CNA midterm exam / Questions with Certified Solutions.
Qs: What is a nursing assistant? What do they do? -
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A person who has passed a nursing training and compency evaluation; they perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Qs: The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a
hospital but cannot care for themselves. -
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Describe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Qs: Identify the members of the nursing team -
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The nursing team are those who provide nursing care. They include: NPs,
RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Qs: Identify members of the health team -
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The healthcare team are those whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team and the health team
Qs: What are the three things an agency must meet standards for? -
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Licensure, certification, accreditation Page 1 of 27 1 / 3
Qs: Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what
does it require? -
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OBRA is federal law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
Qs: What are the 11 resident rights? -
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information; refusing treatment; privacy and confidentiality; personal choice; grievances; work; taking part in resident groups; personal items; freedom from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
Qs: What is an ombudsman and what did they do? -
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Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person. They act on behalf of persons receiving care
Qs: What is the nurse practice act and what does it do? -
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A law that defines a nurses scope of practice, describes their education and licensing requirements, and protects the public from people practicing without a license
Qs: Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits -
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A CNA can meet the person's personal needs, transfer persons and make observations, measure TPR and BP, help promote person's comfort A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take oral/phone orders from doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell the person or family diagnosis or treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or drugs, supervise others (even other CNAs) Page 2 of 27 2 / 3
Qs: Five rights of delegation -
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The Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and Communication, Supervision.
Qs: List tasks that cannot be delegated to you -
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Perform assessments, develop care plans, evaluate response to care, provide education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or phone orders from doctors, drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert intravenous catheters
Qs: Integumentary system -
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Skin that covers and protects the body
Qs: Musculoskeletal system -
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Provides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also protects organs
Qs: Nervous system -
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Controls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Qs: Circulatory system -
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The heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries food to them Page 3 of 27
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