CNA Practice Test 2
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The nurse punched out the patient’s medications and placed them in the trash without giving them to the patient. After two days of not receiving his medications, the patient was in severe pain. Which of the following options BEST identifies this action?
Negligence
Neglect
Abuse
Battery
Which of the following options BEST describes the role of a nursing assistant?
Assessing and modifying the patient’s nursing care
Providing the patient with direct personal care
Administering medications to the patient
Planning the patient’s meals
What should a nursing assistant do when he or she notices warning signs that indicate the patient may be developing a bedsore?
Immediately report the warning signs to the patient’s assigned nurse
Administer the medication that is used for healing bedsores
Monitor the warning signs to see if they get worse
Ignore the warning signs until a bedsore actually develops
Which of the following team members is responsible for working with the patient’s therapist and dietician to ensure that the patient is receiving the proper care?
Nursing Assistant
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
Which of the following options is the MOST effective safeguard used to manage infections in patients and workforce?
Immunizations
TB screenings
Isolation
Hand washing
Needles are often used in the health care of patients. If you should find a needle when changing a patient’s bed sheets, what should you do with it?
Place it on the patient’s bedside table
Place it with the patient’s other medications
Place it in the sharps container
Place it in the closest trash can
Which of the following options is NOT acceptable when changing a patient’s linens?
Folding the contaminated side of the linen inwards
Placing the contaminated linens inside of a plastic bag
Placing the linens on the floor while changing them
Changing the contaminated linens immediately
Which of the following terminology definitions is FALSE?
Delirious is when an individual is in a state of confusion
Tachycardia is when an individual has an increased pulse
Hypertension is when an individual has low blood pressure
Void is when an individual urinates
Which of the following options is a warning sign that a patient may have a fecal impaction?
If the patient has a small, watery leakage of stool
If the patient expels a watery brown liquid
If the patient has blood in his or her urine
If the patient starts vomiting a black substance
If a patient wakes up confused, or delirious, this is a sign that indicates:
The patient is in a great deal of pain
The patient is receiving too much sleep during the day
The patient’s sugar levels are not in line
The patient is not getting enough oxygen to the brain
One of your patients has recently started to refuse to participate in social activities and has been having trouble sleeping and eating. These are all signs that the patient:
Is antisocial
Is in pain
Is delirious
Is dehydrated
Which of the following is NOT an abnormal reaction to analgesia?
Dyspnea
Diarrhea
Emotional distress
Sudden drop in blood pressure
As a nursing assistant, what is your first priority when a fire occurs at the facility?
Immediately remove all patients located in the fire zone
Immediately activate the facility’s fire alarm
Immediately extinguish the fire
Immediately close all doors to contain the fire
Which of the following options identifies the appropriate method for securing a urinary drainage bag?
Secure the drainage bag to the bed’s side rail
Secure the drainage bag to the patient’s IV stand
Secure the drainage bag to the bed frame
Secure the drainage bag to the patient’s overbed table
Which of the following items is NOT information that is recorded on the facility form after taking a patient’s radial or apical pulse?
Rate
Strength
Depth
Rhythm
Which of the following locations is the appropriate location to store a patient’s bedpan?
On the patient’s overbed table
Under the patient’s bed on the floor
On top of the patient’s bedside table
In the bottom drawer of the patient’s bedside table
You are asked to take a urine specimen from a patient’s indwelling catheter. What should you do immediately before you expel the urine sample into the sterile container?
Clamp the catheter
Remove the clamp
Place the lid on the sterile container
Label the sterile container
Which of the following methods is the appropriate method for removing a mask?
Untie the bottom tie first, then the top tie
Do not untie the mask, just slip the ties over your ears
Grasp the front of the mask and slowly lift it over your head
Untie the top tie first, then the bottom tie
You are visiting Mr. Jones as he eats his lunch. While chewing a bite of his food, you notice that he grabs his throat and begins choking. As a nursing assistant, what is the first thing you should do?
Apply Mr. Jones’ oxygen mask
Perform the Heimlich maneuver
Call Mr. Jones’ nurse for help
Perform rescue breathing
A resident with heart disease may experience health issues with atherosclerosis. Which of the following options BEST defines atherosclerosis?
Narrowed arteries
Pain that occurs in the chest
Fats and calcium that accumulate inside the artery’s lining
A heart attack