CNA The Nurse Aide's Role and Responsibilities 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A resident asks the nurse aide to keep a secret about a family problem they shared. What should the nurse aide do?
- Promise to keep the secret to maintain trust
- Explain that information affecting care must be shared with the care team (Correct answer)
- Tell the family immediately without informing the resident
- Ignore the information since it is personal
Correct answer: Explain that information affecting care must be shared with the care team
Nurse aides must share relevant information with the care team but should explain to residents that they cannot keep secrets that affect care.
Question 2: Which action is OUTSIDE the nurse aide's scope of practice?
- Measuring and recording vital signs
- Assisting with ambulation
- Administering oral medications (Correct answer)
- Providing oral hygiene
Correct answer: Administering oral medications
Administering medications is outside the nurse aide's scope of practice and must be performed by a licensed nurse.
Question 3: A nurse aide witnesses a coworker stealing a resident's personal items. The nurse aide should FIRST:
- Confront the coworker directly
- Report the observation to the charge nurse or supervisor (Correct answer)
- Document the theft and wait to see if it happens again
- Inform other coworkers about what was seen
Correct answer: Report the observation to the charge nurse or supervisor
Suspected theft or abuse must be reported immediately to the supervisor; the nurse aide should not attempt to handle it alone.
Question 4: The nursing assistant's PRIMARY responsibility when caring for residents is to:
- Complete all assigned tasks as quickly as possible
- Promote residents' dignity, safety, and well-being (Correct answer)
- Follow the nurse aide's own clinical judgment
- Minimize resident complaints to the nursing staff
Correct answer: Promote residents' dignity, safety, and well-being
The nurse aide's central duty is to uphold residents' dignity, safety, and overall well-being in every interaction.
Question 5: When a resident refuses a bath, the nurse aide should:
- Proceed with the bath to maintain hygiene standards
- Report the refusal to the nurse and document it (Correct answer)
- Wait an hour and attempt the bath again without informing anyone
- Ask family members to force the resident to cooperate
Correct answer: Report the refusal to the nurse and document it
Residents have the right to refuse care; the nurse aide must document and report refusals to the nurse.
Question 6: Which statement BEST describes the nurse aide's role within the healthcare team?
- The nurse aide works independently and makes care decisions alone
- The nurse aide provides direct care under the supervision of a licensed nurse (Correct answer)
- The nurse aide supervises other healthcare workers on the unit
- The nurse aide is responsible for developing the care plan
Correct answer: The nurse aide provides direct care under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Nurse aides provide direct hands-on care under the direction and supervision of licensed nurses.
Question 7: A nurse aide notices a change in a resident's skin color and breathing. The BEST action is to:
- Wait to see if the resident improves before reporting
- Attempt to diagnose and treat the condition independently
- Report the observations to the charge nurse immediately (Correct answer)
- Document the change at the end of the shift
Correct answer: Report the observations to the charge nurse immediately
Changes in a resident's condition must be reported to the nurse immediately, as they may indicate a medical emergency.
CNA The Nurse Aide's Role and Responsibilities 2
A resident asks the nurse aide to keep a secret about a family problem they shared.
What should the nurse aide do?