1: Mr. Jones is NPO (Nothing by Mouth). You should:
A: ~ Provide a variety of fluids.
B: ~ Offer fluids in smaller amounts.
C: ~ Remove the water pitcher and glass.
D: ~ Hold his oral care.
The answer is C. EXPLANATION: When someone is NPO, we must remove their water pitcher and glass. They cannot have at fluids or food orally. They still need oral care provided.
2: Amount is the definition for:
A: ~ Height
B: ~ Weight
C: ~ Measurement
D: ~ Kilograms
The answer is C. EXPLANATION: Amount can be another term for measurement. The nurse will usually ask you to obtain the person's height and weight upon admission. Kilograms are used in some settings but usually pounds will be the unit of measure for weight.
3: A patient who has difficulty chewing or swallowing will need what type of diet?
A: ~ Clear liquid
B: ~ Low residue
C: ~ Bland
D: ~ Mechanical soft.
The answer is D. EXPLANATION: The best diet to avoid choking is the mechanical soft diet. Those that have difficulty need this diet to remain safe when eating. The other diets are inappropriate for those that have trouble swallowing or chewing.
4: Clients who are unconscious may still be able to:
A: ~ Speak
B: ~ Gesture
C: ~ Hear
D: ~ See
The answer is C. EXPLANATION: Clients who are unconscious still can hear so we need to communicate around them respectfully. Unconscious clients cannot speak, gesture, or see. Unconscious clients are those that have lost the ability to be aware of their surroundings and what is going on with them.
5: Under what condition should an caregiver avoid taking an oral temperature on a person?
A: ~ If the person has an infectious disease
B: ~ If the person is unconscious
C: ~ If the person is over six years old
D: ~ If the person is confined to bed
The answer is B. EXPLANATION: Someone unconscious cannot properly close their mouth around an oral thermometer. One should use an axillary, temporal, or rectal thermometer based on the order. Caregivers should take the temperatures of those with an infectious disease. You can take oral temperatures of people over six years old and for those that are confined to bed.
6: Why is good grooming so important?
A: ~ It helps you feel good about yourself.
B: ~ It helps others feel good about you.
C: ~ It affects how residents feel about the care you give.
D: ~ All of the above
The answer is D. EXPLANATION: Good grooming gives a professional appearance and provides confidence in your abilities as a caregiver to your clients.
7: When giving a backrub to a client, the nurse aide should:
A: ~ Avoid touching bony areas of the client’s back.
B: ~ Massage bony areas of the client’s back with a gentle circular motion.
C: ~ Apply alcohol directly to the client’s back with gentle
D: ~ Remove all sheets and blankets from the client’s bed
The answer is B. EXPLANATION: We must be careful with bony areas and use gentle motions. We do not want to damage the area by using too much pressure. The other options are not correct when performing a backrub.
8: While giving a tub bath to a client, the nurse aide is asked to help for a minute in the next room. The nurse aide should:
A: ~ Leave the client and go help
B: ~ Rush the client through the bath
C: ~ Stay with the client and finish the bath
D: ~ Complain to the client.
The answer is C. EXPLANATION: The nurse aide asking for assistance will have to wait until you are done with the bath or find someone else. It is not safe to leave a client during a bath.
9: How can a nursing assistant help control odors in a facility?
A: ~ He can change soiled linens promptly.
B: ~ He can change residents’ incontinence briefs once a day.
C: ~ He can empty and clean bedpans right at the end of the shift
D: ~ He can ignore residents’ body and breath odors
The answer is A. EXPLANATION: Changing soiled linens quickly can alleviate odors in the facility. The other items do not help control odors in the facility.
10: What is the term for a device used to take the place of a missing body part?
A: ~ Pronation
B: ~ Abduction
C: ~ External rotation
D: ~ Prosthesis
The answer is D. EXPLANATION: Pronation is the rotation of the arm so the palm is facing down and rotation of the foot that allows it to come down to its inner area. Abduction is the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body without any rotating. External rotation is any rotation that moves the body part away from the middle of the body (such as the elbow rotating the arm to the outside of the body).

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