PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN REVIEW

Hospice care is for patients unlikely to live longer than:

When using sequential compression devices, make sure back of knee is at:

When doing ostomy care, empty the bag when it is:

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Which is within your scope of practice

A normal pulse rate is

When using a mechanical scale, move all of the weights:

A sitz bath should be given for how long?

Normal range of oral temperature for adults is:

What is considered to be a PCT task?

Report to the nurse immediately if the patient's emesis looks like

Routine bath water should be:

Signs and symptoms of infection are:

Which of the following tests results should the PCT report immediately to the nurse?

Anti-embolitic stockings are used to

What is the lowest level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

With postmortem care, where do you place the arms?

When dressing a patient, always dress this side first:

With postmortem care, if you don't remove tubes/devices you must cut them to:

Maslow's middle section:

Bile is a substance that is produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and helps digest fats

When assessing edema, a 2 mm indentation is written as:

What is not a task performed by the PCT

What exam is performed when patient is in lithotomy position

Situations that require activating your facility's emergency response are:

PCTs are allowed to change what type of dressings?

After inhaling with incentive spirometry, have the patient hold their breath:

If helping a patient wash their stoma, use:

When using a gait belt to help a patient ambulate:

In blood pressure, the bottom number represents the heart in a state of

A normal respiration rate is ______ breaths per minute.

According to the NHA, you should notify the nurse immediately if the pulse ox reading is less than:

Kubler-Ross stages of grief: Denial, Anger, ____________, Depression, Acceptance

When undressing a patient, always undress this side first:

If a patient is in shock, you should:

The inappropriate accumulation of fluid in body tissue is known as

If helping a patient removing an ostomy appliance, remove it from:

A nasogastric tube is inserted where?

According to the NHA, pulse ox readings should always be 95% or higher

To stop a nosebleed:

A PCT can accept an assignment from another PCT

How often should you reposition an incapacitated patient?

In blood pressure, the top number represents

Fainting is also known as:

After surgery, patients should turn, cough and deep breathe when awake how often?

What is the normal range for blood pressure?

If an ostomy system requires cutting a wafer, it should be:

When transferring a patient, you should stand with a wide base of support, feet spread apart,

You should not apply lotion to which patient's feet?

The Apical Pulse is taken where?

After positioning the Hoyer lift, you will need to do what first?

When using sequential compression devices, you must remove it every:

The most important thing when doing patient transfers with gurneys, beds, wheelchairs, is:

If the patient's O2 sat is reading 92%, before alerting the physician, you should

Stool contains undigested substances, cell wastes, bacteria, bile, fat, and water

In regards to CPR, CAB stands for

Which is not 1 of the 5 rights of delegation?

Chronic diseases usually last longer than:

Patient states: "I can't be dying. I eat so healthy" Coping mechanism of:

A normal blood glucose range for an adult is:

What is considered to be normal for oxygen saturation?

Signs of shock:

If a patient has a nasal canula at greater than 4 L/min, you should: