STNA (State Tested Nursing Assistant) Quiz
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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.
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
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.
The most comfortable position for a resident with a respiratory problem is
A. Supine
B. Prone
C. Fowlers
D. Lateral
A resident has been given a diagnosis of terminal cancer and a prognosis of one month to live. The resident tells a nursing assistant that the testing laboratory made a mistake and he needs to have his results re-tested. Which of the following would be the best response from the nursing assistant?
A. The nursing assistant should explain to the resident that healthcare professionals do not make mistakes.
B. The nursing assistant should explain alternative medicine choices to the resident.
C. The nursing assistant should understand that denial is a normal part of the grief process.
D. The nursing assistant should reassure the resident that death is nothing to fear.
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
Which of the following is considered in most health care agencies as the 5th vital sign?
A. Blood Pressure
B. Pain
C. Pulse
D. Temperature
A resident with diabetes should
A. skip meals when he is not hungry
B. go barefoot most of the time
C. receive careful foot care
D. avoid regular exercise
Tuberculosis may be transmitted
A. By coughing
B. By dancing
C. By wearing gloves
D. Through a protective mask
When speaking with hearing-impaired residents, the CNA should:
A. Talk loud using a high tone.
B. Avoid speaking if possible.
C. Use long sentences.
D. Face the resident when talking.
You gave your resident the wrong tray by mistake. She ate it all. She was to have a low salt diet but you accidentally gave her a regular tray.
What do you do?
A. Do nothing, it is too late to correct because she ate everything
B. Give her lots of water to drink, to help rid the salt she had
C. Tell the nurse that you made a mistake
D. Blame it on the resident for being so hungry that she ate the wrong tray before you could correct it
Consists of values, beliefs, attitudes, and customs shared by a group of people and passed from one generation to the next.
A. subjective observations
B. stress
C. culture
D. objective observations
Which of the following is a care guideline for residents recovering from a CVA (cerebrovascular accident (stroke))?
A. The NA should do as much as possible for the resident so that care can be completed more efficiently.
B. The NA should encourage resident to finish tasks as quickly as possible to help speed recovery
C. The NA should assist with ambulation to prevent falls
D. The NA should place food in the affected/weaker side of the mouth when helping the resident eat
A blood pressure of 146/ 92 is considered?
A. low
B. high
C. correct
D. a sign of being too sleepy
When assessing Mrs. Jefferson’s pain level, she tells you that her pain is 8/10. What should the nurse aide do next?
A. Tell the nurse.
B. Give Mrs. Jefferson her prescribed pain medication.
C. Ask Mrs. Jefferson where is the location of the pain.
D. Ask Mrs. Jefferson why she is in pain.