cared for at home gets taken to nursing home while family is
away
Physical therapist - ✔✔Helps restore function
Occupational therapist - ✔✔Helps return person to their ADL's
Medicare - ✔✔Federal health insurance for people over 65
Medicaid - ✔✔Sponsored by federal gov't and run by state
OBRA - ✔✔Omnibus reconciliation act of 1987
residents informed of their rights orally or written
Representative - ✔✔Able to act on persons behalf if he/she cannot do so
Ombudsman - ✔✔Helps residents voice a grievance
Who are restraints ordered by - ✔✔Doctor
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,Aiding and Abetting - ✔✔Person is not present during crime but has knowledge of the
crime
Ethics - ✔✔Knowledge of right and wrong
Libel - ✔✔Making false statements in writing
Malpractice - ✔✔Negligence by professional person (NOT CNA)
Neglect - ✔✔Failure to provide person with service to prevent mental/physical harm
Negligence - ✔✔Unintentional wrong where person did not act in a reasonable manner
and the persons property was harmed
Slander - ✔✔Making a false statement orally
Defamation - ✔✔Injuring persons reputation by making false statements
False imprisonment - ✔✔Unlawful restraint or restriction of persons freedom of
movement
Fraud - ✔✔Saying or doing something to deceive a person
Assault - ✔✔Threatening to harm someone without consent
Battery - ✔✔Touching someone without consent
Holism - ✔✔Considers the whole person
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, Comatose - ✔✔Being unable to respond
Culture - ✔✔Characteristics of a group of people
Maslow's Hierarchy - ✔✔Physical
Safety and security
Love and belonging
Self esteem
Self actualization (rarely met)
Withdrawl - ✔✔Has little or no contact with family, friends, staff
How many options do you give a person with AD or dementia? - ✔✔Two
Paraphrasing - ✔✔Re-stating the persons message in your own words
Direct questions - ✔✔Yes or no answer
Open ended questions - ✔✔Invite the person to share thoughts, feelings, ideas
Clarifying - ✔✔Lets you make sure you understand the message
Focusing - ✔✔Useful when a person rambles or wanders in thought
Silence - ✔✔May not need to say anything when the person is silent
Bariatrics - ✔✔Treatment of obesity
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