CNA Illinois State Exam Practice Test | Questions & Correct
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How do you promote communication with a resident?
Ans: asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6)
A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help... what do you do?
Ans: Use a gait belt
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
Ans: 80-93 `F
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath?
Ans: Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT water (93-98-
106)
What is the oral temperature?
,Ans: 97.6-99.6
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done?
Ans: use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails
A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do?
Ans: Let the doctor speak to the nurse.
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
Ans: Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart.
Check ever 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged?
Ans: Help in packing resident's things away.
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left
behind, what do you do?
Ans: Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question*
Ans: 1 oz = 30 mL
, How do you take a random urine specimen?
Ans: Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag, apply
Biohazard Label.
The Midstream Specimen
Ans: *Clean-voided specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen?
Ans: Start with an empty bladder
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Tes is restarted if:
-a voiding was not saved
-toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do?
Answers (Updated & Verified A+) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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How do you promote communication with a resident?
Ans: asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6)
A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help... what do you do?
Ans: Use a gait belt
What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
Ans: 80-93 `F
What is the temperature of a SITZ bath?
Ans: Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectal areas are immersed in WARM or HOT water (93-98-
106)
What is the oral temperature?
,Ans: 97.6-99.6
A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done?
Ans: use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails
A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do?
Ans: Let the doctor speak to the nurse.
How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
Ans: Wide base of support
Legs between 12-24 inches apart.
Check ever 2 hours.
Remove every 8 hours for 30 min
As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged?
Ans: Help in packing resident's things away.
You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left
behind, what do you do?
Ans: Remove it from the resident's room immediately.
Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3-11 shift
*there will be an illustration for this question*
Ans: 1 oz = 30 mL
, How do you take a random urine specimen?
Ans: Used for routine urinalysis
No special measures are needed.
Collected any time during a 24-hour period.
Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag, apply
Biohazard Label.
The Midstream Specimen
Ans: *Clean-voided specimen
1). Perineal is cleaned
2). Start voiding
3). Stop voiding half way
4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container
How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen?
Ans: Start with an empty bladder
1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it
2). Save all the voiding for the next 24-hours.
Tes is restarted if:
-a voiding was not saved
-toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
-the specimen contains stools
You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do?
