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Certified Nursing Assistant Examination (CNA) Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care as it is examined in Certified Nursing Assistant Examination (CNA). 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What is a contracture and how is it prevented?
A permanent shortening/tightening of a muscle or joint causing deformity; prevented with regular range-of-motion exercises and proper positioning.
How often should an immobile/bedbound resident be repositioned, and why?
At least every 2 hours, to relieve pressure and prevent pressure injuries (bedsores).
What is a pressure injury (decubitus ulcer) and where do they commonly form?
Skin/tissue breakdown caused by unrelieved pressure over a bony area; common sites include the sacrum/tailbone, hips, heels, elbows, and back of the head.
How can the complication of pneumonia from immobility be reduced?
Encourage deep breathing and coughing, reposition frequently, and keep the resident upright when possible to keep lungs clear.
How is DVT (deep vein thrombosis) prevented in immobile residents?
Promote movement and ROM, use prescribed anti-embolism stockings, encourage leg exercises, and avoid pressure behind the knees.
What is hospice care and who is it for?
Comfort-focused (palliative) care for people who are terminally ill, typically with a prognosis of 6 months or less, when curative treatment has stopped.
What is the core philosophy of hospice?
To provide comfort, dignity, and quality of life—not to cure—by managing pain and symptoms and supporting the patient and family physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
What is palliative care?
Care focused on relieving symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness to improve quality of life; it can be given at any stage, with or without curative treatment.
What are the five stages of grief described by Kubler-Ross?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
Do dying people always go through the grief stages in order?
No; people may experience the stages in any order, skip stages, or revisit them—everyone grieves differently.
List common physical signs that death is approaching.
Decreased blood pressure, slow/weak/irregular pulse, changed (often rapid or irregular) breathing, cold/mottled extremities, decreased consciousness, and loss of bladder/bowel control.
What is usually the last sense to be lost in a dying person, and why does it matter?
Hearing is believed to be the last sense lost; always speak normally and reassuringly, assuming the resident can hear you.
How should a nursing assistant provide emotional support to a dying resident?
Use active listening, offer presence and touch, allow expression of feelings without judgment, and avoid clichés or false reassurance.
How does a nursing assistant support a resident's spiritual needs?
Respect their religious/cultural beliefs and practices, provide privacy for prayer or clergy visits, and never impose your own beliefs.
What are advance directives?
Legal documents stating a person's wishes for medical care if they become unable to communicate or make decisions themselves.
What is a living will?
An advance directive that states which life-sustaining treatments a person does or does not want at the end of life.
What is a durable power of attorney for health care?
A document naming a person (health care proxy) to make medical decisions on the resident's behalf if they become unable to do so.
What does a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order mean?
A medical order directing staff NOT to perform CPR if the resident's heart or breathing stops; basic comfort and care still continue.
What should a nursing assistant do regarding a resident's advance directives and wishes?
Know and follow the care plan, respect the resident's documented wishes, and report any change in the resident's expressed wishes to the nurse.
What is postmortem care?
The respectful physical care of the body after death, preparing it for viewing by family and transfer, while maintaining dignity and privacy.
When is postmortem care begun, and why is it done promptly?
After death is pronounced; it is done promptly before rigor mortis (stiffening of the body) sets in so the body can be positioned naturally.
What is rigor mortis?
The temporary stiffening of muscles and joints of the body that occurs after death.
List key steps a nursing assistant performs in postmortem care.
Provide privacy and respect, position the body in good alignment with eyes/mouth closed, bathe and remove soiled items, place dentures, follow facility policy on tubes/IDs, and handle the body gently.
How should the body be positioned during postmortem care before rigor mortis?
Lying supine in normal alignment with the head slightly elevated on a pillow, arms at the sides, and eyes and mouth gently closed.
What this deck covers
The Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care deck follows the Certified Nursing Assistant Examination (CNA) Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care syllabus — 3 chapters and 11 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 17.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 134 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care flashcards FAQ
How many Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care flashcards are in this Certified Nursing Assistant Examination (CNA) deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these Certified Nursing Assistant Examination (CNA) flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care cards cover?
They follow the Certified Nursing Assistant Examination (CNA) Restorative Care, Rehabilitation, and End-of-Life Care syllabus — 3 chapters and 11 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.