Louisiana CNA study plan

Define the nurse aide's scope of physical care tasks and distinguish them from tasks reserved for licensed staff

List the chain-of-infection steps and sequence hand hygiene, glove use, and PPE removal without skipping a step

Apply body mechanics rules to five common resident-handling situations (lifting, pivoting, reaching, pulling, carrying)

Identify safe-positioning principles for supine, lateral, Fowler's, and prone positions, including pressure-point checks

Sequence the full steps of a bed bath, partial bath, and perineal care, including privacy and dignity safeguards

Describe oral care, denture care, shaving, nail care, and hair care for residents who can and cannot assist

Explain safe feeding techniques, aspiration precautions, and how to record food and fluid intake percentages

Outline toileting, bedpan, urinal, and incontinence care steps including skin inspection and perineal hygiene

Measure and record temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, weight, height, and intake/output using correct technique and units

Demonstrate passive range-of-motion and safe ambulation, transfer, and gait-belt assistance while naming fall-prevention steps

Describe specimen collection, simple dressing change assistance, and care of residents with catheters, oxygen, or restraints

Recognize and report changes in condition such as skin breakdown, swelling, discolored urine, or refusal to eat

Apply active listening, open-ended questions, and clarifying statements in scripted resident conversations

Identify how vision, hearing, aphasia, and cognitive loss change the way a nurse aide communicates

Distinguish reality orientation, validation, and redirection, and select the right approach for a given scenario

Explain how culture, religion, and personal preference shape bathing, diet, and daily routine

Describe common behavioral symptoms in dementia and select non-pharmacological responses such as distraction, routine, and environmental change

Outline the stages of grief and appropriate supportive responses to residents and families facing loss or dying

Explain how to support residents' intimacy, sexuality, and need for social connection while protecting privacy

Recognize signs of depression, anxiety, and delirium and state when to report them

State resident rights, including privacy, choice, refusal, grievance, and freedom from abuse and restraint

Identify the nurse aide's reporting duties for abuse, neglect, misappropriation, and unusual incidents, and name the correct chain of command

Describe legal and ethical boundaries: confidentiality, scope of practice, accepting gifts, and refusing unsafe assignments

Apply documentation rules for accuracy, timeliness, objectivity, and correct correction of errors

Outline fire safety, emergency response, and disaster steps, including the RACE sequence and evacuation priorities

Explain delegation: what a nurse aide may accept, what must be referred back, and how to ask clarifying questions

Describe the roles of the ombudsman, social worker, dietitian, therapist, and surveyor in resident care

Prioritize competing resident requests using safety-first and Maslow-based reasoning

Combine physical and psychosocial care in multi-step scenarios, such as a grieving resident who refuses a bath

Re-test all previously missed items across domains and rewrite the underlying rule for each

Complete two full-length timed practice exams under test-day conditions

Recite the critical steps of the highest-frequency skills aloud without notes

Build a final one-page weak-spot sheet and schedule a review of it for the two days before the exam