CNA/GNA STATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
When assisting a client in learning how to use a cane, the nurse aide stands?
A. Approximately two feet directly behind the client
B. About one foot from the client's weak side
C. About one foot from the client's strong side
D. slightly behind the client's one on the client's weak side
Answer: D. slightly behind the client on the client's weak side
When working with a client who has urinary retention, the nurse aide can expect that the
client will?
A. Urinate large volumes
B. Be unable to urinate
C. urinate frequently
D. Be incontinent of urine
Answer: B. Be unable to urinate
Aging-related hearing changes result in older clients gradually losing their ability to hear.
A. High-pitched sounds
B. Low-pitched sounds
C. Slow sounds
D. Rapid sounds
Answer: High-pitched sounds
,The best way to safely identify your patient is by
A. Asking his name
B. Calling his name
C. checking the bedplate
D. Checking the name tag
Answer: D. checking the name tag
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.
Answer: Report it to the charge nurse
The proper medical abbreviation for before
meals is
a. p.c.
b. b.i.d.
c. a.c.
d. t.i.d.
Answer: C. a.c.
, 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.
Answer: B. high blood pressure
A patient who has difficulty chewing or swallowing will need what type of diet?
A. clear liquid
B. low residue
C. bland
D. mechanical soft
Answer: D mechanical soft
An elderly resident with Alzheimer's disease
cannot find her room. How can the nurse aide
help the client feel more independent?
a. Tell her to stay in the room.
b. Have her roommate secretly watch her.
c. Place a familiar object on the client's door.
d. Write the room number on a piece of paper.
Answer: C. Place a familiar object on the client's door
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
When assisting a client in learning how to use a cane, the nurse aide stands?
A. Approximately two feet directly behind the client
B. About one foot from the client's weak side
C. About one foot from the client's strong side
D. slightly behind the client's one on the client's weak side
Answer: D. slightly behind the client on the client's weak side
When working with a client who has urinary retention, the nurse aide can expect that the
client will?
A. Urinate large volumes
B. Be unable to urinate
C. urinate frequently
D. Be incontinent of urine
Answer: B. Be unable to urinate
Aging-related hearing changes result in older clients gradually losing their ability to hear.
A. High-pitched sounds
B. Low-pitched sounds
C. Slow sounds
D. Rapid sounds
Answer: High-pitched sounds
,The best way to safely identify your patient is by
A. Asking his name
B. Calling his name
C. checking the bedplate
D. Checking the name tag
Answer: D. checking the name tag
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.
Answer: Report it to the charge nurse
The proper medical abbreviation for before
meals is
a. p.c.
b. b.i.d.
c. a.c.
d. t.i.d.
Answer: C. a.c.
, 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.
Answer: B. high blood pressure
A patient who has difficulty chewing or swallowing will need what type of diet?
A. clear liquid
B. low residue
C. bland
D. mechanical soft
Answer: D mechanical soft
An elderly resident with Alzheimer's disease
cannot find her room. How can the nurse aide
help the client feel more independent?
a. Tell her to stay in the room.
b. Have her roommate secretly watch her.
c. Place a familiar object on the client's door.
d. Write the room number on a piece of paper.
Answer: C. Place a familiar object on the client's door
