cna workbook final

True or False: If a resident appears tired during procedure, the NA should encourage him to keep going so that the procedure is more efficient.

False: If a resident appears tired during a procedure, the NA should STOP AND TAKE A SHORT BREAK. DON'T RUSH THE RESIDENT.

True or False: Before leaving a resident's room, the NA should leave the bed in its highest position.

False: Before leaving a resident's room, the NA should leave the bed in its LOWEST POSITION UNLESS THE CARE PLAN INSTRUCTS OTHERWISE.

True or False: The call light should always be left where the NA can easily reach it when she returns to the room.

False: The call light should always be left WITHIN THE RESIDENT'S REACH.

__________: Keeps covers from resting on the legs and feet.

Bed Cradle

__________: One type of material that prevents air from circulating, causing the skin to sweat.

Plastic

True or False: Areas of the body where bone is close to the skin are at higher risk for skin breakdown.

True

True or False: Residents seated in wheelchairs do not need to be repositioned.

False: Residents seated in wheelchairs need to be repositioned every hour.

True or False: The NA should massage any red areas he notices.

False: The NA shouldn't massage any red areas he notices. Massage healthy skin and tissue around these areas.

True or False: Proper nutrition helps keep the skin healthy.

True

True or False: When transferring or positioning residents, the NA should pull them slowly across the sheets to make the job easier.

False: Do no pull, causes shearing which can lead to skin breakdown.

True or False: Another name for pressure injuries is decubitus ulcers.

True

True or False: Common sites for pressure injuries are the chest, nose, and hands.

False: Common sites for pressure injuries are the elbows, shoulder blades, ankles, heels, etc.

True or False: A type of device that helps support and align a limb is called an orthosis.

True

__________: Placed against the feet to keep them properly aligned and to prevent foot drop.

Foorboard

__________: Keeps bed covers from resting on the legs.

Bed Cradle

__________: Used to help residents who cannot help with turning or moving in bed; helps prevent skin damage from shearing.

Draw Sheet

__________: Areas of the body where the bone lines close to the skin.

Bony Prominences

__________: Keeps fingers in a natural position.

Handrolls

__________: Rolled towels used to keep the hips and legs from turning outward.

Trochanter Rolls

__________: Helps support and align a limb and improve its functioning.

Orthotic Device

__________: Areas of the body that bear much of its weight.

Pressure Points

A partial bath includes washing a resident's __________.

Genitals

Which of the following should be used to wash the residents face when giving a bed bath?

Washcloth and water

Who is best able to choose a comfortable water temperature for the resident?

The resident

How hot should the water be when shampooing a resident's hair?

No higher than 105 F

The resident's perineum should be washed __________.

Once a day

Which of the following products should be used when giving a shower or tub bath?

Shampoo. Do not use an oils or powders as this can make surfaces slippery.

When should gloves be changed during a bed bath?

Before washing the perineal area

List one benefit of regular grooming.

A well groomed appearance helps a person feel good about themselves.

Where on the foot should an NA not apply lotion when giving foot care?

Between the toes

Why should an NA wear gloves while shaving a resident?

Shaving may cause bleeding. Wearing gloves promotes infection prevention and follows standard precautions.

Why should electric razors not be used near any water or when oxygen is in use?

Electricity near water may cause electrocution. Electricity near oxygen may cause an explosion.

Which of the following would be the best type of clothing for a resident to wear during the day?

A clean blouse and a pair of pants

For a resident who has weakness or paralysis on one side, the NA should place the __________ arm or leg through the garment first.

Weaker

When undressing a resident who has weakness or paralysis on one side, the NA should start with the __________ side.

Stronger

The resident's clothing for the day should be chosen by the __________.

Resident

How often should oral care be performed? When should it be done?

At least twice each day. After breakfast and after the last meal or snack of the day. May also be done before a resident eats.

What is aspiration? How can the NA help prevents aspiration during oral care of unconscious residents?

The inhalation of food, fluid or foreign material into the lungs. Turn resident on side and use only swabs soaked in tiny amount of fluid for oral care.

A fracture pan is used for voiding for __________.

Residents who cannot raise their hips

Men will generally use a __________ for urination when they cannot get out of bed.

Urinal

Residents who can get out of bed but cannot walk to the bathroom may use a(n) __________.

Portable commode

Another name for a portable commode is __________.

Bedside commode

True or False: When handling body wastes, the NA should wear gloves.

True

Why should the NA note the color, odor, and qualities of urine and stool after a resident uses a bedpan, urinal, or commode?

Changes may be the first sign of a medical problem.

Fowler's Position

Semi-sitting position

Lateral Position

Laying on either side

Prone Position

Lying on stomach

Supine Position

Lying flat on back

Sim's Position

Left side lying position

Why do residents who spend a lot of time in bed or wheelchairs need to be repositioned often?

They are at risk of skin breakdown and pressure injuries

Some residents have a side of the body that is weaker than the other one. The weaker side of the body should be referred to as the __________.

Involved side

A draw sheet is used to __________.

Reposition residents without causing shearing

Logrolling is __________.

Moving a resident as a unit without disturbing alignment.

Dangling is __________.

A way to help resident's regain balance before standing up

A resident in the Fowler's position is __________.

In a semi-sitting position

Which of the following statements is true of working with residents in wheelchairs?

The NA should check the resident's alignment in the chair after a transfer is complete.

The following piece of equipment may be used to help transfer residents who are unable to bear weight on their legs: __________.

Folded blanket

Which of the following statements is true of mechanical, or hydraulic, lifts?

Lifts help prevent injury to the nursing assistant and the resident.

When applying a transfer belt, the NA should place it __________.

Over the resident's clothing and around the waist

Is a resident starts to fall during the transfer, the NA's best response would be to __________.

Bend her knees and lower the resident to the floor

True or False: With a stage 1 pressure injury, skin is intact but may appear red and may be warmer than the area around it.

True

True or False: Immobile residents should be repositioned every four hours.

False: Immobile residents should be repositioned every TWO hours.

(T/F) Elderly people no longer have sexual urges.

F

(T/F) Ability to engage in sexual activity continues unless ideas or injury occurs.

T

(T/F) Residents have the legal right to choose how to express their sexuality.

T

(T/F) All elderly people have the same sexual behavior and desires.

F

(T/F) NA should assume all residents are heterosexual unless told otherwise.

F

(T/F) If a person is unable to meet his sexual needs due to disability, he will no longer have sexual desires.

F

(T/F) If a resident is physically female but identifies as male, the NA should refer to the resident as "he".

T

(T/F) People who are confined to wheelchairs cannot have intimate relationships.

F

(T/F) Lack of privacy is a major reason for lack of sexual expression in long-term care facilities.

T

(T/F) The NA should always knock and wait for a response before entering residents' rooms.

T

(T/F) If a NA sees a sexual encounter between consenting adult residents, she should ask them to stop.

F

(T/F) If a NA encounters a resident being sexually abused, he should take the resident to a safe place and then notify the nurse.

T

Mr. Dane's wife died giving birth to their twin girls. Mr. Dane never remarried and raised the girls himself.

(A) Single-parent family

(B) Nuclear family

(C) Blended family

(D) Extended family

(A) Single-parent family

Ms. Cone has lived with her best friend, Ms. Lawrence, since they graduated from college together. They both dated men throughout their lives but were never married. Ms. Cone has a teenage daughter who was raised in their household.

(A) Single-parent family

(B) Nuclear family

(C) Blended family

(D) Extended family

(D) Extended family

Mrs. Rose had three children with her first husband. She divorced him when their youngest child was two years old. Two years later she remarried, and she and her second husband raised her three children as well as one child from his first marriage.

(A) Single-parent family

(B) Nuclear family

(C) Blended family

(D) Extended family

(C) Blended family

Mrs. Parker was married to her husband for thirty years. They lived together with their two children.

(A) Single-parent family

(B) Nuclear family

(C) Blended family

(D) Extended family

(B) Nuclear family

Mr. Potter was married in his twenties. He and his wife moved in with her parents and had three children. Later, when his younger sister was divorced, she also moved in with them.

(A) Single-parent family

(B) Nuclear family

(C) Blended family

(D) Extended family

(B) Nuclear family

Mr. Barter and Mr. Singer have been in a committed relationship for 15 years. They live with their 10-year-old adopted daughter.

(A) Single-parent family

(B) Nuclear family

(C) Blended family

(D) Extended family

(B) Nuclear family

How is the family of today defined?

(A) By blood relations

(B) By how children are raised

(C) By formal marriages

(D) By support of on another

(D) By support of on another

(T/F) If a resident or family member comes to a NA with a problem or need, the NA should try to empathize.

T

(T/F) If the NA simply sits quietly and listens when a resident tells her about a problem, the resident will think the NA does not care.

F

(T/F) Families may see out NA because they are the closest staff members to the residents.

T

(T/F) NAs should spend all of their time focusing on the residents themselves, not on their families.

F

(T/F) Using cliches is a good way for NAs to comfort residents.

F

(T/F) If an NA feels he cannot help a resident the NA should refer him to another qualified member of the care team.

T

(T/F) A child takes 3 years from birth to be able to move around, communicate basic needs and feed himself.

F

(T/F) Infants develop from the hands up to the head.

F

(T/F) Caregivers should encourage infants to stand as soon as they can hold their heads up.

F

(T/F) Putting an infant to sleep on its back can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

T

(T/F) Tantrums are common among toddlers.

T

(T/F) The best way to deal with tantrums is give the toddler what he wants.

F

(T/F) The best way to deal with tantrums is to give the toddler what he wants.

F

(T/F) Preschool children are too young to know right from wrong.

F

(T/F) Children learn to speak between the ages 3 to 6.

T

(T/F) From the ages of 6 to 10 years, children learn to get along with each other.

T

(T/F) School-age children (6 to 10) develop cognitively and socially.

T

(T/F) Preadolescencents are often easy to get along with and are able to handle more responsibility than they were as younger children

T

(T/F) Puberty is the stage of growth when secondary sex characteristics, such as body hair, appear.

T