STNA (State Tested Nursing Assistant) Quiz
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Which of the following statements is an example of a fact (objective information)?
A. Mrs. Christensen weighs 142 pounds.
B. Mrs. Christensen is too thin.
C. Mrs. Christensen seems happy when the facility offers meatloaf for dinner.
D. Mrs. Christensen is lonely.
Which of the following is the normal rang for diastolic blood pressure?
A. 100-140
B. 100-120
C. 60-80
D. 60-100
The charge nurse asks you to take this blood sample to the lab STAT. You are in the middle of feeding a patient. What do you do?
A. Finish feeding the patient, you don’t want the meal to get cold.
B. Cover the meal to keep it warm and immediately take the blood sample to the lab.
C. Tell the charge nurse she needs to do it herself.
D. Casually walk the sample to the lab while stopping to talk to some friends on the way.
What does the abbreviation HIPAA mean?
A. Health Insurance Portability Act
B. Health Insurance for Patients Accountability Ace
C. Health Insurability Portal Accountability Administration
D. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Which temperature runs a degree or so lower than the others?
A. aural/tympanic
B. oral
C. axillary
D. rectal
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)?
A. practices employed to reduce the spread of infectious organisms, usually including the separation of the resident with an easily transmitted disease from other residents.
B. a federal law passed in 1987 that establishes regulations for nursing facilities and nurse aide training in facilities
C. A program approved by the DADS to train and evaluate an individual’s ability to act in the capacity of a nurse aide for the purpose of working in a nursing facility.
D. a government agency mandated to protect the employee’s by establishing and monitoring workplace safety requirements.
The body’s first line of defense is the:
A. Lungs
B. Skin
C. Blood
D. Kidneys
When a resident uses a cane, walker, or crutches, the NA should
A. stay on the resident’s stronger side
B. stay on the resident’s weaker side
C. walk in front of the resident
D. walk behind the resident
Which of the following is the best way to communicate with a resident who is completely deaf?
A. speak loudly and clearly
B. smile and turn on the television
C. write out all communication
D. sit next to the resident and speak into his or her ear
A paper cut may cause:
A. Chronic pain
B. Phantom pain
C. Intermittent pain
D. Acute pain
Transmission-Based precautions are used
A. With every resident under a nursing assistants care
B. In addition to standard precautions
C. Instead of standard precautions
D. When a nursing assistant decides that they are appropriate for particular residents
A resident with dementia needs
A. A structured environment
B. freedom from rules and regulations
C. to be isolated from others
D. increased activity to stay alert
People with amputations may experience:
A. Chronic pain
B. Phantom pain
C. Acute pain
D. Continuous pain
A progressive, irreversible neurological condition causing a gradual loss of brain functioning
A. Parkinson’s
B. Alzheimer’s
C. Diabetes
D. Sundowner’s
What is the normal range for SPO2?
A. 90%-100%
B. 100%-110%
C. 95%-100%
D. 80%-100%
To lift an object using good body mechanics, the nurse aide should
A. Bend knees and keep back straight
B. Hold the object away from the body
C. Lift with abdominal muscles
D. Keep both feet close together
False Imprisonment
A. An accident, problem, unexpected event during the course of care
B. unlawful restraint that affects the person’s freedom of movement
C. The separation of a person from others against the person will
D. HIPPA. Passed in 1996
Mrs. McFlurry tells you she is having difficulty breathing. Which of the following vital signs should the nurse aide measure:
A. Respirations
B. SPO2
C. Pulse
D. All the Above
Which of the following foods is considered high in sodium?
A. Apple
B. Pickle
C. Avocado
D. Corn
The following should be done to an agitated and aggressive person except:
A. shouting to the person when talking
B. stand away from the person
C. talk to the person without raising your voice
D. stand close to the door
A resident drinks six ounces of water. How many millimeters is this?
A. 120 mL
B. 160 mL
C. 180 mL
D. 200 mL
Tuberculosis may be transmitted
A. By coughing
B. By dancing
C. By wearing gloves
D. Through a protective mask
Before feeding a client, they need to be sitting in
A. 45-60 degree angle
B. 45-90 degree angle
C. Doesn’t matter
D. 75-90 degree angle
If the nurse aide discovers fire in a residents room the first thing to do is
A. Call the nurse in charge
B. Open a window
C. Remove the client
D. Try to put out the fire
A patient wants you to tell them about another patient across the hall.
What would you do?
A. Answer the resident’s questions because she has the right to be informed.
B. Tell the resident to mind her own business
C. You explain that you can not giver information about another resident to anyone–it is the policy on confidentiality
D. You make the resident promise that she will not share the info you give her and then tell her about the resident
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