STNA (State Tested Nursing Assistant) Quiz
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Clean bed linen placed in a clients room but not used should be…
A. Put in the dirty linen container
B. Taken to the nurse in charge
C. Used for the client in the next room
D. Returned to the linen closet
What is the FIRST thing a CNA should do when finding an unresponsive client?
A. Close the door
B. Call family
C. Start compressions
D. Call for help
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.
Which of the following is the normal rang for diastolic blood pressure?
A. 100-140
B. 100-120
C. 60-80
D. 60-100
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
When should the nurse aide report a pulse ox to the nurse?
A. 86%
B. 60%
C. 90%
D. 95%
While ambulating Mr. Stokes, he tells you that he is feeling faint. After sitting him in a chair, the nurse aide should check his:
A. Temperature
B. Blood Pressure
C. Pulse
D. Respirations
A resident is paralyzed on the right side. The nurse aide should place the signaling device
A. Under the pillow
B. On the left side of the bed near the residents hand
C. At the foot of the bed
D. On the right side of the bed near residents hand
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
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
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
If a patient is falling to the ground, the CNA should:
A. Move out of the way, you shouldn’t hurt yourself
B. Try to stop the patient from falling
C. Lower the patient to the ground
D. Push the patient forward so they don’t hit their head
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
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.
You walk in and find Mrs. Smith jerking on the floor. She is not responding to you when you call her name. What should you do first?
A. Leave and go find help
B. Remove any objects that she may hit her head on
C. Attempt to restrain her so she stops moving
D. Put a spoon in her mouth so she doesn’t swallow her tongue
