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CNA Practice MCQ Question with Answer

CNA Practice MCQ with detailed explanation for interview, entrance and competitive exams. Explanation are given for understanding.

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Question No : 15
When feeding a resident, the nurse aide notices that the resident keeps coughing after each drink of fluids. What is the appropriate response by the nurse aide?

Give the resident more time to swallow.
Keep the amount of fluid small by using a spoon to give fluids.
Add thickener to the fluid and see if it helps stop the coughing.
Stop the feeding and report the coughing to the charge nurse right away.

Question No : 16
A resident with a feeding tube is scheduled for a shower. The residents feeding tube is connected to a pump. Which of the following is the appropriate response by the nurse aide?

Disconnect the feeding tube temporarily to give the shower.
Protect the pump with a plastic bag before bringing into the shower room.
Ask the charge nurse for assistance with the feeding pump.
Give the resident a bed bath since the resident has a feeding tube.

Question No : 17
When helping admit a new resident, the nurse aide notices the residents rightsided weakness from a stroke. The resident asks for help to the bathroom. Before assisting the resident, the nurse aide should

ask how the resident went to the bathroom at home.
ask the resident to wait until the care plan is completed.
get instructions from the nurse about how to toilet the resident.
help the resident to the bathroom immediately, supporting the right-side.

Question No : 18
A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an example of

resident neglect.
resident abuse.
nurse aide carelessness.
nurse aide noncompliance.

Question No : 19
A resident has a contracture of the right arm. When putting on the residents button-front shirt, the nurse aide should

put the shirt sleeve on the left arm first, then the right arm.
ask which arm the resident prefers the sleeve to go on first.
put the shirt sleeve on the right arm first, then the left arm.
raise residents arms up to slide both sleeves on at the same time.

Question No : 20
Which of the following actions helps to prevent skin tears?

Keeping side rails raised
Using less lotion on the skin
Sliding the resident up in the bed
Dressing the resident in long sleeves

Question No : 21
Sundowning is a term used to describe when residents

take short naps throughout the day.
show signs of Alzheimers at a younger age.
prefer to go to bed earlier in the evening.
become restless and agitated late in the day.