Hi :-)
I'm taking the state CNA exam next Saturday. I was looking through the candidate handbook, and just had a couple questions.
1. Ambulating a client: In class we always ambulated a client from bed and eventually sat them down in a chair. But, for the state we are suppose to assist them back to bed. I'm wondering if we are suppose to lay them back down, or just leave sitting? And if we are to lay them back down, at what point should you take the time to lower the head of the bed? (It will be raised to get them up, but it needs to be lowered to lay them back down)
2. Bedpan: When you remove the bedpan, do you automatically go empty contents, then dispose of gloves, and return to lower the bed and do post-steps. Or do you set the bedpan at bottom of bed, removes gloves, turn resident onto back, lower bed, put on new gloves and dispose of waste, remove gloves, and post-steps? I have 2 different sheets from class that say different things, and i'm having issues remembering how we were shown.
Thank you!!!