
CNA Personal Care Skills Practice Quiz
Practice person-centered CNA personal care, bathing, skin and oral care, nutrition, toileting, infection prevention, and safe reporting.
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Quiz36 Questions
Flashcards24 Cards
Study Notes6 Notes
List of Questions30 questions
- Question 1
- Diagnosis, prescribing, surgery, and billing
- Staff scheduling, inventory, payroll, and transport
- Hygiene, dressing, eating, mobility, and elimination
- Imaging, laboratory testing, pharmacy review, and discharge
- Question 2
- Let the resident do the safe parts they can and assist only where needed
- Complete the whole bath quickly without asking
- Cancel bathing because partial ability is not enough
- Require the resident to complete every step without help
- Question 3
- A nickname selected by the aide
- A generic term such as sweetheart
- The resident's room number for efficiency
- The name and form of address the resident prefers
- Question 4
- Enter silently to avoid delay
- Knock before entering
- Call the family for permission
- Move supplies into the room first
- Question 5
- Rely only on the room number
- Use the facility-approved identification process appropriate to the setting
- Ask another resident to confirm identity
- Assume identity from the scheduled task
- Question 6
- To guarantee the resident agrees
- To transfer responsibility for safety to the resident
- So documentation is unnecessary afterward
- So the resident can understand, ask questions, participate, or decline
- Question 7
- Close the door or privacy curtain and keep the resident covered as appropriate
- Leave the door open so staff can observe
- Ask a roommate to look away
- Expose the full body to make care faster
- Question 8
- Raise the bed and put the call light on the table
- Leave the bed unlocked for easier movement
- Place the bed low and locked and put the call light within reach
- Turn off all alarms regardless of the care plan
- Question 9
- Only after an infection is laboratory-confirmed
- Only in hospital operating rooms
- Only when a resident requests them
- For all patient care, with PPE selected by anticipated exposure
- Question 10
- Put on a second pair without cleaning hands
- Perform hand hygiene
- Touch the clean supplies before washing
- Reuse the gloves if they look clean
- Question 11
- Begin with cleaner areas and finish with perineal care
- Perineal area first, then face
- Use the same soiled cloth for every area
- Alternate randomly between clean and soiled sites
- Question 12
- Proceed because hygiene is mandatory
- Document refusal without speaking to anyone
- Respect the refusal, offer an appropriate alternative or later time, and follow reporting policy
- Permanently remove bathing from the care plan
- Question 13
- Whichever method the aide prefers
- The resident's needs, preferences, mobility, care plan, and safety
- The same method for every resident
- The method that uses the fewest supplies
- Question 14
- A resident who cannot tolerate leaving bed
- Every resident regardless of mobility
- Only a resident with a special bath-treatment order
- A resident who can safely sit in a shower chair or stand with required supervision
- Question 15
- Only residents who refuse all care
- Only fully independent residents
- A resident who has difficulty getting out of bed or cannot tolerate another bath type
- Every resident receiving morning care
- Question 16
- Manage wet surfaces and use the assistance and equipment specified in the care plan
- Encourage walking on a wet floor to test balance
- Leave the resident alone to preserve privacy
- Remove required footwear during transport
- Question 17
- The resident's longstanding preference for unscented lotion
- Normal intact skin with no change
- A healed scar already documented with no change
- A newly reddened area that does not match the resident's baseline
- Question 18
- Leave moisture trapped in skin folds
- Dry skin folds thoroughly and apply approved moisturizer as directed
- Rub reddened areas vigorously
- Apply an unapproved medicated cream
- Question 19
- Reduced oil and cushioning can make skin dry, fragile, and easier to damage
- It always becomes thicker and oilier
- It no longer needs observation
- Bathing permanently removes the epidermis
- Question 20
- Ignore it because no pain was spoken
- Scrub the area to complete care
- Stop or modify the task for safety and report the observed pain behavior
- Diagnose a pressure injury
- Question 21
- Keep the resident completely flat regardless of plan
- Use another resident's toothbrush if rinsed
- Elevate the head of bed when permitted by the care plan
- Skip gloves because the mouth is clean
- Question 22
- Report and document the observation according to facility policy
- Choose a treatment independently
- Apply an unapproved topical medication
- Wait until the next monthly review
- Question 23
- The unaffected side for both dressing and undressing
- The affected or least-mobile side
- Whichever side is nearest the aide
- Both sleeves at exactly the same time
- Question 24
- Choose clothes without asking
- Leave the resident exposed until all clothing is ready
- Discuss the resident's body with staff in the hallway
- Ask clothing preferences and keep the resident covered as much as possible
- Question 25
- The aide's preferred menu for the resident
- The current ordered diet, food texture, and liquid consistency in the care plan
- A family member's unofficial diet change
- Only whether the tray looks appealing
- Question 26
- The resident chooses dessert first
- The resident uses a napkin
- Coughing or a wet-sounding voice while eating
- The meal takes place in the dining room
- Question 27
- It limits meals to a fixed number of minutes
- It records the exact time each bite is taken
- It replaces the need to identify the foods
- It describes food locations as positions on a clock face
- Question 28
- A utensil with a built-up handle
- A fracture pan
- A privacy curtain
- A standard toothbrush
- Question 29
- A bed cradle
- A gait belt around the plate
- A plate guard
- A urinary collection bag
- Question 30
- To the nearest single bite
- To the nearest 25 percent
- Only as eaten or not eaten
- In fluid ounces
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