Skills a CNA Must Know
The National Nurse Aide Assessment certification exam is conducted by the American Red Cross. Besides the sample test questions that you see on this site, we are adding additional information that should help you pass your exam.
The written portion of the Certified Nurse Assistant exam contains questions related to all the skills that a CNA must know. When you are taking your exam, it is important to remember that your performance is very important, and it will depend on how well you can answer your questions. Thus, Sample testing questions for CNA exam can certainly help you in getting ready for NNAAP certification exam, and in achieving high scores in the test.
The CNA test consists of multiple choice questions and we are including some of these questions but we are not putting them in a multiple choice order but these will be True/False or just the question and then the answer below the question.
Please refer to the people in the nursing homes as clients, not patients.
- Yes or No. If a client wakes up during the night and wants something to eat, should you check the client's diet first before offering them something to eat? YES
- True or False. The Rectal temperature is mainly the most accurate. TRUE
- What is Range of Motion (ROM)? An exercise that moves muscles and joints and it is a passive exercise. The client does not exert any energy.
- Yes or No. When the nurse assistant removes soiled linens from a client's bed, in order to avoid the spreading of infection the nurse assistant should hold the soiled linens away from their body and put them in the dirty linen contained immediately. YES
- Is it important for the nurse assistant to let the staff on the next shift know all the information regarding the client's condition? YES
- If the nurse assistant notices that the client's dentures appear to have been damaged, should they report this to the charge nurse? YES
- What is another name for the Heimlich maneuver and what is it used for?
It is also known as an Abdominal Thrust. It used when an airway passage is blocked.
- When you find a client crying what is the first thing you should do? Ask them if something is wrong.
- What is the first thing you should do before making an occupied bed?
You should raise the side rail on the unattended side of the bed.
- What is ombudsman and what is their role? It is a government employee appointed to protect the client's rights, and also works with the nursing home facility in order to resolve issues concerning the client's rights.
- True or False. If the nurse assistant should walk into a client's room and finds them masturbating, the nurse assistant should leave the client's room and provide privacy. TRUE
- What is the best way the nurse assistant can show that they are listening to their client? Responding when it is suitable
- True or False. A prosthesis is an artificial replacement for a body part. TRUE
- What is the correct measurement for urinary output? 300 cc
- What part of the blouse should be put on first if the patient/client's right side is weak? The right sleeve
- 300 cc equals how many ounces? 10 ounces
- What is Fowler's position? It is the position that relaxes the abdominal muscles.
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