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CNA SKILLS EXAM

The CNA Skills Exam is drawn from the SKILLS PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST issued by the Oklahoma Nurse Aide Registry. To adequately prepare for the Skills Exam, please review the SKILLS PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST as your study guide. Ensure that you understand and know how to demonstrate all the Skills listed on the Skills Performance Checklist. Use the Skills Exam Breakdown to Practice Skills Scenario.

CNA SKILLS EXAM BREAKDOWN
Exam Type:Skills Exam
Exam Answer Format:Demonstration and verbalizing.
Number of Skills:6 Skills Scenarios
Time Limit:45 Minutes
Pass Mark:80%
Maximum Number of Allowable Attempts:3

NOTOPICSKILLPOINTS
1MOBILITY
AND
AMBULATION

1) Ambulate the Client with a Walker and a Gait Belt to the Measuring Scale: Measure and Record Height and Weight.
2) Ambulate the Client using a Quad Cane to the Measuring Scale: Measure and Record Height and Weight.
3) Ambulate the Client with Left-Sided weakness using a Single Cane and Transfer Belt (Gait Belt) to the Measuring Scale: Measure and Record the Client’s Height and Weight.
4) Ambulate a Client with Right-Sided weakness using a Single Cane to the Scale: Measure and Record the Client’s Height and Weight.
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2CLIENT’S ENVIRONMENT1) Making Occupied Bed
2) Making unoccupied Bed
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3BATHING1) Giving a complete bed bath to a dependent Client
2) Giving a partial bed bath to a dependent Client
3) Perineal Care for a Female Client
4) Perineal Care for a Male Client
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4DRESSING1) Dressing: Assist a dependent Client in changing a soiled gown
2) Dressing dependent Client in Bed with general weakness
3) Dressing dependent Client in Bed with left-sided weakness
4) Dressing dependent Client in Bed with right-sided weakness
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5ORAL CARE1) Denture Care: Cleaning and Storing
2) Oral Care for an Unconscious Client in Bed
3) Oral Care for a Conscious Client in a wheelchair
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6SKIN, HAIR,
AND
NAIL CARE

1) Applying Heel Protectors
2) Fingernail care
3) Hair Care
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7NUTRITION
AND
HYDRATION

1) Feeding a Dependent Client in a Wheelchair and recording solid and fluid intake.
2) Feeding a Dependent client in Bed in a High Fowler position and recording solid and fluid intake.
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8BOWEL & BLADDER ELIMINATION1) Empty and record urine output from an Indwelling Foley Catheter Drainage Bag.
2) Change a dependent Client’s Incontinence Brief while in Bed and record the output.
3) Assist the Client to use a portable Bedside Commode. Empty and record stool and urine output.
4) Assist dependent Female Client with Fracture Bedpan and record urine output.
5) Assist male Client with urinal and record urine output
6) Assist a dependent Client with a Regular Bedpan and record stool output
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9INFECTION CONTROL1) Handwashing with donning and doffing gloves
2) PPE- Personal Protective Equipment (Gloves, Gown, Mask)
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10POSITIONING1) Lateral & Semi-Fowler Position: Turning and Positioning the Client in Bed on Right Lateral and Semi-Fowler
2) Supine & High-Fowler Positioning: Turning and Positioning the Client in Bed on Supine and High-Fowler
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11ACTIVITY
AND
EXERCISES

1) Range of Motion: Active Range of motion exercises
2) Range of Motion: Passive Range of motion exercises
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12SAFETY
AND
EMERGENCIES

1) Restraint: Applying and removing Wrist and Hand Mitten restraints while the Client is in Bed.
2) Restraint: Applying and removing a Lap Buddy and Hand Mittens restraints while the Client is in a wheelchair.
3) Seizures: Assisting a Client experiencing seizures.
4) Chocking: Assisting a Client experiencing choking.
5) Handling Falling and Fainting
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13 TRANSFERRING, LIFTING,
AND
BODY MECHANICS

1) Transfer the Client from the Bed to a wheelchair using a mechanical lift
2) Transfer Client from Bed to Wheelchair using a transfer belt (gait belt)
3) Transfer Client from Bed to Wheelchair using a transfer belt (gait belt) with a sliding board
4) Transfer Client from Wheelchair to Bed using a transfer belt (gait belt)
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14VITAL SIGNS
AND MEASUREMENTS

1) Vital Signs: (Digital Blood Pressure, Temperature (Oral), Respiration, Radial Pulse, Pulse Oximetry (O2).
2) Vital Signs: (Manual Blood Pressure, Temperature (Axillary), Respiration, Radial Pulse, Pulse Oximetry (O2).
3) Vital Signs: (Manual Blood Pressure, Temperature (Oral), Respiration, Radial Pulse, Pulse Oximetry (O2).
4) Vital Signs: (Manual Blood Pressure, Temperature (Temporal), Respiration, Radial Pulse, Pulse Oximetry (O2).
5) Vital Signs: (Manual Blood Pressure, Temperature (Tympanic), Respiration, Radial Pulse, Pulse Oximetry (O2).
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