CNA Chapter 5 Exam Flashcards
Prepare for your CNA Chapter 5 exam with these helpful flashcards. Test your knowledge on how to handle resident confusion and learn the best practices for nursing assistants in a care setting. Each flashcard offers scenarios and essential definitions to enhance your understanding.
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- Question 1
- Stay calm and provide a quiet environment
- Leave the resident alone until he is acting normally
- Not mention the date or the location, as it will further confuse the resident
- Avoid explaining care, as it will only agitate the resident
- Question 2
- Exercise
- Too much television viewing
- A urinary tract infection
- An unpleasant roommate
- Question 3
- Cognition
- Awareness
- Dementia
- Dysphagia
- Question 4
- Skills a person has used over a lifetime are usually kept longer
- Alzheimer's disease is a normal part of aging
- NAs should do everything for residents with AD
- Residents with AD will show the same signs at the same times
- Question 5
- Check her body language to make sure she is not tense or hurried
- Speak in a room where the television is on
- Use longer sentences
- Not tell the resident what she is going to do
- Question 6
- Remind the resident every time she forgets something
- Tell the resident that she already answered that question
- Give the resident a list of instructions to review
- Repeat herself using the same words
- Question 7
- Use touch, smiles, and laughter
- Not involve the resident in activities because he will find that frustrating
- Ask the resident questions
- Assume the resident cannot understand what is being said
- Question 8
- Mark the bathroom with a sign or picture
- Withhold fluids
- Check resident every four hours to help determine a 'bathroom time.'
- Dim the bathroom lights
- Question 9
- Hurry the resident through the bath
- Schedule bathing when the resident is least agitated
- Insist that the resident bathe even if she does not want to
- Surprise the resident with the bath
- Question 10
- Withhold food until the resident is really hungry
- Put a few types of food on the plate at the same time
- Use dishes without a pattern and a simple place setting
- Serve steaming hot foods and drinks
- Question 11
- Lay out clothes in the order they should be put on
- Give the resident multiple steps to follow
- Choose the resident's clothing for him
- Dress the resident in the hallway
- Question 12
- Laugh to ease tension and encourage the resident to laugh
- Tell the resident that what she thinks she sees is not real
- Reassure a resident who is upset and worried
- Tell the resident that she can see the hallucination too
- Question 13
- Scheduling activities during this time
- Setting a bedtime routine and keeping it
- Adding more caffeine to the resident's diet
- Restricting exercise during the day
- Question 14
- Ignore the resident until he stops
- Try to silence the resident by letting him know he just asked that question
- Use a thesaurus to find new ways to say things
- Answer questions each time they are asked
- Question 15
- Yell at the resident to distract him
- Leave the resident alone until he calms down
- Hit back
- Remove triggers
- Question 16
- Short words, pictures, and gestures
- A notepad to write out instructions
- A very loud voice
- Longer words to catch the resident's interest
- Question 17
- The NA should reprimand the resident to shame him into stopping
- The NA should warn other residents that it is happening
- The NA should take the resident to a private area
- The NA should inform the resident's family that the resident is inappropriate
- Question 18
- Try to confine the resident to his room
- Warn the family that the resident is stealing things
- Provide a rummaging drawer
- Tell the resident that he needs to return the stolen items
- Question 19
- An NA reminds the resident about what is real and what is not real
- An NA tells the resident he is having delusions
- An NA makes no attempt to reorient the resident to actual circumstances
- An NA reminds the resident that he is not living in the past
- Question 20
- Reality orientation
- Reminiscence therapy
- Validation therapy
- Activity therapy
- Question 21
- Most stages of AD
- Late stages of AD
- When residents are totally disoriented
- Never
List of Flashcards16 flashcards
- Card 1HintFocus on a peaceful atmosphere to reduce agitation.Memory TipQuiet space = clear mind
- Card 2HintConsider how memory and thought can be affected over time.Memory TipCognition = clear thinking.
- Card 3HintAdapt communication to fit their current abilities.Memory TipAD communication: adapt, repeat, and connect
- Card 4HintSimplify navigation and routines.Memory TipIncontinence = vision aids & calming schedules.
- Card 5HintStructure the task.Memory TipDressing = structured order.
- Card 6HintFocus on validating their experience.Memory TipHallucinations = Validate and laugh.
- Card 7HintEstablish a calming evening routine.Memory TipSundowning = calming bedtime.
- Card 8HintMaintain consistent and positive responses.Memory TipPerseveration = steady replies.
- Card 9HintEnvironmental factors matter.Memory TipViolence = remove triggers
- Card 10HintFind ways to make instructions simple and clear.Memory TipInstructions = simple visual cues.
- Card 11HintMaintain privacy and direct but gentle correction.Memory TipInappropriate = private intervention
- Card 12HintEstablish a controlled outlet for behaviors.Memory TipHoarding = a contained space.
- Card 13HintFocus on empathy instead of redirection.Memory TipValidation = feelings acknowledged.
- Card 14HintFocus on positive past experiences.Memory TipReminiscence = good memories.
- Card 15HintIncorporate activities suitable for their current abilities.Memory TipActivity = engagement & interaction.
- Card 16HintSimplify the eating environment.Memory TipEating = simple settings