AZ CNA Skills Exam: Bolded Steps

Ambulating a Resident

• Lock bed brakes to ensure resident’s safety

• Lock wheelchair breaks to ensure resident’s safety

Apply Resident’s Anti-embolic Stocking

• Leave the resident with a stocking that is properly placed without restriction

Bed Bath for Resident

No bolded steps

Catheter Care

• Hold the catheter where it exits the urethra with one hand

• Clean with strokes only away from the urethra

• The candidate’s recorded output measurement is within 30 mL of the test observer’s output reading

Denture Care

No bolded steps

Donn an Isolation Gown and Gloves

• The candidates recorded output is within 30mL of the test observer’s recorded output

• Remote gloves before removing the gown

Dressing a Bedridden Resident

No bolded steps

Feeding a Dependent Resident

• Position the resident in an upright position (AT LEAST 45 degrees)

• The candidate’s recorded consumed food intake is within 25 percent of the test observer’s recorded solid food consumed

• The candidate’s recorded total consumed fluid intake is within 45mL of the test observer’s recorded fluid intake

Making an Occupied Bed

No bolded steps

Mouth Care

• Brush the resident’s teeth, including the inner, outer, and chewing surfaces of all upper and lower teeth

Mouth Care for a Comatose Resident

• Turn the resident to a side-lying position to avoid choking or aspiration

Perineal Care for a Female Resident

• Provide privacy for the resident; pull the privacy curtain

Perineal Care for a Male Resident w/ a Brief Change

• Provide privacy for the resident; pull the privacy curtain

Position Resident on their Side

No bolded steps

ROM - Hip and Knee

• Position the resident supine

• Do not cause discomfort or pain, and do not force any join beyond the point of free movement

• Must ask the resident if they are causing pain or discomfort

ROM - Shoulder

• Place the resident’s supine

• Do not cause discomfort or pain, and do not force any joint beyond the point of free movement

• Must ask the resident if they are causing pain or discomfort

Vital Signs - Bed to Wheelchair

• The candidate’s recorded pulse rate is within four beats of the test observer’s recorded pulse rate

• The candidate’s recorded respiratory rate is within two breaths of the test observer’s recorded respiratory rate

• Lock wheelchair breaks to ensure resident’s safety

• Lock bed brakes to ensure resident’s safety

• Do not attempt to ambulate the resident

Vital Signs - Wheelchair to Bed

• The candidate’s recorded pulse rate is within four beats of the test observer’s recorded pulse rate

• The candidate’s recorded respiratory rate is within two breaths of the test observer’s recorded respiratory rate

• Lock wheelchair breaks to ensure resident’s safety

• Lock bed brakes to ensure resident’s safety

• Do not attempt to ambulate the resident

Vital Signs - Manuel Blood Pressure

• 1 attempt per arm

• The candidate’s recorded systolic blood pressure is within 6mmHg of the test observer’s recorded systolic reading

• The candidate’s recorded diastolic blood pressure is within 8mmHg of the test observer’s recorded diastolic reading