Nursing assistant (CNA) knowledge worksheet with answers

What are passive range-of-motion exercises?

1. AExercises that the resident does completely alone each day
2. BExercises in which staff move the joints for the resident
3. CExercises done only in a warm swimming pool with a therapist
4. DExercises that use heavy weights to build strength

Hepatitis is an inflammation of which organ?

1. AThe kidney
2. BThe liver
3. CThe heart
4. DThe lung

Which helps promote sleep for a resident at night?

1. AStrong coffee with the evening snack
2. BA quiet, dim room and a regular bedtime routine
3. CWaking the resident often to chat
4. DBright lights and the television turned up loud until late

For which resident is an oral temperature not appropriate?

1. AA resident who wears reading glasses
2. BA resident who is unconscious
3. CAn alert resident who last ate an hour ago
4. DA resident who walks with a cane

How should the drainage tubing of a urinary catheter be arranged while the resident is in bed?

1. ACoiled on the bed, secured and free of kinks
2. BTied in a knot to keep it from moving
3. CTucked under the resident's leg to hold it in place
4. DLooped below the bag so urine collects in the loop

A nursing assistant drops a clean towel on the floor. What should be done with it?

1. AShake it out and use it for the resident
2. BFold it and return it to the linen cart
3. CTreat it as dirty and put it in the laundry
4. DUse it only to dry the resident's feet

A resident has just walked back from physical therapy. The care plan asks for a resting blood pressure. What should the nursing assistant do?

1. AMeasure it on the leg so the arm can rest
2. BSkip the reading and copy yesterday's value
3. CMeasure it at once while the resident is still standing in the doorway
4. DLet the resident sit and rest for about 5 minutes before measuring

A busy nurse asks the nursing assistant to give a resident the pills in a medicine cup. What should the nursing assistant do?

1. AGive the pills, because the nurse is the supervisor
2. BGive the pills only if the resident clearly agrees to take them
3. CPolitely decline: giving medicines is outside their scope
4. DGive the pills but not write anything down