Nurse Aide NNAAP Exam Prep - Question List

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131.

Tim is an 83-year-old nursing home patient with a diagnosis of hip fracture. His hip must stay in alignment to heal, but he is sitting in a standard sling seat wheelchair. How could Tim’s chair be adapted to align his hip while it heals?

  1. Provide Tim with a new wheelchair that the nursing home must pay for.
  2. Provide Tim with a custom seat and back insert that conforms to his body.
  3. Provide Tim with a solid seat insert and a cushion with an abductor pommel.
  4. Provide Tim with a gel cushion.
132. May cannot put weight on her lower extremities to transfer from her wheelchair. But she has good upper-body strength. What type of transfer do you teach May to use when transferring from her wheelchair to her bed?
  1. One-person pivot transfer
  2. Sliding board transfer
  3. Two-man lift
  4. Pivot disk transfer
133.

Your patient is a quadriplegic. You notice he is developing decubiti on his buttocks. His wheelchair has a standard sling seat, so he can fold the chair and put it in the trunk of his car when traveling. What device do you recommend to him to help prevent him from developing additional decubiti?

  1. Gel cushion (for his current wheelchair)
  2. Solid cushion (for his current wheelchair)
  3. New wheelchair
  4. Standing table
134.

You are the nurse aid for a patient with generalized weakness who uses a wheelchair to move around his assisted living facility. He is able to transfer himself in and out of his wheelchair. But a staff member is required to watch him while he transfers due to his balance problems. What type of transfer assistance is this?

  1. Minimal assistance
  2. Standby assistance
  3. Maximum assistance
  4. Moderate assistance
135. How many people are required to safely transfer a patient from a bed to a wheelchair using a Hoyer lift?
  1. One, since the hydraulics of the lift does most of the work.
  2. Three: One to position the patient, one to operate the lift, and one to stand by in case there is a problem.
  3. Two: One to position the patient, and one to operate the lift.
  4. Four: One to position the patient, one to operate the lift, one to keep the bed and wheelchair from sliding out of place, and one to make sure OSHA regulations are observed.

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