Illinois CNA state Exam practice test

Illinois CNA state Exam practice test (solved) The nurse asks you to ambulate a patient BID during your shift. This means you will ambulate the patient ____ times.

• Four
• Three
• Two
• One - ANSWER-C. two

Sometimes the best response for a nursing assistant is to assure the resident you are listening. Which of these behaviors is the best way to exhibit good listening skills?

• Speaking about your own experiences on the topic to direct the conversation.
• Asking questions that direct the conversation further.
• Talking to the resident while you continue to work.
• Turning in the residents direction and responding when it is appropriate. - ANSWER-
• Turning in the residents direction and responding when it is appropriate.

While emptying the trash in a client's room, you get stuck by a needle that should have been placed in the sharps container. What is the first thing to do?

• Call your personal physician.
• Wash the site for several minutes.
• Fill out an Incident Report.
• Try to squeeze blood out. - ANSWER-b. Wash the site for several minutes.

Infection control practices that prevent the transmission of disease are called

• isolation protocols.
• policies and procedures.
• standard precautions.
• hand hygiene mandates. - ANSWER-c. standard precautions.

A resident in your care is frustrated, upset, and raising his voice in complaint. Which of these is the best response to his actions?

• Report the incident to the supervising nurse.
• Walk away from the patient in an effort to show you won't tolerate the behavior.
• Offer support and care using a comforting and calming manner.
• Ask the resident to lower his voice in courtesy to other residents who are getting

upset. - ANSWER-c. Offer support and care using a comforting and calming manner. 1 / 4

There are certain steps to follow from start to finish when beginning a procedure on a patient. As a nursing assistant, it is extremely important to start with which of these tasks?

• Enter the date in the patients medical record.
• Document what you did.
• Provide privacy in the immediate area.
• Verify the residents identification. - ANSWER-d. Verify the residents identification.

As dementia progresses, incontinence can become an issue. How can the nurse aide assist?

• Avoid outings to minimize accidents and possible embarrassment.
• Remind the resident to let you know when they need to use the bathroom.
• Start to use an adult diaper to keep clothing and linens clean.
• Watch for signs of discomfort so you can take the resident to the bathroom. -

ANSWER-d. Watch for signs of discomfort so you can take the resident to the bathroom.When a patient is dying, the last of the five senses the patient loses is ____?

• Hearing
• Touch
• Taste
• Sight - ANSWER-a. Hearing

If you have a resident who is completely deaf, which of these would be the most important for effective communication?

• A laptop or pen and paper.
• A loud voice that projects over noise.
• An alarm that rings louder than in non-hearing impaired rooms.
• A phone system with amplifiers. - ANSWER-a. A laptop or pen and paper.

When getting dressed, a client always wants to wear her favorite outfit. What is a good solution?

• Hide the favorite outfit for a few days so she forgets.
• Tell the resident that the outfit is dirty and she will have to choose another.
• Ask the family to get several identical outfits.
• Explain the benefits of variety and offer several other outfits. - ANSWER-c. Ask the

family to get several identical outfits.Blood-borne infections include

• chicken pox 2 / 4

• pneumonia
• hepatitis
• measles - ANSWER-c. hepatitis

A resident in your care has just received news of a death in the family. What is the best way to assist them with the grieving process?

• Tell the resident about an experience you had with death and what helped you cope

with it.

• Remind the resident that death is inevitable.
• Spend some time with the resident, particularly offering support if he or she wishes to

talk about it.

• Suggest that the resident get his or her mind off of things by thinking of something

pleasant. - ANSWER-c. Spend some time with the resident, particularly offering support if he or she wishes to talk about it.Elizabeth Kübler-Ross describes the stages of grief a person goes through when they lose someone close to them. She believes the first stage of the grieving process is ____.

• Acceptance
• Anger
• Depression
• Denial - ANSWER-d. Denial

When you are documenting in a medical record, which of these is not part of the process?

• Author identification.
• Using correct spelling.
• Dating your entries.
• Writing in pencil so erasures can make the record clean. - ANSWER-d. Writing in

pencil so erasures can make the record clean.A nurse aide finds a resident looking in the refrigerator at the nurses' station at 5 a.m.The resident, who is confused, explains that he needs breakfast before he leaves for work. The best response by the nurse aide is to ____.

• tell him that residents are not allowed in the nurses' station.
• remind him that he is retired from his job and in a nursing home.
• ask the resident about his job and if he is hungry.
• help the resident back to his room and into bed. - ANSWER-c. ask the resident about

his job and if he is hungry.A resident who has not been discharged insists she is going home. What should the nurse aide do? 3 / 4

• Notify the charge nurse immediately.
• Put her in physical restraints until she calms down.
• Tell her she cannot leave without a doctor's order.
• Advise her that she can leave if she wants to. - ANSWER-a. Notify the charge nurse

immediately.When caring for a confused resident what should a nursing assistant do?

• Say nothing to avoid more confusion.
• Give simple directions.
• Allow the resident to plan daily activities.
• Give the resident activities. - ANSWER-b. Give simple directions.

Reality orientation should include

• Calling the resident by his name.
• Using nicknames like "Granny".
• Talking about your interests.
• Telling imaginative stories to the resident. - ANSWER-a. Calling the resident by his

name.As a nursing assistant, you may encounter residents who are anxious or feeling unsettled about either their circumstances or surroundings. The best response in dealing with this anxiety is to ____.

• Open the shades to let in more light and brighten the surroundings.
• Leave the room so the resident can re-group and re-focus in private.
• Speak in a calm voice and exhibit a calm and comforting demeanor.
• Turn on the radio or television to distract the resident from their immediate thought. -

ANSWER-c. Speak in a calm voice and exhibit a calm and comforting demeanor.Used disposable supplies and equipment should be discarded

• outside the resident's room.
• in a designated receptacle.
• in the resident's wastebasket
• in the clean utility room. - ANSWER-b. in a designated receptacle.

To prevent the spread of infection, how should the nurse aide handle the soiled linens removed from a client's bed?

• Shake them in the air to remove any dirt.
• Carry them close to the nurse aide's body.
• Put them in the dirty linen container.
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