Short Skills
This skill requires 20 seconds of scrubbing.
What is hand washing?
This skill requires 5-10 minutes of soaking.
What is hand and nail care?
This skill requires a fitted sheet, flat sheet, pillow case, and bath blanket.
What is occupied bed?
This skill requires lotion.
What is the partial bed bath and back rub?
This skill range is 60-100.
What is measure and record radial pulse?
This skill requires a motion like you are revving an engine and flexion and extension.
What is passive ROM to the wrist and elbow?
This skill requires gloves and a graduate.
What is emptying the urinary drainage bag?
This skill requires soaking for 15-20 minutes.
What is foot care?
This skill requires the 5 corners of the washcloth.
What is perineal care?
This skill requires rounding to the nearest 25 mL.
What is emptying the urinary drainage bag?
This skill requires abduction and adduction.
What is passive ROM to one shoulder?
This skill requires checking that the shoulder, hip and ankle are in alignment.
What is supported side-lying?
This skill requires knowing TOSS and POWS.
What is dressing the resident with the weak arm?
This skill requires soap only to certain areas.
What is partial bed bath?
This skill range is 12-20.
What is measure and record respirations?
This skill requires a bicycle like motion.
What is passive ROM to the hip, knee, and ankle?
This skill requires the gait belt and the CNA not allowing the person to step with their feet.
What is a transfer from bed to wheelchair using a pivot transfer and gait belt?
This skill requires cleaning 4 inches down from the meatus.
What is catheter care?
This is the amount of times the CNA does circles up the back with lotion and then back down again.
What is 3?
Your greeting, explaining care, asking about preferences,infection control, comfort questions, respecting rights and the resident's safety are all part of this skill, in EVERY skill.
What is indirect care?
This skill requires a clock and palpating the inner wrist.
What is measure and record radial pulse?
This skill requires the retrieving of items from the bottom drawer of the bedside stand.
What is assist the resident to use the bedpan?
This skill requires 2 pairs of gloves(not testable this year)
What is denture care?
This is the amount of disposable underpads needed for the perineal care skill.
What is 3-1 for the overbed table, 1 for placing under the resident before cleaning/to replace the soiled one, and one to place the clean person on?
This is the name of the piece of furniture typically at the end of the bed.
What is the over-bed table?