Prometric CNA Test

Prometric CNA Test
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1. A resident who used to go to the bathroom by herself A. Assist the resident and
now asks for assistance to walk to the bathroom. What report the change to the
is the appropriate response by the nurse aide? charge nurse.

A. Assist the resident and report the change to the
charge nurse.
B. Understand that these changes are just a normal
part of aging.
C. Update the resident's care plan and explain the
change to the charge nurse.
D. Encourage independence and suggest that the res-
ident try going to the bathroom on her own.

2. What should a nurse aide do with a used disposable B. Place the razor in a
razor? sharps container immedi-
ately.
A. Throw the razor away in a trash can.
B. Place the razor in a sharps container immediately.
C. Clean, rinse, and dry the razor so it can be used
again.
D. Wrap the razor in a paper towel until it can be thrown
away.

3. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability C. identifies protected
Act (HIPAA) is important to the nurse aide because it health information that
must remain confidential.
A. allows residents to carry health care from the hospi-
tal to the nursing home.
B. provides for insurance coverage for residents and
health care workers.
C. identifies protected health information that must
remain confidential.



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D. provides accountability for care offered across
health care settings.

4. A resident must have assistance to walk. When leaving C. Place the call light where
the resident in the resident's room, what must the the resident can reach it.
nurse aide do before leaving the room?

A. Turn on the resident's television.
B. Make sure the resident's bedpan is within reach.
C. Place the call light where the resident can reach it.
D. Say to the resident, "Remember that you need help
to walk."

5. The nurse aide is bathing a resident and notices new C. Report the swelling to
swelling in the resident's ankles. Which of the following the charge nurse.
is the best response by the nurse aide?

A. Ask if the resident has been eating salty foods lately.
B. Elevate the resident's legs and check again later.
C. Report the swelling to the charge nurse.
D. Avoid bathing the resident's lower legs.

6. A resident has a contracture of the right arm. When C. put the shirt sleeve on
putting on the resident's button-front shirt, the nurse the right arm first, then the
aide should left arm.

A. put the shirt sleeve on the left arm first, then the
right arm.
B. ask which arm the resident prefers the sleeve to go
on first.
C. put the shirt sleeve on the right arm first, then the
left arm.




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D. raise resident's arms up to slide both sleeves on at
the same time.

7. When weighing a resident, it is important to make sure D. scale is balanced or cal-
the ibrated before helping the
resident onto the scale.
A. resident's last measured weight is available.
B. scale measures both pounds and kilograms.
C. resident is wearing light weight clothing such as
pajamas.
D. scale is balanced or calibrated before helping the
resident onto the scale.

8. A resident reports that his wrist watch is missing. The D. for permission to help
nurse aide should ask look around the resident's
room.
A. if the resident thinks someone took it.
B. if the resident has checked the lost and found box.
C. who was assigned to the resident on the previous
shift.
D. for permission to help look around the resident's
room.

9. When a resident wears a restraint, the nurse aide must C. restraint is applied fol-
make sure the lowing the manufacturer's
instructions.
A. resident is wearing an incontinent brief.
B. resident is checked once every two hours.
C. restraint is applied following the manufacturer's in-
structions.
D. restraint is applied tightly and placed under the
resident's clothing.