CNA Practice Test 6 | Free Practice Questions

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1. Question

The nursing assistant knows that urine is normally:

2. Question

The nursing assistant is helping a male patient to use the urinal. She pulls the curtain around the bed for privacy before saying:

3. Question

A patient is undergoing bowel training. The nursing assistant knows that bowel training:

4. Question

The nursing assistant would suspect that one of her patients is having a problem with swallowing if she notices which of the following?

5. Question

When caring for a patient, the nursing assistant notices that the patient is bleeding around an IV site. Which of the following is the most appropriate action to take?

6. Question

Rectal temperatures are usually taken on patients who are:

7. Question

A typical blood pressure around the upper arm should NOT be taken when the patient:

8. Question

Which of the following is an example of nonverbal communication?

9. Question

Which of the following is an example of emotional lability?

10. Question

The nursing assistant speaks with the nursing facility’s ombudsman. The role of this position is to:

11. Question

An eighty-five year-old resident at a longterm care facility is signing up for an afternoon activity. The resident asks the nursing assistant which choice she thinks is best. Which of the following should the nursing assistant suggest?

12. Question

The nursing assistant knows that the term “pulse deficit” refers to:

13. Question

A nursing assistant watches a nurse teach a client about heart failure. The client has many questions and seems more confused rather than less. Which of the following strategies is best in regard to teaching?

14. Question

The nursing assistant cares for a client with AIDS. The nursing assistant knows that AIDS patients require what type of precautions?

15. Question

When the nursing assistant brings the client his tray for lunch, the client repeats questions twice before remembering the answer. The nursing assistant knows that the client had a fall two days ago. Which of the following actions is correct?

16. Question

A resident is having difficulty chewing regular meals at dinner. Which of the following diets might be suggested to order for next time?

17. Question

A patient says that her visitor is unable to come during visitor hours and asks if she could be accommodated. The nursing assistant:

18. Question

Before assisting the nurse to administer an enema to a bedridden client, the nursing assistant should most importantly:

19. Question

When making the patient’s bed, the nursing assistant knows it is most important to:

20. Question

Rehabilitation care after any injury should begin when?

21. Question

A nursing assistant who suspects a resident is being abused by someone in the facility should report it to:

22. Question

A nursing assistant cares for a resident who has a cast on the left arm. While receiving a bed bath, the nursing assistant notices that the fingers on the client’s left hand are cold. Which of the following actions should the nursing assistant take next?

23. Question

A client in the hospital announces that he is leaving this minute and that no one can stop him. The nursing assistant should:

24. Question

A patient with a respiratory illness complains of thick, sticky secretions that are hard to cough up. The nursing assistant knows to suggest which of the following?

25. Question

A patient has a fever and describes feeling very uncomfortable. Which of the following recommendations is best for the nursing assistant to provide?

26. Question

The nursing assistant overhears the nurse say to the patient that he has a “bulging tympanic membrane.” What does this most likely mean?

27. Question

A patient who has recently been paralyzed below the waist due to a motorcycle accident refuses his medications from the nurse. The patient then refuses to say anything. What is the nursing assistant’s best response?

28. Question

A 52-year-old homeless man has just been admitted to the ER with a core body temperature of 90.2 degrees F. The doctor diagnoses the man with hypothermia. The nursing assistant knows that the organ most under stress from the low body temperature is the:

29. Question

The nursing assistant receives her assignment for the shift and notices that she does not have a nurse assigned to her group. What action should she take next?

30. Question

A nursing assistant begins caring for a client during a bed bath and notes he has a reddened, intact area on his coccyx. Which of the following correctly describes this condition?