INDIANA CNA WRITTEN questions with
correct verified detailed precise answers
latest update 2025
Explain the actions of the caregiver if a resident is having a seizure? --
- correct answer ---Call for nurse, stay with resident, assist nurse
with postioning resident on their side, place padding under head,
move furniture away, keep things out of patients mouth and do not
restrain, loosen clothing expecially around neck, note duration and
areas involved.
define acronym R.A.C.E --- correct answer ---Remove residents from
area
Activate alarm
Contain the fire (close doors)
Extinguish if possible
define acronym P.A.S.S --- correct answer ---Pull Pin
Aim nozzle
Squeeze handle
Sweep back and forth at base of flame
What to do if you catch on fire? --- correct answer ---stop drop and
roll
, Normal pulse rate --- correct answer ---60-100 beats per minute
Normal Blood pressure range --- correct answer ---systolic ----> 100-
139
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diastolic-----> 60-89
How to check respirations while resident sleeps --- correct answer ---
place hand on residents chest to feel the rise and fall
Define proper body alignment --- correct answer ---residents
shoulders are directly above their hips, their head and neck straight,
their arms and legs in natural positions
Name four most common bed positions? --- correct answer ---Supine,
Lateral, Semi-fowlers, Fowlers
Which position raises the bed to 30-45degrees --- correct answer ---
semi-fowlers
Does semi-fowlers put more or less pressure on the coccyx than
Fowlers position --- correct answer ---Less
When transferring a resident with right sided weakness from the bed
to the chair, which side should chair be placed on? --- correct answer
---Left side (residents stronger side)
correct verified detailed precise answers
latest update 2025
Explain the actions of the caregiver if a resident is having a seizure? --
- correct answer ---Call for nurse, stay with resident, assist nurse
with postioning resident on their side, place padding under head,
move furniture away, keep things out of patients mouth and do not
restrain, loosen clothing expecially around neck, note duration and
areas involved.
define acronym R.A.C.E --- correct answer ---Remove residents from
area
Activate alarm
Contain the fire (close doors)
Extinguish if possible
define acronym P.A.S.S --- correct answer ---Pull Pin
Aim nozzle
Squeeze handle
Sweep back and forth at base of flame
What to do if you catch on fire? --- correct answer ---stop drop and
roll
, Normal pulse rate --- correct answer ---60-100 beats per minute
Normal Blood pressure range --- correct answer ---systolic ----> 100-
139
-----------------------------
diastolic-----> 60-89
How to check respirations while resident sleeps --- correct answer ---
place hand on residents chest to feel the rise and fall
Define proper body alignment --- correct answer ---residents
shoulders are directly above their hips, their head and neck straight,
their arms and legs in natural positions
Name four most common bed positions? --- correct answer ---Supine,
Lateral, Semi-fowlers, Fowlers
Which position raises the bed to 30-45degrees --- correct answer ---
semi-fowlers
Does semi-fowlers put more or less pressure on the coccyx than
Fowlers position --- correct answer ---Less
When transferring a resident with right sided weakness from the bed
to the chair, which side should chair be placed on? --- correct answer
---Left side (residents stronger side)
