CNA Drill

Emotional and Mental Health Needs: practice questions

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Emotional and Mental Health NeedsDifficulty 3/5

A resident with dementia insists on going home to a house that was sold years ago. What is the appropriate response?

  1. AExplain clearly that the house was sold and the resident now lives here
  2. BAgree that the resident will go home later that afternoon as requested
  3. CLeave the resident alone until the agitation subsides on its own
  4. DRespond calmly, look for an unmet need, and redirect to something familiar
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Correct: D. Section 483.152(b)(5) covers appropriate responses to the behaviour of cognitively impaired residents and methods of reducing the effects of cognitive impairment. Behaviour is usually communicating an unmet need.

  • A — Correcting a resident with dementia raises distress and does not change the belief.
  • B — A promise that will not be kept is a deception and the distress returns.
  • C — Withdrawing leaves an unmet need unaddressed and the resident unsupervised.
Emotional and Mental Health NeedsDifficulty 2/5

Federal curriculum lists which of these first under mental health and social service needs?

  1. AModifying the aide's behaviour in response to the resident's behaviour
  2. BModifying the resident's behaviour in response to the aide's direction
  3. CAdministering a calming medication when the resident becomes agitated
  4. DRestraining the resident until the agitated episode has fully passed
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Correct: A. Section 483.152(b)(4)(i) puts it first, and the ordering captures the area: the aide adapts their approach rather than expecting the resident to change.

  • B — The curriculum places the obligation to adapt on the aide, not on the resident.
  • C — Medication administration is outside the nurse aide scope of practice.
  • D — Federal rule directs aides to avoid the need for restraints, not to apply them.

Primary references

  1. 42 CFR Part 483 Subpart D — Requirements That Must Be Met by States and State Agencies, Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation — Office of the Federal Register (eCFR) · government · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22
  2. The 2024 National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) Written (Oral) Examination Content Outline — Credentia Nurse Aide LLC · primary · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22