CNA Client Rights Practice Questions
Client Rights makes up 4 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest CNA practice test. Here are 10 of the 16 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Weighted to the NNAAP written exam content outline. Your state may use Prometric or Headmaster with a similar outline.
1. A resident's daughter asks the nurse aide what medication her mother is taking. The aide should:
- A.Tell her to ask the pharmacy that fills them
- B.Refer the daughter's question to the nurse
- C.Read the medication list from the chart to her
- D.Tell her the drug names but not the doses
Answer: B. Medication information is confidential and outside the aide's scope to share; the nurse confirms who is authorized to receive it. Reading the chart to a relative, even a close one, can violate HIPAA and the resident's right to confidentiality.
2. A resident tells the aide she does not want her bath this morning and would rather bathe after dinner. The aide should:
- A.Explain that baths are only given in the morning
- B.Skip the bath for today without telling anyone
- C.Give the bath now because it is on the schedule
- D.Honor her choice and tell the nurse
Answer: D. Residents have the right to refuse care and to make choices about their daily routine, and the nurse needs to know so the care plan can be adjusted. Insisting on the facility's schedule ignores the resident's rights, and saying nothing leaves the team uninformed.
3. A nurse aide wants to post a photo of herself with a favorite resident on social media. This would be:
- A.A violation of the resident's privacy
- B.Acceptable if the resident's name is not used
- C.Acceptable if the resident's face is partly hidden
- D.Acceptable if her account is set to private
Answer: A. Posting photos or information about residents on social media violates HIPAA and the resident's right to privacy. Hiding a name or using private settings does not help, because friends and family can still identify the resident.
4. Which action by a nurse aide violates a resident's right to confidentiality?
- A.Recording the care given in her medical record
- B.Sharing observations about her at the care conference
- C.Discussing her diagnosis in the cafeteria line
- D.Reporting a change in her condition to the nurse
Answer: C. Resident information may be shared only with team members who need it, in private areas; talking about a resident in a cafeteria, elevator, or hallway breaks confidentiality. Reporting to the nurse, documenting, and sharing at a care conference are proper uses of the information.
5. An aide knocks on a resident's closed door before giving a bed bath. Which next step best protects the resident's privacy?
- A.Uncover the resident fully so the bath goes faster
- B.Leave the door open so help is close by
- C.Wait for permission, then pull the curtain and drape
- D.Enter right away, since she has already knocked
Answer: C. Privacy means knocking and waiting to be invited in, closing the door and curtain, and draping so only the area being washed is exposed. Knocking and walking straight in, or exposing the resident to save time, does not respect privacy.
6. A confused resident keeps trying to stand up from her wheelchair. The nurse aide should:
- A.Stay with her and notify the nurse
- B.Push the chair tightly against a table
- C.Ask the nurse for a pill to calm her
- D.Tie a sheet around her waist and the chair
Answer: A. Residents have the right to be free from physical and chemical restraints used for staff convenience; a sheet tied around the waist or a chair wedged against a table is a restraint. Asking for a drug to quiet her is a chemical restraint, so the aide keeps her safe and lets the nurse assess why she is restless.
7. A resident asks the aide about the risks of a procedure scheduled for tomorrow before she agrees to it. The aide should:
- A.Help her sign the consent form so it is ready
- B.Explain the risks as well as the aide can
- C.Reassure her that the doctor knows what is best
- D.Tell the nurse she wants more information
Answer: D. Informed consent requires that the resident understand the purpose, risks, and alternatives of a treatment, and a licensed nurse or doctor must explain them. Explaining procedures or obtaining consent is outside the aide's scope, and brushing off the question ignores her right to be informed.
8. A resident complained to the administrator that an aide was rough during care. Afterward, that aide should:
- A.Ask the resident to withdraw the complaint
- B.Continue giving courteous, respectful care
- C.Answer that resident's call light only after the others
- D.Remind the resident that complaints cause problems for staff
Answer: B. Residents have the right to voice grievances without fear of retaliation. Delaying care or pressuring the resident to drop the complaint is retaliation and can be treated as abuse.
9. A resident wants to keep twenty dollars in her bedside drawer to buy snacks. The aide should:
- A.Lock the money in the facility safe for her
- B.Respect her right to manage her own money
- C.Give the money to the nurse for safekeeping
- D.Ask her family to take the money home
Answer: B. Residents have the right to manage their own finances, and the facility may offer a trust account only if the resident chooses. Taking or locking away her money without her consent violates that right.
10. A new resident brings her own quilt, family photos, and a small lamp from home. The aide should:
- A.Store everything in the facility's locked storage room
- B.Replace them with standard facility linens and lamps
- C.Ask her family to take the items back home
- D.Help her arrange the items safely in her room
Answer: D. Residents have the right to keep and use personal possessions as space and safety allow, which makes the room feel like home. Electrical items may need a safety check, but sending items home or replacing them takes away that right.
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