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1) 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)Prothesis
D) Prothesis
2) When a client has left-sided weakness, what part of a sweater is put on first?

A) Both sleeves

B) Left sleeve

C) Client's choice

D) Right sleeve
B) right sleeve
3) It is appropriate for a nurse aide to share the information regarding a client's status with:

A) any one the nurse aide sees fit

B) The client's family members

C) The client's roommate

D) The staff on the next shift
D) The staff on the next shift
4) When helping a client who is recovering from a stroke to walk, the nurse aide should assist:

A) On the client's strong side

B) On the client's weak side

C) From behind the client

D) With a wheelchair
B) On the client's weak side
5) The nurse aide is caring for a client who is agitated. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) Speak loudly so that the client can hear the instructions

B) Ask to reassign the care of this client

C) Talk in a slow, calm, reassuring manner

D) Tell the client to be quiet
C) Talk in a slow, calm, reassuring manner
6) The purpose for padding rails on the client's bed is to:

A) Use them as a restraint

B) Have a place to connect the call signal

C) Protect the client from injury

D) Keep the client warm
C) Protect the client from injury
7) Exercises that move each muscle and joint are called:

A) Adduction

B) Range of motion

C) Abduction

D) Rotation
B) Range of motion
8) How can the nurse aide BEST help a client who is not accepting a loss?

A) Leave the client alone

B) Convince the client to to accept the loss

C) Encourage the client to talk

D) Discourage individual activity
C) Encourage the client to talk
9) The Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrust) is used for a client who has:

A) A bloody nose

B) A blocked airway

C) Fallen out of bed

D) Impaired eyesight
B) A blocked airway
10) To BEST communicate with a client who is totally deaf, the nurse aide should:

A) Smile frequently and speak loudly

B) Smile often and talk rapidly

C) Avoid eye contact

D) Write out information
D) Write out information
11) The nurse aide is asked by a confused client what day it is. The nurse aide should:

A) Explain that memory loss is natural and that the date is not important

B) Ignore the request

C) Point to the date on the calendar and say the date

D) Provide the date and then test the client later
C) Point to the date on the calendar and say the date
12) To avoid pulling the catheter when turning a male client, the catheter must be taped to the client's:

A) Bed sheet

B) Upper thigh

C) Bed frame

D) Hip
B) Upper thigh
13) A nurse aide can assist with their spiritual needs by:

A) Taking client's to the nurse side's church

B) Allowing client's to talk about their beliefs

C) Avoiding any religious discussions

D) Talking about the nurse aide's own spiritual beliefs
B) Allowing the client's to talk abut their befiefs
14) A nurse aide MUST wear gloves when:

A) Feeding a client

B) Doing peri-care

C) Giving a back rub

D) doing range of motion
B) Doing peri-care
15) When getting ready to dress a client, the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) Get the first clothes the nurse aid can reach in the closet

B) Give the client a choice of what to wear

C) Use the clothes the client wore the other day

D) Choose clothes that the nurse aide personally likes
B) Give the client a choice of what to wear
16) If the nurse aide discovers fire in a client's room, the FIRST thing to do is:

A) Call the nurse in charge

B) Try to put out the fire

C) Open the window

D) Remove the client
D) Remove the client
17) in order to communicate clearly with a client who has hearing loss, the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) speak in a high pitched tone of voice

B) stand behind the client when speaking

C) speak in aloud and slow manner

D) look directly at the client when speaking
D) look directly at the client when speaking
18) Which of the following stages of dying is usually the final stage?

A) Anger

B) Acceptance

C) Bargaining

D) Depression
B) Acceptance
19) If a client says, "God is punishing me" or "why me", how should the nurse aide respond?

A) Reply "God doesn't punish people."

B) Listen quietly

C) Ignore the client

D) Make jokes
B) Listen quietly
20) The role of the ombudsman is to:

A) Run a group of nursing homes

B) Work with the nursing home to protect client's rights

C) Control the nursing home budget

D) Prepare classes that nurse aides take to learn about client hygiene
B) Work with the nursing home to protect client's right
21) A nurse aide who is active in her church, is assigned to care for a client who is not a member of any religious group. The nurse side SHOULD:

A) Help the client understand the nurse aide's faith

B) Tell the client that it is important toto join some church, even if it is not the nurse aide's church

C) Respect the client's beliefs and avoid starting religious discussions

D) Arrange to have the clergyman visit the client
C) Respect the client's beliefs and avoid starting religious discussions
22) The nurse aide notices that the client's mail has been delivered to the client's room. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) Open the mail and leave it on the client's table

B) Open the mail and read it to the client

C) Read the client's mail to make sure sure it doesn't contain upsetting news

D) Give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed
D) Give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed
23) Which of the following is a correct measurement of the following urinary output?

A) 40 oz

B) 300 cc

C) 2 cups

D) 1 quart
B) 300 cc
24) The client offers a nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse aide has done. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) Take the money so as not to offend the client

B) Politely refuse the money

C) take the money and buy something for the floor

D) Ask the nurse in charge what to do
B) Politely refuse the money
25) All of the following situations are examples of abuse or neglect EXCEPT:

A) restraining the client according to the physician's order

B) leaving the client alone in a bathtub

C) threatening to withhold a client's meals

D) leaving a client in a wet and soiled bed
A) restraining a client according to a physicians order
26) if a client is sitting in a chair in his room masturbating, the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) report the incident to the other nurse aides

B) tell the client to stop

C) laugh and tell the client to go to the bathroom

D) leave the client alone and provide privacy
D) leave the client alone and provide privacy
27) to convert four ounces of juice to milliliters (ml) the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) 4 x 5 ml

B) 4 x 10 ml

C) 4 x 15 ml

D) 4 x 30 ml
D) 4 x 30 ml
28) in giving care according to the client's Bill of Rights, the nurse aid SHOULD:

A) provide privacy during client's care

B) open the client's mail without permission

C) use the client personal possessions for a another client

D) prevent the client from complaining about care
A) provide privacy during the client's personal care
29)the LAST sense a dying client will lose is:

A) smell

B) hearing

C) taste

D) sight
B) hearing
30) a client wakes up during the night and asks for something to eat. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) check on the diet before offering nourishment

B) tell the client nothing is available at night

C) explain the breakfast is coming in three hours

D) tell the client that eating is not allowed during the night
A) check on the diet before offering nourishment
31) the normal aging process is BEST defined as the time when:

A) people become dependent and childlike

B) alzheimer's disease begins

C) normal body funtions and senses decline

D) people are over sixty-five years of age
C) normal body functions and senses decline
32) If a client is confused, the nurse aide should:


A) ignore the client until he starts making sense

B) restrain the client so that he does not hurt himself

C) keep the client away from other clients

D) help the client to recognize familiar thing and people
D) help the client to recognize familiar things and people
33) What is the process of restoring a disabled client to the highest of level functioning possible?

A) responsibility

B) retention

C) rehabilitation

D) reincarnation
C) rehablilitation
34) When changing an unsterile dressing the nurse aide should wash hands:

A) before the procedure

B) after the procedure

C) before and after the procedure

D) before, after after removal of the soiled dressing, and after the procedure
D) before, after removal of the soiled dressing, and after the procedure
35) Clean bed linen placed in a client's room but NOT used should be:

A) returned to the linen closet

B) used for a client in the next room

C) taken to the nurse in charge

D) put in the dirty linen container
D) Put in the dirty linen container
36) The nurse aide finds an conscious client lying on the bathroom floor. The FIRST thing the nurse aide should do is:

A) help the client into a sitting position

B) call for assistance from the nurse in charge

C) offer client water

D) check for signs of injury
B) call for assistance from the charge nurse
37) if a nurse aide finds a client who is sad and crying, the nurse aide should:

A) ask the client if something is wrong

B) tell the client to cheer up

C) tell the client to stop crying

D) call the client's family
A) ask the client if something is wrong
38) clients have the right to:

A) smoke in any area of the facility

B) have access to a telephone

C) go any where in the facility

D) see other client's medical records
B) have access to a telephone
39) proper use of a waist restraint requires the the nurse aide:

A) release the restraint ever four hours

B) watch for skin irritation

C) tie restraints on siderail

D) apply restraint tightly so the client cannot move
B) watch for skin irritation
40) to prevent the spread of infection, how should the nurse aide handle soiled linens from the client's bed?

A)shake them in the air

B) place them in a neat on the floor

C) carry them close to the nurse aide's body

D) put them in the dirty linen container
D) put them in the dirty linen container
41) a client needs to be repositioned the client is heavy and the nurse aide is not sure she can move the client on her own. the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) try to move the alone

B) have the family do it

C) ask another nurse aide to help

D) go on to another
C) ask another nurse aide to help
42) to prevent dehydration of the client, the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) offer fluids while the client is awake

B) wake the client hourly during the night to offer fluids

C) give the client frequent baths

D) feed the client salty food to increase thirst
A) offer fluids frequently while the client is awake
43) When transferring a client, most of the weight should be supported by the nurse aide's:

A) back

B) shoulders

C) legs

D) wrists
C) legs
44) to be sure that the client's weight is measuered accurately, the client should be weighed:

A) after a meal

B) by a different nurse aide

C) at the same time of day

D) after a good night's sleep
C) at the same time of day
45) how many tips does a quad-ane base have?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4
D) 4
46) BEFORE taking the oral temperature of a client who has just finished a cold drink, the nurse aide should wait:

A) 10 to 20 minutes

B) 25 to 35 minutes

C) 45 to 55 minutes

D) at least 1 hour
A) 10 to 20 minutes
47) which of the following methods is theCORRECT way to remove a dirty isolation gown?

A) pu;; it over the head

B) let it drop to the floor and step out of it

C) roll it dirty side in and away from the body

D) pull it off the sleeve and shake
it out
C) roll it dirty side in and away from the body
48) what would be the BEST way for the nurse aide to promote client independence in bathing a client who has had a stroke?

A) give the client a complete bath only when the client requests it

B) encourage the client to do as much as possible and assist as needed

C) leave the client alone and assume the client will do as much as she can

D) limit the client to washing her hands
B) encourage the client to do as much as possible and assist as needed
49) a safety device used to assist a DEPENDENT client is called a:

A) posey vest

B) hand roll

C) transfer/gait belt

D) foot board
C) transfer/gait belt
50) if a nurse aide needs to wear a gown to care for a client in isolation, the nurse aide MUST:

A) wear the same gown to care for all other assigned client's

B) leave the gown untied

C) tke the gown off before leaving the client's room

D) take the gown off in the dirty utility room
C) take the gown off before leaving the room
51) when making an occupied bed, the nurse aide SHOULD:

A) put the dirty sheets on the floor

B) help the client sit in a chair while the bed is being made

C) llower both side rails before changing the sheets

D) raise side rail on the unattended side
D) raise side rail on the unattended side
52) the nurse aide is on the employee dining room. A group of nurse aides are eating lunch together and begin discussing how rude a certain client was acting. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) join in the conversation

B) suggest that this is not the place to discuss the client

C) be quiet and not say anything to the other nurse aides

D) return to the unit and tell the client what was said
B) suggest that this is not the place to discuss the client
53) the nurse aide enters to a client's room, and the client states that he has pain. What should the nurse aide do?

A) report it to the nurse in charge

B) tell the client to get out of bed

C) tell the client that the pain will go away

D) ignore the client's statement
A) report it to the nurse in charge
54) A client is upset and crying over the recent death of her husband. How should the nurse aide respond?

A) tell her not to cry because it will make her feel sad

B) close the door and leave the client to cry alone

C) take the client to an activity to help her forget her husband

D) sit with the client and allow her to talk about her feelings
D) sit with the client and allow her to talk about her feelings
55) Which temperature is considered MOST accurate?

A) oral

B) axillary

C) groin

D) rectal
D) rectal
56) what is the beginning sign of a pressure sore?

A) swelling

B) numbness

C) discoloration

D) coolness
C) discoloration
57) while assisting a client with denture care the nurse aide observes that the upper plate is cracked. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) clean the dentures and return them to the client's mouth

B) call the client's family

C) call the dentist and make an appointment

D) report the damage to the nurse in charge
D) report the damage to the nurse in charge
58) a new client refuses to wear a clothing protector at lunch. The nurse aide SHOULD:

A) tell the client that he nust wear it

B) put the clothing protector on the client

C) report this to the nurse in charge

D) respect the client's wishes
D) respect the client's wishes
59) the nurse aide can BEST show that he is listening to the client by:

A) changing the subject frequently

B) responding when appropriate

C) correcting the client's mistakes

D) directing the conversation
B) responding when appropriate
60) the BEST time to prepare for a disaster is:

A) while evacuating residents

B) during lunch

C) when everyone is safely in bed

D) before it happens
D) before it happens