CNA Practice Test – Basic Nursing Skills

Weighing your patient at the same time each day will give you the most accurate results, as the patient will likely be under similar circumstances each time.

A patient’s oral cavity would more than likely return to their normal body temperature within ten to twenty minutes.

Removing your gloves and gown in the room of the patient with the infection, reduces the likelihood of spreading the infection to staff and other patients.

Although the terms Pressure sore and Decubitus Ulcer are interchangeable, the term sore is actually a more accurate term to use.

The ease of taking the patient’s temperature orally makes it more preferable; the other options are not necessarily true.

When the nursing assistant stands in front of the patient’s wheelchair, this becomes the most ergonomic was for the NA to pivot their patient into a stationary chair.  The other options would not be as effective in allowing this.

If a patient is left alone while showering or bathing, they run the risk of slipping and falling.  Leaving the patient alone is considered neglect.  All the other options above depict proper care for the patient and for his/her rights.

When a patient is suffering with chest pains, they should not have anything to drink or eat until other members of your healthcare team are able to assess them.  All of the other options are important in the treatment of your patient.

Giving the patients extra blankets will not necessarily help to prevent pressure sores. The other three options will assist with preventing them.

When there is damage to the joints, bones or tendons, this is a sign of stage four.  Stage one is redness, Stage two would be redness as well as an open sore, and stage three will show signs of blackened skin or a crater-like appearance.

Flatus is the medical term for intestinal gas.  Familial is a condition more common in certain families than the general population.  Fascia is the medical term for the tissue lining under the skin.  Flank is the term used for the side of the back.

Although all the options are a part of the process, washing your hands is the final step in making a patient’s bed.

The hair length of a patient or caregiver would be the least likely to cause a skin tear.  All the other options are considered to be common causes of skin tears in both elderly and young patients.

Cold packs are the best method to reduce swelling.  Heat compressions are more commonly used for back pain.  Dry bandage pressure is mostly used to stop bleeding and moist bandages are used on burns.

Impending death will more likely lead to a decrease in appetite rather than an increase.  The other options are all common signs of a human body shutting down.

The head is elevated in the Fowler’s position.  The head is lower than the feet in in Trendelenberg’s position.  The patient is lying on their side in the Sim’s position.  The patient’s head is over the end of a table in Rose’s position.

When you keep your knees flexed and you use your leg muscles to lift the patient, this is the best way to avoid any injury.  The other options are not considered to be using body mechanics and could very well increase the likelihood for injury.

Alcohol-based sanitizers are best used when hands are not visibly soiled.  Soap and water must be used when hands are visibly soiled.  The other options are not appropriate times to use an alcohol-based sanitizer.

Due to common latex allergies, latex gloves are not necessarily the best choice of gloves for medical practices.  The other options above are all necessary precautions that should be used in reference to wearing gloves in a facility.

The patient must stop smoking right away and he must be made aware that you will not allow this kind of behaviour to continue.  He may also need a gentle reminder of the hazards and policies.  The other options are not the correct methods of immediately dealing with this type of situation.

Every ounce is equivalent to 20 milliliters so an 8 oz. can of juice is the exact requirement.  The other options can be used, but are not the most convenient because of the measurements.

Contractures deal with the degeneration and stiffening of the joints.  Bandaging is not a method, which is used for prevention and treatment.  The other options are all possible ways of preventing contractures from happening or for loosening joints after contraction has occurred.

The medical term for hypertension is high blood pressure.  The other options are incorrect.

The correct washing practice is to wash from the meatus out because it avoids further spreading of contamination.  Peroxide is not a cleanser so should not be used to wash a patient.  The other two options are cleaning in the opposite direction that they should be in.

Placing the patient’s dentures on top of a tissue could lead to the dentures being knocked off the patient’s table and causing them damage.  It could also cause a housekeeper to inadvertently throw them in the trash.  The other options above are extremely vital to the denture washing process.