Nevada CNA study materials
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Nevada CNA study guide

Nevada CNA · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

The Nevada Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) credential is administered under the authority of the Nevada State Board of Nursing, the state agency whose stated mission is to protect the public's health, safety and welfare through effective nursing regulation. Candidates pursue certification to work as nursing assistants in long-term care, acute care, home health and community settings; the standing CNA and Medication Aide Advisory Committee that advises the Board on nursing assistant matters includes representatives drawn from exactly those practice areas. The competency examination is organized around three content areas: physical care skills, psychosocial care skills, and the role of the nurse aide. Expect the test to ask you to apply those areas rather than simply recall them, with items on safe resident handling, infection control, observation and reporting, resident rights, communication, and knowing what falls inside and outside your role. Topics on this exam: Physical Care Skills, Psychosocial Care Skills, and Role of the Nurse Aide. The Nevada CNA study guide has 3 sections and about 1,094 words.

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Physical Care Skills

Physical care questions test whether you can keep a resident clean and safe while protecting yourself and the resident's dignity. Expect a skill to be described step by step, and expect the question to ask for the first action, the next action, or the best action.

366 words, about 2 min
02

Psychosocial Care Skills

Psychosocial questions test how you treat a resident as a person: with privacy, choice, respect, and emotional validation. Core concepts: therapeutic communication uses open-ended questions, restating, reflecting, silence, and clarifying.

336 words, about 2 min
03

Role of the Nurse Aide

Role questions test what a nurse aide may do, must report, and must never do. You work under the direction and supervision of a licensed nurse and are accountable for knowing your job description, facility policy, and state law.

392 words, about 2 min