1. A patient mistakes a dummy as her baby. Until such time when the dummy disappeared from her sight all of a sudden and ended up crying. What should the nursing aide do? (A) (B) (C) (D)
The nursing aide should stop the crying patient. Replace the dummy with another one. The nursing aide should make the patient feel she is being comforted. Let the patient cry all day. It will ease her pain.
2. The urinary drainage bag which has been fastened to an in dwelling catheter is necessary for changing. How should an inexperienced nursing aide respond to the situation? (A) Change it anyway. (B) Let another nurse do the job. (C) Never do anything. It is better than making mistakes. (D) The nurse aide should ask for supervision while changing the UDB. 3. The hand of a patient should be washed before she is fed. Why is this statement true? (A) The patient is still allowed to have a contact with the food. (B) To lessen the risk of catching other infections and disease. (C) A patient should feel good about his/her self before eating. (D) It is a part of the feeding protocol. 4. One of the tasks below is a part of the nurse aide's job. Choose the best option from the choices listed below. (A) Attending conferences that are concerned with patient care (B) Buy medicines for the patient at the drugstore (C) Administering medicines (D) Taking blood and urine samples from the assigned patient 5. When the patient has diabetes, this sign usually indicates low blood sugar. Of the listed signs which signs are associated with this diabetes? (A) Fainting (B) Unsteadiness or being shaky (C) Irritability (D) Delusions
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6. If you have a patient you are trying to dress and this patient gets all fussy wanting to hold something, what should you do? (A) tell your patient to stay still (B) give the patient the thing he or she is fussing about (C) control the patient's hand (D) dress him or her when she stops 7. The nurse aide's patient all of a sudden finds difficulty in breathing. Few seconds after, the patient starts to grasp for air. What does the nurse aide do after calling for help? (A) Intubate the patient. (B) Give him water to drink. (C) Elevate the bed's level. (D) Check for the patient's vital signs. 8. A dying patient has only about a couple days to live. The nurse aide should focus on the following (A) Give the patient pointers on how to overcome grief (B) Comforting the patient (C) Prepare him for death by telling that everything will be okay (D) Letting the patient be alone for him or her to meditate upon his situation 9. The nurse aide is administering a bed bath when all of a sudden she or he hears a commotion coming from the adjacent room. What is the nurse aide allowed to do? (A) Focus on the patient. (B) Finish the bed bath first before checking what happened. (C) Secure the safety of the patient first before heading out. (D) Shout for help to the nurses nearby. 10. Which of the following necessitates the use of gloves? (A) When emptying a UDB. (B) Feeding the patient. (C) Cleaning the patient's wounds. (D) Dressing the patient. 11. What should a nurse aide do when a patient comes out from the dressing room wearing mismatched slippers? (A) The nurse aide should tell the patient to get help next time. (B) The nurse aide should ask whether the patient is aware or realizes what just happened.
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(C) Laugh at the patient. (D) Give the patient another pair of it. 12. A patient's child died from the accident they both got into. What should the nurse aide do in this situation? (A) Tell to the patient that his or her child is in a better place now. (B) Convince the patient to go for a short walk and get some fresh air. (C) Give the patient time to grieve for the loss and listen closely. (D) Never mention or remind the death of the child. 13. Some patients are not comfortable taking a bed bath. What should the nurse aide do? (A) Leave the patient to whatever he wants. (B) Give the patient time to decide and ask again after. (C) Tell the patient he or she already smells awful. (D) Tell the patient that bed baths are part of the caregiving protocol. 14. Some patients do not find the presence of nurse aides pleasant. A patient might even be aggressive and hit the nurse aide. In this case, (A) leave the patient immediately and call for security (B) get the attention of family members to control the situation (C) give restraining orders to the patient (D) distance the self from physical harm and talk to the patient in a calm disposition 15. A patient misbehaves during a meal and becomes violent towards the nurse aide. How should this situation be handled? (A) Be calm and ask what is upsetting the patient. (B) Isolate the patient from others who are in the room. (C) Ask the patient to not misbehave. (D) Do not give the meal back unless the patient behaves well. 16. Which is a good conversation-starter for patients? (A) Are you feeling great today? (B) Are you getting enough ventilation? (C) What foods are you most fond of? (D) Are you in deep pain?
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17. If the patient speaks of different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond? (A) do sign language or use visual aids like photographs (B) get an interpreter (C) try to learn the language (D) nod often to give the message that he or she is understood 18. Which symptom, when it suddenly appears, can be a warning for stroke? (A) Hallucinations (B) Dizziness (C) Slurred speech (D) Palpitations and sweaty palms
