Hawaii CNA study plan

List the steps for taking temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation, and state the normal adult range for each.

Explain the aide's infection-control duties: when to perform hand hygiene, how to don and doff gloves, and how to follow contact and droplet precautions.

Describe the safe sequence for positioning, turning, and transferring a resident so that neither the resident nor the aide is injured.

Differentiate tasks that are in scope for a nurse aide (intake and output, specimen collection, assisting with a simple dressing change) from tasks that must be reported to the nurse.

Work through 30 Domain 1 practice items and record the reason for every missed question.

Sequence the steps of a complete bed bath, including water temperature, privacy measures, and draping.

Perform perineal care in the correct front-to-back order and explain why that order protects the resident from infection.

Describe oral care for a resident who is unconscious or unable to swallow, including positioning and suction precautions.

Identify the skin areas to inspect during bathing that are most likely to break down, and state what findings must be reported.

Demonstrate dressing and undressing a resident with a weak arm, putting the garment on the affected side first.

Combine personal care and basic nursing skills into single scenarios and answer sequencing questions about which step comes first.

Perform each of the five core skills on a practice partner or mannequin while stating the hand-hygiene moment before and after.

Categorize your own collected errors from weeks 1 and 2 by skill and identify the three patterns that cost the most points.

Explain what to observe and report during care, such as skin changes, pain, breathing changes, and refusal of care.

Complete timed drills so each item takes no more than one minute.

Recognize the observable signs of depression, anxiety, anger, and grief in a resident and state when to report each to the nurse.

Rewrite ten non-therapeutic staff statements into therapeutic ones using open-ended questions, reflection, and silence.

Describe how to support a resident's cultural, spiritual, and sexual-expression needs without imposing your own values.

Outline the aide's duty to recognize and report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation, including to whom and how quickly.

Explain how to respond when a resident expresses a wish to die or makes a serious complaint.

Distinguish delirium, dementia, and depression by onset, duration, and key features in written scenarios.

Adapt communication for a cognitively impaired resident using one-step directions, yes-or-no questions, and a calm tone.

Identify common triggers of agitation and list the de-escalation step to try before requesting medication.

Describe safety measures for wandering, rummaging, and poor judgment, including environmental changes and supervision levels.

Apply validation and redirection instead of arguing or correcting when a resident states something untrue.

Explain the purpose of active and passive range of motion and demonstrate each for the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee.

Demonstrate ambulation with a gait belt and describe how to use a cane and a walker correctly, including which side the device goes on.

Describe a toileting schedule and bladder or bowel retraining plan and how to document success and accidents.

Explain how to apply and check a splint or positioning device and how to encourage self-care rather than doing everything for the resident.

Describe how to report progress or decline in function to the nurse.

List the resident rights protected in long-term care, including privacy, dignity, choice, personal possessions, mail, phone, and visitors.

Sort twenty short scenarios into rights violations versus acceptable practice and justify each call.

Describe how to support informed consent and the right to refuse care or treatment, including what to document and report.

Explain the limits on restraint use and name alternatives to try first.

Outline how a resident files a grievance and how the aide protects confidentiality.

Complete two timed full-length mock exams under test conditions without notes.

Review every missed item across all six domains and restate the correct reasoning in your own words.

Re-drill the two lowest-scoring domains with a short focused set until each reaches 85%.

Recite every skill procedure aloud from memory in the correct order, without prompts.