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You are recording the time you have provided a shower to Mrs. Smith. The shower was completed at 16:30 military time. Which of the following shows the correct conversion to standard time?

Mrs. McDonald has been collecting a 24 hour urine specimen for 14 hours.  At the end of your shift, you find a piece of toilet paper in the specimen pan. What action should you should take?

When checking a resident’s diet, the nursing assistant sees the abbreviation NPO.  The resident would be allowed:

The supervising nurse has asked you to weigh Mr. Hernandez, who is not one of your assigned residents today.  The appropriate action would be to:

Mr. Snyder has urinary incontinence and his skin is showing signs of excoriation in his groin area. After providing good perineal care, he has a non-medicated lotion in his drawer. Nursing Assistants are allowed to apply which type of lotion?

The nurse tells you that your resident is in shock and has initiated the Emergency Medical System (EMS).  At this time, it is important to:

HIPAA requires confidentiality of health information. Which of the following persons may a nursing assistant share a resident’s medical information?

You are assigned to take a blood pressure on Mrs. Bloom who had a mastectomy of her left breast.  How should you proceed?

The best way for a nursing assistant to provide foot care for a diabetic resident is to:

You are removing trays and discovered that your diabetic resident was given and has eaten all the foods from the general diet tray that was accidentally given to him. You should: