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Certified Nursing Assistant Exam Prep - Question List

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121. All of the following are correct methods in obtaining blood pressure except:
  1. Take the blood pressure reading on both arms for comparison.
  2. Listen to and identify the phases of Korotkoff’s sound.
  3. Pump the cuff to around 50 mmHg above the point where the pulse is obliterated.
  4. Observe procedures for infection control.
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122. A client is admitted to the unit with an order for hourly monitoring of blood pressure. The nurse aide finds that the cuff is too small. This will cause the blood pressure reading to be:
  1. Inconsistent.
  2. Low systolic and high diastolic.
  3. Higher than what the reading should be.
  4. Lower than what the reading should be.
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123. In order to get an accurate reading, how long should you wait after a client smokes or drinks coffee before taking his or her blood pressure?
  1. 15 minutes
  2. 30 minutes
  3. 1 hour
  4. 5 minutes
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124. When performing oral care on an unconscious client, which of the following prevents aspiration of fluids into the lungs?
  1. Put the client on a side-lying position with the head of bed lowered.
  2. Keep the client dry by placing a towel under the chin.
  3. Wash hands and observe appropriate infection control.
  4. Clean the client’s mouth with oral swabs in a careful and an orderly progression.
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125. The doctor orders for a “daily urine specimen to be sent to the laboratory” for Eileen, who was operated on for renal stones. Eileen has a Foley catheter attached to a urinary drainage system. How will you collect the urine specimen?
  1. Remove urine from the drainage tube with a sterile needle and syringe and empty urine from the syringe into the specimen container.
  2. Empty a sample of urine from the collecting bag into the specimen container.
  3. Disconnect the drainage tube from the indwelling catheter and allow urine to flow from the catheter into the specimen container.
  4. Disconnect the drainage from the collecting bag and allow the urine to flow from the catheter into the specimen container.
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