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CNA midterm exam 2024/2025 (100% guaranteed pass)
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CNA midterm examWhat is a nursing assistant? What do they do? - ANSA person who has passed a nursing
training and compency evaluation; they perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision
of a licensed nurse
The people are called residents. They are not sick enough to be in a hospital but cannot care for
themselves. - ANSDescribe the persons cared for in long-term care centers
Identify the members of the nursing team - ANSThe nursing team are those who provide
nursing care. They include: NPs, RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs
Identify members of the health team - ANSThe healthcare team are those whose skills and
knowledge focus on the person's total care. A nursing assistant is part of both the nursing team
and the health team
What are the three things an agency must meet standards for? - ANSLicensure, certification,
accreditation
Describe the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and what does it require? - ANSOBRA
is federal law. It requires that CNAs pass a training and competency evaluation
What are the 11 resident rights? - ANSinformation; refusing treatment; privacy and
confidentiality; personal choice; grievances; work; taking part in resident groups; personal items;
freedom from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect; freedom from restraint; quality of life
What is an ombudsman and what did they do? - ANSSomeone who supports or promotes the
needs and interests of another person. They act on behalf of persons receiving care
What is the nurse practice act and what does it do? - ANSA law that defines a nurses scope of
practice, describes their education and licensing requirements, and protects the public from
people practicing without a license
Explain what nursing assistants can do and their role limits - ANSA CNA can meet the person's
personal needs, transfer persons and make observations, measure TPR and BP, help promote
person's comfort
A CNA cannot give drugs, insert things into body openings or remove them, take oral/phone
orders from doctors, perform procedures that require sterile technique, tell the person or family
diagnosis or treatment plans, diagnose and prescribe treatments or drugs, supervise others
(even other CNAs)
, Five rights of delegation - ANSThe Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Directions and
Communication, Supervision.
List tasks that cannot be delegated to you - ANSPerform assessments, develop care plans,
evaluate response to care, provide education to person or family, supervise others, take oral or
phone orders from doctors, drugs, perform procedures requiring sterile technique, insert
intravenous catheters
Integumentary system - ANSSkin that covers and protects the body
Musculoskeletal system - ANSProvides framework for the body and allows it to move. Also
protects organs
Nervous system - ANSControls, directs, and coordinates body functions
Circulatory system - ANSThe heart pumps blood & blood brings oxygen to the cells and carries
food to them
Lymphatic system - ANSComposed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides
defense against infection.
Respiratory system - ANSBrings oxygen to the lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Digestive system - ANSRemoves solid waste from the body
Urinary system - ANSRemoves waste products from the blood and maintains water balance
within the body
Reproductive system - ANSproduces offspring
Endocrine system - ANSHormones that regulate the activities of other organs and glands in the
body
Immune system - ANSProtects the body from disease and infection
Three main parts of the brain - ANSCerebrum: largest part of the brain; the center of thought
and intelligence
Cerebellum: regulates and coordinates body movements
Brain stem: Connects cerebrum to the spinal cord. It contains the midbrain, pons, and medulla
Midbrain - ANSAssociated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and wake cycles, alertness,
and temperature regulation
Pons - ANSManagement of sleep, arousal, and facial expressions
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