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Activities of Daily Living
Skills
Body Systems and Skills
Emotional/Mental Health
Nurse Aide Role
100

This is what ADL is an abbreviation for

What is Activities of Daily Living?

100

The proper abbreviation for the unit of measurement used when taking a client's weight

What is lbs? 

100
The proper angle of the head of the bed when a resident is eating in bed and why.
What is 75-90 degrees, to reduce chance of choking or aspiration?
100

These are the first two steps in the digestion process

What is mechanical digestion (chewing) and enzymatic digestion (saliva breaking down food) 

100
The federal law passed in 1987 that protects patients and residents in long term health facilities.
What is OBRA?
200
The minimum amount of time required for washing hands
What is 20 seconds?
200

The one skill that all students will be tested on for state boards

What is Hand Hygiene (washing hands)

200
The skill used to keep joints flexible and connective tendons and muscle tissue pliable.
What is ROM (range of motion)
200
The five senses that guide us through interpreting the world around us.
What is sight, sound, touch, taste, smell?
200
The practices and skills a CNA is legally allowed to perform.
What is scope of practice?
300
When dressing a person with an IV in their left (affected) arm, the clean shirt goes on which arm first?
What is the left arm?
300

When doffing PPE, what do you do first?

What is remove gloves?

300

The skill used that gives the CNA a daily opportunity to check for bed sores and other skin conditions.

What is partial bed bath, full bed bath, or shower? 

300
Slower brain impulse times can lead to slower reaction times which lead to a higher risk for....
What is falls and other household accidents?
300

The law that mandates protection/confidentiality of private medical records. 

What is HIPAA?

400

These are the two things you have to do prior to standing a client up for skill "transfers from bed to wheelchair" 

What is ensure feet are flat on the floor and lock wheelchair? 

400

Step(s) to properly dispose of urine or eliminated material.

What is pour into toilet, rinse container (graduate, bedpan, etc.), and pour rinsed liquid into toilet. Do not dry container, and put in "dirty area".

400
A task a nurse can assign to the CNA to support a patient's slow lower body blood circulation.
What is applying a TED stocking?
400

Patients with dementia may become more agitated in the late afternoon/early evening. This is known as 

What is sundowning?

400

As a healthcare professional you are considered a ____________ _____________, which means that you are required to divulge any abuse or suspicion of abuse. 

What is mandated reporter

500

The name for the special diet that is given to patients who have high blood pressure or coronary artery disease. 

What is a cardiac or heart healthy diet

500

The appropriate procedure to inflate the blood pressure cuff when the systolic number is higher than 180 mmHg upon initial inflation

What is deflate the cuff, then reinflate to over 180 mmHg?

500
CNAs use a gait belt when assisting a patient to walk because this body system becomes weaker after 65-70 years of age.
What is musculo-skeletal system?
500
The therapy for a dementia or alzheimer's patient that encourages the person to talk about the past.
What is Reminiscence therapy?
500

The CNA reports to the LVN. The LVN reports to the charge nurse. The charge nurses reports to the director of nursing. This is called following the

What is chain of command?