Nebraska CNA study plan

Demonstrate and label the steps for taking and recording temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation on a practice log.

Sequence the steps for a complete bed bath, a partial bath, and a shower assist, naming two safety checks at each stage.

Position a volunteer or pillow model in supine, lateral, and semi-upright positions, and list two pressure-relief checks for each position.

Measure and convert five sample intake-and-output entries between household units and milliliters, then explain what counts as intake and what counts as output.

List the order of steps for morning and evening mouth care, denture care, and perineal care, noting the infection-control point in each.

Identify fall, burn, choking, scalding, and wandering hazards in ten written room scenarios and state one control measure for each.

Outline the response sequence for fire, seizure, choking, and sudden collapse, including whom to notify and in what order.

Sequence the steps of hand hygiene and list the moments during resident care when handwashing or sanitizer is required.

Sort ten sample care tasks into standard precautions, contact precautions, or droplet precautions, and justify each placement.

Explain safe handling of soiled linen, bagging of trash, and cleanup of a small spill in a resident room.

Write three open-ended questions and three reflective listening responses for a resident who is upset about a roommate.

Role-play reporting an observed change in a resident to the charge nurse using a structured format: what was seen, when it was seen, and what was done.

Restate each federally protected resident right in plain language a resident could understand, and give one aide action that protects it.

Distinguish intentional from unintentional restraint in five examples and describe an alternative approach that preserves independence.

Demonstrate addressing a resident by the name they prefer and explaining a care task before beginning it.

Match each stage of dementia to expected behavior and one communication adjustment that fits that stage.

Write a redirection or validation response for five behavior scenarios: wandering, refusing care, late-day restlessness, repeated questions, and agitation.

Describe three environmental changes that reduce confusion and injury risk for a cognitively impaired resident.

Re-take and record a full set of vital signs and a weight, then compare accuracy against your week 1 results.

List psychosocial needs across the lifespan and describe how each one appears in a long-term care resident.

Distinguish signs of depression, anxiety, and grief from normal adjustment, and state the aide's reporting role in each case.

Practice three de-escalation phrases and one boundary-setting statement for an angry or grieving resident.

Describe how to support a resident's intimate relationships, religious practice, and family involvement within the facility routine.

Demonstrate range-of-motion exercises for upper and lower extremities and record the joint, direction, and repetitions on a practice sheet.

Describe and practice assisting with ambulation, a gait-belt transfer, and use of a walker or cane, naming the safety check for each.

Explain the aide's role in bladder and bowel training and in promoting self-feeding with adaptive equipment.

Set up a step-by-step plan that increases one resident's independence in dressing and grooming over two weeks.

Define negligence, abuse, misappropriation, and defamation, and give one aide-specific example of each.

Describe the reporting chain and expected timeframes for suspected abuse or misappropriation, including what to do if a report is not acted on.

Identify three tasks that fall outside the nurse aide's scope and state how to decline or escalate each one.

Describe confidentiality rules for resident information, including social media posts and hallway conversations.

Complete one timed full-length practice exam and trace every missed item back to its source domain.

Re-perform the ten skills rated weakest or missed during weeks 1 through 7 until each is done without prompting.

Recite the emergency response sequence and the abuse-reporting chain from memory without notes.

Build a one-page personal weak-area sheet and schedule your remaining review sessions around it.