CNA EXAM WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
A client diagnosed with hypertension
will most likely have a history of
a. low blood pressure.
b. high blood pressure.
c.low blood sugar.
d. high blood sugar.
- ANSWERS-b. high blood pressure.
A client has a weak left side. When
transferring the client from the bed to
the wheelchair, the nurse aide should
stand
a. on the right side.
b. in front of the client.
c.on the left side.
d. behind the client.
- ANSWERS-c. on the left side.
A client is on a bowel and bladder
training program and has not had a
bowel movement in three days. The
nurse aide should
a. report it to the charge nurse.
b. give the client an enema.
c.offer the client prune juice.
d. encourage the client to drink more fluids.
- ANSWERS-a. report it to the charge nurse.
A client is on CMR and in the prone
position. The nurse aide finds the
client vomiting bright red blood. The
nurse aide should first
a. clean up the vomit.
b. place the client in the side-lying position.
c.provide the client with an emesis basin.
d. call the charge nurse.
- ANSWERS-b. place the client in the side-lying position.
A client is scheduled for a partial bed
bath. This means that the nurse aide
must wash the
client's
a. face, neck, ears, arms, and hands.
b. face, axillae, hands, and buttocks.
c.face, hands, axillae, and legs.
d. face, hands, axillae, genitals, and buttocks.
,- ANSWERS-d. face, hands, axillae, genitals, and buttocks.
,A client refuses to allow the nurse
aide to bathe her. The nurse aide
tells the client that she will not be
allowed to eat lunch or go to bingo if
she does not have her bath. This is an
example of
a. rehabilitation.
b. discipline.
c.verbal abuse.
d. physical abuse.
- ANSWERS-c. verbal abuse.
A client's dentures are lost. The first
action should be to
a. notify the administrator.
b. look for them.
c.notify the doctor.
d. notify the charge nurse.
- ANSWERS-d. notify the charge nurse.
A client's family wants to talk about
the client's impending death, but
the client does not want to talk
about it. The family should be
encouraged to
a. carry on the conversation away
from the client.
b. talk freely in front of the client in
order to help the client to accept
it.
c.wait until the client dies to talk about it.
d. force the client to talk about it with them.
- ANSWERS-a. carry on the conversation
away from the client.
A female client's perineal area
should be cleansed before which
specimen is collected?
a. 24-hour urine specimen
b. midstream clean-catch urine specimen
c.pediatric routine urine specimen
d. routine urine specimens
- ANSWERS-b. midstream clean-catch urine specimen
A female resident's husband has
asked for some time alone with his
wife in her room. What should the
nurse aide do?
(A) Let the husband visit but
listen outside the door.
, (B) Let the husband visit and
leave the door open.
(C) Tell the husband not to disturb his wife.
AND ANSWERS
A client diagnosed with hypertension
will most likely have a history of
a. low blood pressure.
b. high blood pressure.
c.low blood sugar.
d. high blood sugar.
- ANSWERS-b. high blood pressure.
A client has a weak left side. When
transferring the client from the bed to
the wheelchair, the nurse aide should
stand
a. on the right side.
b. in front of the client.
c.on the left side.
d. behind the client.
- ANSWERS-c. on the left side.
A client is on a bowel and bladder
training program and has not had a
bowel movement in three days. The
nurse aide should
a. report it to the charge nurse.
b. give the client an enema.
c.offer the client prune juice.
d. encourage the client to drink more fluids.
- ANSWERS-a. report it to the charge nurse.
A client is on CMR and in the prone
position. The nurse aide finds the
client vomiting bright red blood. The
nurse aide should first
a. clean up the vomit.
b. place the client in the side-lying position.
c.provide the client with an emesis basin.
d. call the charge nurse.
- ANSWERS-b. place the client in the side-lying position.
A client is scheduled for a partial bed
bath. This means that the nurse aide
must wash the
client's
a. face, neck, ears, arms, and hands.
b. face, axillae, hands, and buttocks.
c.face, hands, axillae, and legs.
d. face, hands, axillae, genitals, and buttocks.
,- ANSWERS-d. face, hands, axillae, genitals, and buttocks.
,A client refuses to allow the nurse
aide to bathe her. The nurse aide
tells the client that she will not be
allowed to eat lunch or go to bingo if
she does not have her bath. This is an
example of
a. rehabilitation.
b. discipline.
c.verbal abuse.
d. physical abuse.
- ANSWERS-c. verbal abuse.
A client's dentures are lost. The first
action should be to
a. notify the administrator.
b. look for them.
c.notify the doctor.
d. notify the charge nurse.
- ANSWERS-d. notify the charge nurse.
A client's family wants to talk about
the client's impending death, but
the client does not want to talk
about it. The family should be
encouraged to
a. carry on the conversation away
from the client.
b. talk freely in front of the client in
order to help the client to accept
it.
c.wait until the client dies to talk about it.
d. force the client to talk about it with them.
- ANSWERS-a. carry on the conversation
away from the client.
A female client's perineal area
should be cleansed before which
specimen is collected?
a. 24-hour urine specimen
b. midstream clean-catch urine specimen
c.pediatric routine urine specimen
d. routine urine specimens
- ANSWERS-b. midstream clean-catch urine specimen
A female resident's husband has
asked for some time alone with his
wife in her room. What should the
nurse aide do?
(A) Let the husband visit but
listen outside the door.
, (B) Let the husband visit and
leave the door open.
(C) Tell the husband not to disturb his wife.
