South Dakota CNA study guide
South Dakota CNA · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The South Dakota Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) competency examination is the assessment step that individuals must pass on the path to working as a nurse aide in South Dakota long-term care settings. It is intended for people who have completed a state-approved nurse aide training program and are ready to demonstrate that they can safely care for residents. The South Dakota CNA study guide has 4 sections and about 1,946 words.
01Basic Nursing Skills
Basic nursing skills are the measurements and observations that get reported to the nurse. You must know the vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and pain as the fifth vital sign), how to take them accurately, and which results are abnormal enough to report right away.
370 words, about 2 min02Personal Care Skills
Personal care covers bathing, perineal care, oral care, denture care, hair and nail care, shaving, dressing, back massage, and bed making. The organizing principle is independence: provide privacy, explain what you will do, gather supplies before you start, perform hand hygiene, and then let the resident do as much as they safely can.
381 words, about 2 min03Psychosocial Care, Communication, and Care of Cognitively Impaired Residents
Psychosocial care is about dignity, belonging, independence, and self-esteem. Residents need to make choices, keep their routines, and be spoken to as adults.
395 words, about 2 min04Resident Rights, Safety, and Infection Control
Federal law (OBRA 1987) gives nursing home residents enforceable rights. You must know them: the right to dignity and respect, privacy, confidentiality of records, choice over daily life, freedom from abuse and neglect, freedom from unnecessary restraints, the right to refuse treatment, the right to voice grievances without retaliation, the right to receive visitors and keep personal possessions, the right to send and receive mail and use a telephone, the right to participate in their own care planning, and the right to be informed of changes.
800 words, about 4 min