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CNA chapter 6 Personal Care Skills question and answeres 2024-2023
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( true or false ) Promoting independence is a part of how a nursing assistant cares for residents? - ✅ True ( true or false ) Styling ones hair is a part of grooming oneself. - Correct Answer ✅ True ( true or false ) perineal care is care of the fingernails and toenails. - Correct Answer ✅ False ( true or false ) it is best for the NA to make decisions about when and where procedures will be done. - Correct Answer ✅ False ( true or false ) Having care explained before it is performed is a residents legal right. - Correct Answer ✅ True ( true or false ) The NA should knock and wait for permission to enter a residents room. - Correct Answer ✅ True ( true or false ) personal care provides the NA with an opportunity to observes residents metal state - Correct Answer ✅ True
( true or false ) if a resident appears tired during a procedure, the NA should encourage him to keep going so that the procedure is more efficient. - Correct Answer ✅ False ( true or false ) before leaving a residents room, the NA should leave the bed in its highest position. - Correct Answer ✅ False ( true or false ) The call light should always be left where the NA can easily reach it when she returns to the room. - Correct Answer ✅ False The bottom sheet on a residents bed must be kept tight and free from ( blank )? - Correct Answer ✅ Wrinkles Cloth-covered items that keep the hand or fingers in a normal, natural position are called? - Correct Answer ✅ Handrolls A problem that can result from pulling a resident across the sheets when transferring him is called? - Correct Answer ✅ Shearing Skin should be kept clean and ( blank )? - Correct Answer ✅ Dry Keeps covers from resting on the legs and feet? - Correct Answer ✅ Bed cradle
(True or False) The NA should massage any red areas he notices. - Correct Answer ✅ False (True or False) Proper nutrition helps keep the skin healthy. - Correct Answer ✅ True (True or False) When transferring or positioning residents, the NA should pull them slowly across the sheets to make the job easier. - Correct Answer ✅ False (True or False) Another name for pressure injuries is decubitus ulcers. - Correct Answer ✅ True (True or False) Common sites for pressure injuries are the chest, nose, and hands. - Correct Answer ✅ False A type of device that helps support and align a limb is called an orthosis.
Used to help residents who cannot help with turning or moving in bed; helps prevent skin damage from shearing - Correct Answer ✅ Draw sheet Placed against the feet to keep them properly aligned and to prevent foot drop. - Correct Answer ✅ Footboard Keeps fingers in a natural position - Correct Answer ✅ Handrolls Helps support and align limbsand improve its functioning. - Correct Answer ✅ Orthotic device Areas of the body that bear much of its weight. - Correct Answer ✅ Pressure points Rolled towels used to keep the hips and legs from turning outward. - Correct Answer ✅ Trochanter rolls A partial bath includes washing the residents ( blank ) - Correct Answer ✅ Genitals ( blank ) should be used to wash the resident's face when giving a bed bath. - Correct Answer ✅ A washcloth and water
When undressing a resident who has a weakness or paralysis on one side, the NA should start with the ( blank ) side. - Correct Answer ✅ Stronger The residents clothing for the day should be chosen by who? - Correct Answer ✅ The resident How often should oral care be performed? - Correct Answer ✅ At least twice a day A fracture pan is used for voiding for? - Correct Answer ✅ Residents who cannot raise their hips Men will generally use a ( blank ) for urination. - Correct Answer ✅ Urinal Residents who can get out of bed but cannot walk to the bathroom may use a(n) - Correct Answer ✅ Portable commode Another name for portable commode is? - Correct Answer ✅ Bedside commode ( True or False ) When handling body waste the NA should wear gloves.
Why should the NA note color order and qualities of urine and stool? - Correct Answer ✅ Changes could be signs of problems Lying flat on the back - Correct Answer ✅ Supine Lying on either side - Correct Answer ✅ Lateral Lying on the stomach - Correct Answer ✅ Prone Semi-sitting position ( partially reclined ) - Correct Answer ✅ Fowler's Lying on left side with one leg drawn up - Correct Answer ✅ Sims Why do residents who spend a lot of time in a bed or wheelchair need to be repositioned often? - Correct Answer ✅ They are at risk of skin breakdown and pressure injuries In this position the resident is lying on either side - Correct Answer ✅ Lateral
( true or false ) lifts help prevent injury to the NAans the resident? - Correct Answer ✅ True When applying a transfer belt the NA should place it .... - Correct Answer ✅ Over the residents clothing around the waste If the resident starts to fall during the transfer the NA should - Correct Answer ✅ Bend their knees and lower the resident to the floor.