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CNA Mid-Term Review
Hartman's NA Care LTC 3rd Ed. Chapter 1 - 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What reason do we keep bed linens wrinkle-free? | To help keep the skin health and prevent pressure ulcers |
| What is the term for a device that replaces a missing body part? | Prosthesis |
| Exercises that put each joint through its full arc of motion: | Range of Motion |
| When using a transfer belt, the NA should place it: | Over a resident's clothing |
| When helping a resident recovering from a stroke, the NA should stand on what side? | The weaker side |
| List the correct way to remove a gown: | Unfasten gown at neck and waist, roll the dirty side in while holding gown away from the body. |
| To best communicate w/a visually-impaired resident, when should the NA identify her/his self? | Identify herself when she enters the room. |
| When providing care for a diabetic resident, where is the most common place sores or infection may begin? | feet |
| The best thing for a NA do when a resident starts to fall is: | Widen her stance and bring the resident's body close to her/him |
| The NA should use friction for at least ____ seconds when washing hands: | 20 seconds |
| The HC setting for people who will die in six months or less? | Hospice |
| What is an Advance Directive? | A legal document that designates what kind of care a person wants if s/he is unable to make that decision. |
| Measuring pulse; cleaning a incontinent resident, prescribing meds, help resident walk w/a cane, which is outside the scope for an NA? | Prescribing meds |
| How should the NA respond if a resident tries to give him/her a gift? | Refuse the gift but say thank you. |
| Being able to identify with and enter into the feelings of others is called: | Empathy |
| Which pulse is most commonly checked? | Radial |
| Slapping, shoving, and rough handling are all considered to be a type of: | Physical Abuse |
| Who can the NA share a resident's medical information without consent? | Resident's doctor, members of the HC team |
| What is the best way to show the resident that the NA is listening? | Focus on the resident and provide feedback |
| Mr. Gomez ate half of his scrambled egg is an example of: | Observation or fact |
| What is used to collect objective information? | The Sensess |
| When should the NA document care given to a resident? | Right after it has been done |
| Who should Standard Precautions be practiced on? | Every single person |
| When should the NA wash his/her hands when dealing w/a resident? | Before and after touching the resident |
| A friend ask the NA to share results of the client's HIV testing, why can the NA not share the results? | The results are confidential and cannot be shared |
| Standing with the legs shoulder-width apart is an example of: | Proper body mechanics |
| At what angle should a resident be sitting when eating? | 90 degree angle |
| "It will all work out in the end" is an example of: | A Cliche |
| Contact of the mouth with the genitals is an example of: | Sexual contact |
| Microorganisms grow best ________ environment: | dark and wet |
| What is the last sense to usually leave the body when dying? | Hearing |
| Lying on either left or right side is ___________ position: | Lateral |
| What does NPO mean? | Nothing by mouth |
| When transferring residents w/strong and weak side, the NA should move the __________ side first: | The stronger side moves first |
| What is a quad cane? | A cane with four rubber-tipped feet |
| When cleaning the perineal area, the NA will work from ______ to _________: | Front to back |
| When should the NA wear gloves: while feeding a resident or while shaving a resident? | While shaving a resident |
| Hypertension is the medical term for: | High blood pressure |
| The proper order to don PPE is: | Put on gown, mask, goggles, and gloves |
| The permanent and painful stiffening of a joint and muscle is: | A contracture |
| What measurement is used when documenting the amount of fluid a resident drinks? | Milliliters |
| Where should the NA stand when communicating w/a resident who is hearing-impaired? | Facing the resident |
| When explaining where food is located on a plate with the visually-impaired, how can the NA explain the location? | By using the face of an imaginary clock to explain the position of the food. |
| Pinching a resident is an example of ________ abuse? | Physical Abuse |
| True or False: Mental illness is a disease like any physical illness. | True |
| When the NA is experiencing stress, who is the best person to turn to: the resident, the supervisor, the resident's family, or the resident's friends? | The supervisor |
| If an item is free of pathogens, this is considered _______ in the HC setting: | Clean |
| With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), residents will have trouble __________? | Breathing |
| The ability to think logically and clearly is called: | Cognition |
| Define dehydration: | the condition that occurs when a person does not have enough fluid in the body |
| In which side of the mouth should food be placed of a person that experienced a stroke? | The stronger side of the mouth |
| OBRA requires the NA have ____ hours of continuing education each year: | 12 |
| True or False: Transmission-Based Precautions are used instead of Standard Precautions in some situations. | False, they are practiced in addition to Standard Precautions |
| What is an effective way for an NA to help prevent dehydration? | Regularly encourage residents to drink |
| Raised side rails is an example of _________ abuse: | Physical |
| What does the abbreviation ADLs stand for? | Activities of daily living |
| What is the military time of 4:00 p.m. | 1600 hours |
| Using medical terminology with the resident may be a __________ to communication: | Barrier |
| When making a call, the NA should first: | Identify self and state why calling |
| A resident points to a glass is an example of ___________ communication: | nonverbal |
| When a resident falls, what is required? | Complete an incident report |
| An employer must offer an NA a free vaccine for: | Hep B |
| Draw sheets are used to __________ residents w/o causing __________: | Reposition residents without causing shearing |
| True or False: standard bedpans should placed w/the wider end of the bedpan in alignment w/the resident's buttocks | True |
| What is a Sphygmomanometer used for? | To measure blood pressure |
| Using soap and water as well as alcohol-based rubs to keep hands clean is called: | Hand washing |
| What is a transfer belt: | A safety device that helps transfer residents |
| A method, or way of doing something is called: | Procedure |
| Cyanotic means: | A blue or gray color to the skin |
| 2400 hours is the same as: | 12:00 a.m. or midnight |
| OBRA requires _______ hours for the NA to complete prior to working as an NA. | 120 hours |
| -itis | inflammation |
| emesis | vomiting |
| ectomy | excision, removal of |
| thromb(o) | blood clot |
| pulm(o) | lung |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| a | before |
| AAROM | active assistive range of motion |
| ABCD | airway, breathing, circulation, defibrillation |
| abd | abdomen |
| a.c. | before meals |
| ad lib | as desired |
| adm. | admission |
| AED | automated external defribrillator |
| amb. | ambulation |
| amt. | amount |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| AROM | active range of motion |
| bid | two times a day |
| BM | bowel movement |
| cath. | catheter |
| DKA | diabetic ketoacidosis |
| DOA | dead on arrival |
| dx. | diagnosis |
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