State Skills
Terminology
State testing
Abbreviations
Key Points
100

This is how TED hose should be after the NA is done putting them on.

What is smooth and wrinkle free?

100

This is a feeding tube placed into the stomach through  the abdominal wall.

What is a PEG tube?

100

What identifications are needed to take state test?

What is Driver's license/State ID and social security card?

100

ADLS

What are activities of daily living?

100

What are the three types of thickened liquids.

What is nectar, honey and pudding thick?

200

The bedpan should be placed how under the resident.

What is with the large side under the buttocks?

200

This is a condition resulting from an inadequate amount of fluid in the body.

What is dehydration?

200

What must a NA wear to take state test?

What is scrubs/NA uniform and closed toe shoes?

200

BP

What is blood pressure?

200

This is what should be locked when transferring a resident from bed to wheelchair.

What is the bed and wheelchair?

300

The urinary drainage should be cleaned with what after emptying it?

What is an antiseptic wipe?

300

This term refers to swelling caused by excessive fluid in the body tissues.

What is edema?

300

These items can not be taken into testing site.

What is electronics, smart watches, cellphones?

300

HR

What is heart rate?

300

A person experiencing this condition exhibits low fluid intake; low output of dark urine with strong odor; weight loss; dry skin; confusion; poor skin turgor.

What is dehydration?

400

The gown should be removed from which side first?

What is the unaffected side?

400

This type of temperature taking is the most accurate.

What is rectal temperature?

400

How can the state test be taken?

What is on paper or on the computer?

400

F

What is Fahrenheit?

400

This is the most common symptom of arthritis.

What is pain?

500

This is what should be placed underneath the residents arm when washing it in bed.

What is a towel?

500

This is a hollow tube inserted into the bladder to drain urine.

What is a catheter?

500

How many skills will be done by each tester?

What is five skills?

500

GI

What is gastrointestinal?

500

This is the stage of pressure ulcer in which the entire layer of skin is lost and the subcutaneous fat and muscle are exposed.

What is Stage III?