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ILLINOIS CNA STATE EXAM||2025- 2026 ||QUESTIONS
ANDANSWERS||A+ GRADED
How do you promote communication with a resident?
- ANSWER asking OPEN ENDED questions- "How are you feeling?" (ch.6) A resident wants to use the commode, but she needs help... what do you do?
ANSWER Use a gait belt What is the temperature of a TEPID bath?
- ANSWER 80 - 93 `F What is the temperature of a SITZ bath?
- ANSWER Sitz- seat. The perineal and rectalareas are immersed in WARM or HOT water (93- 98 - 106 ) What is the oral temperature?
- ANSWER 97.6-99. A male resident wants to use a urinal, what do you tell him to do when he is done? - ANSWER use call light/call for help promptly or while waiting for help- place in side rails A doctor comes in and give an order for a new treatment before leaving, what do you do? - ANSWER Let the doctor speak to the nurse. How should you be positioned when applying TED hose?
- ANSWER Wide base ofsupport Legs between 12-24 inches apart.Check ever 2 hours. Remove every 8 hours for 30 min As a CNA, what can you do to help a resident who is being discharged?
- ANSWERHelp in packing resident's things away. You are in a resident's room and you see a bottle of disinfectant that housekeeping left behind, what do you do? - ANSWER Remove it from the resident's room immediately. Calculate the resident's total INTAKE for the 3- 11 shift there will be an illustration for this question - ANSWER 1 oz = 30 mL How do you take a random urine specimen? - ANSWER Used for routine urinalysisNo special measures are needed. Collected any time during a 24-hour period. Pour about 120 mL into the specimen container, place the container in a plastic bag,apply Biohazard Label. The Midstream Specimen *- ANSWER Clean-voided specimen 1 ). Perineal is cleaned 2). Start voiding 3). Stop voiding half way 4). Starts voiding in a sterile specimen container How do you take a 24-hour urine specimen? - **ANSWER Start with an empty bladder1). Person voids to begin the test with an empty bladder---discard it 2). Save all the voiding for the next 24- hours.Tes is restarted if:
- a voiding was not saved
- toilet tissue was discarded into the specimen
- the specimen contains stools** You answer the phone but the person meant to call a different unit, what do you do? - ANSWER Transfer the call. (pg.56) A resident wth dementia is getting agitated and thinks he lost his keys, what do you do? - ANSWER Tell him you will help him find his keys What do you do to a room when a resident checks out? - ANSWER Disinfect the room. A resident is in isolation. What do you do with their food tray when they done eating?
Where do you walk if the person has right-sided weakness? - ANSWER Towards hisweak side How do you apply TED hose? - ANSWER While residents is lying in bed- supineposition How to read a Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometer? - ANSWER F= 0.2 of a degree(short line) C= 0.1 of a degree (long line) Blue-oral and axillary thermometers- long/slender tips/pear shaped tip Red-rectal termometers- stubby tips Where do you throw away an ostomy? - ANSWER Facility approved bag Resident was alert and is now hard to arouse and unresponsive. What do you do? - ANSWER Tell the nurse How does a Diabetic diet work? - ANSWER Give same amount of carbs, protein, fatseveryday at the same time. What is a step you can take as a CNA to prevent resident poisoning? - ANSWER - Makesure patients and residents cannot reach hazardous material
**- Follow agency policy for storing personal care items
- Keep harmful products in their original containers
- Leave the original label on harmful products
- Read all labels carefully before using a product.** Residents with dementia is on the commode, how long should you leave them alone? - ANSWER Never Can a urine contaminate a stool sample? - ANSWER Yes What is PPE worn for? - ANSWER Contact precautions
What does rehabilitation and restorative nursing care focus on? - ANSWER The wholeperson and what the person can do. What is a bland diet? - ANSWER To reduce gastric irrigation Arm pain is an example of.... - ANSWER Subjective data- the person tells you aboutthat you cannot observe through your senses (symptoms ) [objective- information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer (signs)] A patient with hip injury would use what type of bed pan? - ANSWER Fracture bed pan How would you place the call light for a quadriplegic patient? - ANSWER If not able toreach, check on the person often. After providing the urinal for a patient.... - ANSWER ask them to close tightly to prevent spills and call for help. Know PROM - ANSWER Passive Range of Motionex. Flexion A CNA is aware that for stool collection... - ANSWER Must be 1/2 cup must not be contaminated A resident continues to call you Sally, his daughters name, what do you tell him? - ANSWER Ask him to tell you about his daughter Sally. How do you help a resident participate with activities on time? - ANSWER Make sure they have an activities schedule be flexible as the CNA, and work the patients routine care around the activities schedule. When do you give PM care? - ANSWER After lunch Before bed After visitors leave in the evening
If you have independent patients and you made his/her bed, how should you leave the bed? - ANSWER In sitting height When assisting in urinal disposal you should? - ANSWER Use a standard/universal precautions When patient is being combative, what should you do? - ANSWER Leave the room and come back when the patient is not upset. What items need to be marked as isolation? - ANSWER When bringing it out When resident requested for 1 side rail up only, what should you do? - ANSWER Keep either 1 side rail up How do you promote communication? - ANSWER Asking open ended questions
At what point the bacteria disappears in hand washing?
- ANSWER During friction fromrubbing When patient is in cold compress, the CNA will report promptly if?
- ANSWER The skinis cyanotic- bluish discoloration When talking to a patient with hearing disability, what should you do?
- ANSWERReduce outside noise Patients respiration is 33 per minutes – ANSWER Tachypnea- fast breathing What should you do with a stool specimen for isolation?
- ANSWER Double bag How do you avoid poisoning? – ANSWER Label all toxins and poisonous materials Back massage - ANSWER 3 - 5min Temperature: Partial & complete bed bath - ANSWER 110 - 115
F Duration: Shower/tub bath - ANSWER No more than 20 min Temperature: Shower/tub bath - ANSWER 105F Temperature: Perineal care - ANSWER 105 - 109 `F Duration: Finger soak - ANSWER 5 - 10min Duration: Feet soak - ANSWER 15 - 20min Urine production - ANSWER 1500 mL or 3 pints per day Suppository takes effect (any drugs takes effect in) - ANSWER 30 mins later Enema volume - ANSWER 750 - 1000 mL : given over 10 - 15 min
1gm fat 1gm protein 1gm carbohydrate - ANSWER fat = 9 calories protein = 4 calories carb = 4 calories NGT feeding: Maintain semi fowlers/ fowlers - ANSWER For 1 to 2 hours after the feeding or at all times NGT feeding: clean nose and nostrils - ANSWER For every 4 to 8 hours Oral glass thermometer leave for - ANSWER 2 - 3 min Rectal glass thermometer leave for - ANSWER 2 min Radial pulse count for - ANSWER 30 seconds X 2 Apical pulse count for - ANSWER 1 minute, located under your left nipple Let the person rest for how long before re measuring their BP - ANSWER 10 to 20 min Amount of time pain relief drug take effect - ANSWER 30 mins Hot & cold application observe every - ANSWER 5 min Hot & cold compress apply no more than - ANSWER 15 to 20 min Patients or restraints are observed every - ANSWER 15 min Restraints are released every - ANSWER 2 hours : for 10 min Patients sitting on chair or wheelchairs should shift positions every - ANSWER 15 min Reposition bedfast persons at least - ANSWER 2 hours
Reposition chair fast persons every - ANSWER 1 hours Transfer from wheelchair to car, position wheelchair at - ANSWER 45 degree angle Deep breathing and coughing every - ANSWER 1 - 2 hours while awake Hot - ANSWER 98- 106 Warm - ANSWER 93 - 98
Sims' position - ANSWER A left side-lying position in which the upper leg (right leg) is sharply flexed so it is not on the lower leg (left leg); semi-prone side position Abduction - ANSWER Movement away from the midline of the body Adduction - ANSWER Movement toward the midline of the body Opposition - ANSWER Touching an opposite finger with the thumb Flexion - ANSWER Bending a body part Extension - ANSWER Straightening a body part
Hyperextension - ANSWER Excessive straightening of a body part Dorsiflexion - ANSWER Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle Plantar flexion - ANSWER Bending the toes and foot down at the ankle Rotation - ANSWER Turning the joint Internal rotation - ANSWER Turning the joint inward External rotation - ANSWER Turning the joint outward Pronation - ANSWER Turning the joint downward Supination - ANSWER Turning the join upward a - ANSWER absence Brady - ANSWER Slow Dys - ANSWER Bad, difficult Hypo - ANSWER Under, decreased Post - ANSWER After Stomat(o) - ANSWER Mouth Vas(o) - ANSWER Blood vessel Cyst - ANSWER bladder or sac Gluc(o) - ANSWER Sweetness Glyc(o) - ANSWER Sugar Hem, Hema, Hemo - ANSWER Blood Pyleo - ANSWER Kidney Thromb (o) - ANSWER clot Emia - ANSWER Blood condition
- itis - ANSWER inflammation
- Rationalization- An acceptable reason or excuse is given for behaviors or actions. the real reason is not given.
- Reaction formation - A person acts in a way opposite to what he or she truly feels.
- Regression- The person retreats or moves back to an early time or condition.
- Repression- The person keeps unpleasant or painful thoughts or experiences from the conscious mind
