If a resident's total weight with the wheelchair is 305 pounds, how much does the person weigh alone if the wheelchair weighs 42 pounds?
What is 263 pounds? (305-42=263)
What is 12:01am in military time?
What is 0001?
There are this many milliliters in an ounce.
What is 30 ml?
How would you record intake if the resident only ate the hamburger and salad?
What is 70%? (Add 50% and 20%=70%)
True or false: You should be at eye level with the graduated cylinder while measuring output.
What is true?
Before the resident steps on the scale, the CNA sets the scale to this and then obtains the resident's weight.
What is zero?
If your nurse asks you to get a set of vitals at 1400, what time is that in standard time?
What is 2:00 pm?
At dinner, the resident drank ½ of an 8 oz glass of milk, an entire 4 oz glass of juice, and ¾ of an 8 oz glass of water. Record the resident’s fluid intake for the meal in ml.
What is 420ml? (Half of an 8oz is 120ml, 4oz=120ml, and ¾ of an 8oz is 180ml, add all three of them up 120+120+180=420ml)
If a resident ate ½ of his meal, what is the percentage the resident ate?
What is 50%? (½=50%)
True or False: Fluid intake and urine output should be similar?
What is true? (What goes in, should come out.)
Mr. Peters weighed 130 pounds on Friday morning. Monday morning, he weighs 142 pounds. Record his weight gain.
What is 12 pounds? (Does anyone know what type of medication he might be put on if he had this type of increase in weight?)
What is 1700 in standard time?
What is 5:00pm?
A resident drinks 8 oz. of coffee, 6 oz. of water, and 3 oz. of milk at breakfast. What is the total amount of intake for this meal in ml?
What is 510ml? (8oz=240ml, 6oz=180ml, and 3oz=90ml, then you add the three together 240+180+90=510ml)
True or False: We document all meals for the residents throughout the day.
What is true? (If you said false, we need to have a conversation, haha.)
About how much urine would you say is in this urinary specimen collection source?
What is 300ml? (Must be within 30ml)
How much does this person weigh in pounds according to this scale?
What is 173 pounds? (Add 160 pounds with 13 pounds and you will have 173 pounds.)
If your nurse asks you to bring the lunch trays to the residents at 1100 but the trays aren't ready on time and you deliver them two hours late, what time did the residents get their lunch trays?
What is 1300? (Bonus if you know what time that is in standard time. Bonus being a high five!)
Mr. Jones drinks 120 ml of black coffee and 360 ml of water during your shift. Record the amount Mr. Jones drank in ounces.
What is 16? (when 1oz. = 30ml, 360/30=12oz & 120/30=4oz, then 4+12=16oz)
If a resident ate ¼ of his meal, what percentage would you document for food intake?
What is 25%? (¼=25%)
How many mLs would you record as output?
What is 300ml? (remember cc's and ml's are the same.)
While sitting in a 21-pound wheelchair, the total weight is 185 pounds. What is the actual weight of the resident?
What is 164? (185-21=164)
What time is midnight in military time?
What is 2400 or 0000?
Mrs. Alcala receives a full 8 oz glass of tea with her noon meal. When you collect her tray, you see that her glass is ¼ full. How many ml of tea has Mrs. Alcala drank?
What is 180 ml? (8oz=240ml, divide 240 by 4 which will give you 60, 60 is how much is left in the cup-the 1/4. To get how much Mrs. Alcala drank, you will take the total and subtract the 60ml, so 240-60=180ml.)
The nurse tells you Mrs. Wheeler finished ¾ of her meal, what would you document for her food intake?
What is 75%? (¾=75%)
What is the first thing a CNA should do, if a resident has no urine output in their urinary drainage bag?
What is check for kinks or patency? (If no kinks, get the nurse!)