CNA Skills Mandatory/Key Steps

Apply an Anti-Embolic Stocking to one leg

  • Leave the resident with a smooth/wrinkle free stocking

Assist Resident to Ambulate using a Gait Belt

  • Lock bed brakes to ensure residents safety BEFORE assisting to stand

  • Lock wheelchair brakes to ensure resident’s safety

Assist Resident with the use of a bedpan, Measure and Record Urine output with Hand Washing

  • The candidates recorded measurement is within 25 mls of the RN Test observer’s reading

  • Scrub/wash hands together with soap for at least 20 seconds

  • Do not recontaminate hands at any time during the hand washing procedure

Catheter Care for a female resident with Hand Washing

  • Hold the catheter at the meatus and do not allow it to be pulled or tugged at any time

  • While washing and rinsing, use a clean portion of the washcloth for each stroke

  • Scrub/Wash hands together with soap for at least 20 seconds

  • Do not recontaminate hands at any time during the hand washing procedure

Denture Care

  • None

Donn PPE (Gown and Gloves), Empty a Urinary Drainage Bag, Measure and Record Urine Output and Remove PPE with Hand Washing

  • The candidate’s recorded measurement is within 25 mls of the RN Test Observer’s measurement

  • Remove gloves BEFORE removing the gown with one gloved hand grasping the other glove at the palm to remove

  • Slip fingers from the un gloved hand underneath the cuff of the remaining glove at the wrist and remove the glove, turning it inside out as you do so

  • Scrub wash hands together with soap for at least 20 seconds

  • Do not recontaminate hands at any time during the hand washing procedure

Dress a Resident with an Affected (Weak) Side

  • When dressing the resident in a button up shirt, always dress from the affected (weak) side first

Feed a Dependent Resident

  • Position the resident in an upright, sitting position BEFORE feeding, at least 75-90 degrees

  • The candidates calculation must be within 25 percentage points of the RN Test observer’s

  • The candidates calculation must be within 60 mls of the RN Test observer’s

Foot Care One Foot

  • None

Modified Bed Bath- Face and One Arm, Hand and Under Arm

  • Wash from inner aspect to the outer aspect of each eye

  • use a clean portion of the washcloth for each stroke

Mouth Care- Brush Residents Teeth

  • None

Perineal Care for a female resident with Hand Washing

  • Wash the genital area from front to back

  • Use a clean portion of the wash cloth for each stroke

  • Use a clean portion of the washcloth for each stroke

  • Wash the rectal area from front to back using a clean portion of a washcloth with each stroke

  • Scrub/wash hands together with soap for at least 20 seconds

  • Do not recontaminate hands at any time during the handwashing procedure

Position Resident in Bed on their Side

  • None

Range of Motion for One Knee and One Ankle

  • The candidate must ask at least once during the ROM exercise if there is/was any discomfort/pain

Range of Motion for One Shoulder

  • The candidate must ask at least once during the ROM exercise if there is/was any discomfort/pain

Transfer Resident from Bed to Wheelchair using a Gait Belt

  • Lock bed brakes to ensure residents safety BEFORE assisting to stand

  • Lock wheelchair brakes to ensure residents safety BEFORE assisting to stand

Vital Signs- Count and Record Resident’s Radial Pulse and Respirations

  • The candidates recorded radial pulse rate is within four beats of the RN Test Observer’s recorded rate

  • The candidates recorded respiratory rate is within two breaths of the RN Test Observer’s recorded rate