CNA practice state exam

Fats and calcium that accumulate inside the artery's lining

A resident with heart disease may experience health issues with atherosclerosis. Which of the following options BEST defines atherosclerosis?

Immediatelyremove all patients located in the fire zone

As a nursing assistant, what is your first priority when a fire occurs at the facility?

The patient is not getting enough oxygen to the brain

If a patient wakes up confused, or delirious, this is a sign that indicates:

Place it in the sharps container

Needles are often used in the health care of patients. If you should find a needle when changing a patients's bed sheets, what should you do with it?

Is in pain

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:

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)

The medical term used to describe a heart attack

Angina

The medical term used to describe chest pain

Arteriosclerotic

The medical term used to describe narrowed arteries

Negligence

The nurse punched out the patient's medications and placed them in the trash without giving them to the patient. After tow days of not receiving his medications, the patient was in severe pain. Which of the following options BEST identifies this action?

Immediately report the warning signs to the patient's assigned nurse

What should a nursing assistant do when he or she notices warning signs that indicate the patient may be developing a bedsore?

Diarrhea

Which of the following is NOT an abnormal reaction to analgesia?

Depth

Which of the following items is NOT information that is recorded on the facility form after taking a patient's radial or apical pulse

In the bottom drawer of the patient's bedside table

Which of the following locations is the appropriate location to store a patient's bedpan?

Untie the bottom tie first, then the top tie

Which of the following methods is the appropriate method for removing a mask?

Providing the patient with direct personal care

Which of the following options BEST describes the role of a nursing assistant?

Secure the drainage bag to the bed frame

Which of the following options identifies the appropriate method for securing a urinary drainage bag?

Placing the linens on the floor while changing them

Which of the following options is NOT acceptable when changing a patient's linens?

If the patient has a small, watery leakage of stool

Which of the following options is a warning sign that a patient may have a fecal impaction?

Hand washing

Which of the following options is the MOST effective safeguard used to manage infections in patients and workforce?

Registered nurse

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?

Hypertensions is when an individual has low blood pressure (hyper= high)

Which of the following terminology definitions is FALSE?

Remove the clamp

You are asked to take a urine specimen from a patient's indwelling catheter. What should you dod immediately before you expel the urine sample into the sterile container?

Perform the Heimlich maneuver

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?

Analgesia

is a medication given to reduce a patient's pain [abnormal reactions would include: sudden drop in blood pressure, sudden drop in respirations, a rash, emotional distress, or dyspnea(rapid breathing)]

Atherosclerosis

the fats and calcium that accumulate inside the artery's lining, and is also known as plaque.

Fecal impaction

when a patient has hard stool that is trapped and cannot be pushed out of the large intestine and rectum. if the patient expels a watery brown liquid, he or she has diarrhea