Safety & Infection Control
📏Measure UP!
Resident Care
🚨 WHAT'S WRONG?
🎓 KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
100
After removing contaminated gloves, what important infection-control action is generally performed?
Wash Hands
100
How long should you count the resident's radial pulse?
One Full Minute
100
When dressing a resident with a weak right arm, which arm goes into the shirt first?
What is the right/weak arm?
100
a student is about to clean dentures in this sink, what is missing?
Liner or water
100
During the skills evaluation, you will be asked to perform this many randomly selected skills.
5 SKILLS
200
Before leaving a resident in bed, remember this phrase: “Low and ____.”
Light 💡
200
A urinary-output measurement falls between 325 mL and 350 mL. What should the student record?
350mL
200
When undressing that same resident, which side comes out first?
Left/unaffected side?
200
After checking the temperature of bathwater, you should?
Ask the patient to check
200
Your CNA registry listing in North Carolina generally remains active for how long before it expires if it is not properly renewed?
24 MONTHS
300
You have finished using a washcloth and towel during resident care. Where should the used linens go?
Soiled Linen 🗑️
300
During manual blood pressure, the first sound is heard at 138 mmHg and the last sound at 82 mmHg. What should be recorded?
138/82
300
What position should a resident be in while you apply a knee-high elastic stocking?
supine/lying down in bed?
300
Which direction should you wipe the perineal area?
Front to back
300
This is how much time you are given to complete the written examination.
2 HOURS
400
Name four things to check before leaving a patient after completing a bedside skill.
Bed low, signaling device within reach, resident covered/positioned safely, equipment handled appropriately, privacy maintained, and hand hygiene as required?
400
What pulse site can you only hear with a stethoscope?
Apical
400
What position should a resident be in when being fed?
upright at 75–90 degrees?
400
A student puts the patient on the bed pan and uses gloved hand to put the head of bed up?
Remove gloves first
400
The North Carolina CNA written examination contains this many multiple-choice questions.
What is 70 questions?
500
What type of PPE is required for a patient with MRSA?
Gown & Gloves
500
Put these actions in the correct order: record, read at eye level, pour into measuring container, empty container, remove gloves/wash hands.
pour → read at eye level → empty → remove gloves/wash hands → record?
500
During ROM, how many times should the movement be performed, and what would cause you to stop?
at least 3 times unless the resident verbalizes pain; stop if pain occurs?
500
A student begins transferring a resident to a wheelchair and realizes the wheelchair wheels aren't locked. They decide to finish because the resident is already standing. What's the problem?
the wheelchair should have been locked before assisting the resident to stand; this is a safety issue?
500
True or False: Volunteer CNA work can count toward the 8-hour North Carolina renewal requirement.
FALSE, VOLUNTEER WORK DOES NOT COUNT