The Five Rights of Delegation involve:

Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Direction, and Right Supervision

A health care payment program sponsored by federal and state governments

An Assisted Living Facility:

Provides 3 meals per day, housekeeping and laundry

These statements are about paying for health care. Which is false?

Medicare and Medicaid are for anyone in need.

Carla=New hire PCT, Trinity= Carla's preceptor, Nurse Rob delegated a task to Carla. Which is true?

Nurse Rob will see if Carla did the task successfully and provide feedback

A survey team is at your center. A team member asks you questions. You should:

Give honest and complete answers.

Accreditation for health care agencies is:

A voluntary process that signals quality and excellence

PCT decides to refuse a task. What does he/she do?

Communicate concerns to the nurse.

Which is not a courteous act?

Expecting others to open doors for you

When do students recieve their standard certificate for PCT?

After passing certification exam and submitting diploma

Does a nurse have to delegate to the PCT?

No, nurses make the delegation decisions based on if its best for patients

A PCT is responsible for:

completing delegated tasks safely

Which of the following statements is true about early Egyptians?

They believed that blood flowed through the body like canals.

Mr. Lee's care is assigned to PCT Sophia. He needs to use the restroom. Sophia is on lunch break. Who assists Mr. Lee.

Any staff member on the unit including the nurse should assist Mr. Lee ASAP

Your Patient Care Technician certification can be revoked for:

Performing acts beyond your Scope of Practice

A nurse delegates a task to you. You must:

Decide to accept or refuse the task.

Which is the correct definition of job description?

A document that outlines tasks an employer expects employee to do.

Patient Care Technicians are members of:

The interdisciplinary and nursing teams

A task is in your job decription. Which is false?

The nurse must always delegate the task to you.

A PCT can refuse a task for all EXCEPT:

The PCT does not like that task.

The term "chain of command" refers to:

Leadership line where orders are transmitted & complaints are adressed

Pt needs changed before family comes in 5 min. You have 4 patients that need care. Two PCTS finished their patients.

Inform the RN of your current patient status and allow RN to decide

Good hygiene for work involves all EXCEPT:

Keeping fingernails long and stylish

Alexander Fleming discovered:

Penicillin, the first antibiotic

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1
A health care program for terminally ill persons is:
Skilled Nursing Facility
Hospital
Acute Care Facility
Hospice
2
A healthcare program for persons who are dying is called:
Hospital
Skilled Nursing Facility
Hospice
Nursing Center
3
The Five Rights of Delegation involve:
Right communication, law, person, right job, supervision
right job description, right law, right communication, right task, & person
Right Task, Circumstances, Person, Direction, and Right Supervision
Right Law, Right Circumstances, Supervision, Right job, and person
4
A medical doctor that is responsible for evaluation and treatment of Mental Health issues. I may provide counseling.
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Chiropractor
Pathologist
5
Who assigns and supervises the PCT's work?
The Nurse
Medical Director
The Doctor
Director of Nursing
6
Medicaid is:
a federal health insurance for persons with disabilities
A private insurance plan bought by individuals
A health care payment program sponsored by federal and state governments
A preferred provider organization (PPO)
7
An Assisted Living Facility:
Provides Complex Ongoing Rehabilitation
Is for persons with chronic mental illness
Provides 3 meals per day, housekeeping and laundry
Is for people with a terminal illness.
8
What individuals give basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse?
Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Technician
Dietician
Environmental Services Tech
9
A co-worker tells you that a doctor and nurse are dating. This is:
Confidential Information
Gossip
Eavesdropping
Sexual Harassment
10
What must an agency possess in order to operate and provide medical care?
Accreditation
License
Policies and Procedures
Certification
11
These statements are about paying for health care. Which is false?
Medicare and Medicaid are for anyone in need.
HMOs provide healthcare for a prepaid fee.
DRGs and RUGs affect Medicare payments.
PPOs provide health care at reduced rates.
12
The duty or obligation to perform some act or function is:
Accountability
Responsibility
Defamation
Malpractice
13
Carla=New hire PCT, Trinity= Carla's preceptor, Nurse Rob delegated a task to Carla. Which is true?
Nurse Rob will evaluate whether Trinity completed the task successfully.
Nurse Rob will see if Carla did the task successfully and provide feedback
Both Trinity and Nurse Rob will determine if Carla completed task correctly
Trinity the Senior PCT will assess if Carla completed task correctly.
14
A survey team is at your center. A team member asks you questions. You should:
Answer as the DON tells you to.
Give honest and complete answers.
Refer all questions to the charge nurse.
Give minimal information
15
Accreditation for health care agencies is:
a process required by preferred providers
required to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds
A federal requirement for a health care agency to operate
A voluntary process that signals quality and excellence
16
Which of the following is one of the national certifying agencies for Patient Care Technicians (PCTs)?
NPCT
NHA
NCPT
NTCC
17
You are getting ready for work. You should do the following EXCEPT:
Press and mend uniforms
Wear Jewelry
Style hair so it is up and off the collar
Wear Name Badge or Photo ID
18
PCT decides to refuse a task. What does he/she do?
Ignore the request
Talk to the nurse's supervisor
Delegate the task to someone else.
Communicate concerns to the nurse.
19
Which is not a courteous act?
Saying "I'm sorry"
Complimenting others
Saying "please" and "thank you"
Expecting others to open doors for you
20
When do students recieve their standard certificate for PCT?
After passing the certification exam and working for two years in the field
After passing the certification exam and working for one year
After completing an approved PCT Course and passing the certification exam
After passing certification exam and submitting diploma
21
Does a nurse have to delegate to the PCT?
No, the nurse performs the task unless he/she is too busy
No, nurses make the delegation decisions based on if its best for patients
Yes, if the nurse teaches the PCT how to perform the task
Yes, if the task is in the PCT Job Description
22
A PCT is responsible for:
completing delegated tasks safely
the five rights of delegation
delegation
delegating tasks to nursing assistants
23
The nursing team includes the following EXCEPT:
Doctors
PCTs
RNs
LVN/LPN
24
In ancient history, primitive man's average life span was:
65 years
40 years
30 years
25 years
25
Which of the following statements is true about early Egyptians?
They believed that blood flowed through the body like canals.
They associated sanitary practices with spread of disease
Their main contribution to history of medicine was surgery
They contributed the art of acupuncture
26
Primary factor leading to epidemics was:
Solitary Lifestyles
Low socioeconomic status
Unsanitary Conditions
Short Life Expectancy
27
The medical doctor responsible for diagnosing and treating diseases/disorders of the stomach and intestines:
Gastroenterologist
Gynecologist
Geologist
Gerontologist
28
Mr. Lee's care is assigned to PCT Sophia. He needs to use the restroom. Sophia is on lunch break. Who assists Mr. Lee.
Sophia will have to return from lunch to take him.
Any staff member on the unit including the nurse should assist Mr. Lee ASAP
His Family
Mr. Lee will wait until PCT Sophia returns from break.
29
Persons living in nursing homes are called:
Clients
Patients
Individuals
Residents
30
Your Patient Care Technician certification can be revoked for:
Performing acts beyond your Scope of Practice
Asking the Nurse Questions
Refusing a Nursing Task
Keeping patient's confidentiality
31
Who assists patients and families with social, emotional, and environmental issues related to illness and recovery?
Speech-Language Pathologist
Activities Director
Podiatrist
Social Worker
32
I am a medical doctor responsible for diagnosing and treating diseases/disorders of the kidney:
Nephrologist
Neonatologist
Urologist
Neurologist
33
What is the absence of bacteria, virus adn other microorganisms?
Disinfected
Asepsis
Clean
Sepsis
34
Medicare is for persons:
Have low incomes
Part of a PPO
Have group insurance
65 years or older or disabled
35
A nurse delegates a task to you. You must:
Ignore the request if you do not know what to do.
Delegate the task if you are already busy.
Decide to accept or refuse the task.
Complete the task.
36
Assisted Living provides all EXCEPT:
Housing
Personal Care
Complex Medical Care
Social Activities
37
Who is the medical pioneer known as "The Father of Medicine"?
Apollo
Versalius
Aristotle
Hippocrates
38
Helping a patient return to their highest physical and mental function is:
Promoting Health
Preventing Disease
Maintaining Independence
Rehabilitation
39
Which is the correct definition of job description?
Summary or brief account of personnel, education, and professional quality
A document that outlines tasks an employer expects employee to do.
Object of a person's ambition or effort: aim or desired result
Short sentence or phrase that has a meaning to a particular person
40
Patient Care Technicians are members of:
HMO and PPO
The nursing team and medical team
The interdisciplinary and nursing teams
The interdisciplinary and medical team
41
A task is in your job decription. Which is false?
The nurse must always delegate the task to you.
The nurse must make sure you have the necessary education and training.
You must have clear directions before you perform the task.
The nurse delegates the task to you if circumstances are right.
42
Which is a healthcare setting that a PCT would most likely work?
Long Term Nursing Center
Memory Lane Center
Assisted Living Facility
Hospital
43
Having concerns for a patient is called:
Respect
Caring
Enthusiasm
Empathy
44
A PCT could lose their job for all EXCEPT:
Consuming Alcohol at Work
Being Harassed
Poor Attendance
Abandonment
45
A PCT can refuse a task for all EXCEPT:
It is beyond the legal limits of the PCT role.
It is not in the job description of the PCT.
There is no nurse available to supervision.
The PCT does not like that task.
46
The term "chain of command" refers to:
A state regulated board exam prepared by the state.
A federal regulation by all members of the health care team.
Leadership line where orders are transmitted & complaints are adressed
A progressive Nurse Training Program where a nurse earns Masters Degree.
47
Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff and safe nursing care?
The Director of Nursing
The nursing supervisor
The case manager
an RN
48
Doctor whose focus is osteopathy, specializing in manipulative tx of disorders starting from misalignment of the spine:
Nutritionist
Osteopathologist
Nurse Practitioner
Chiropractor
49
Pt needs changed before family comes in 5 min. You have 4 patients that need care. Two PCTS finished their patients.
Inform the RN of your current patient status and allow RN to decide
Tell the nurse you do not have time right now
Tell other PCTs to change the dressing while you give baths
Tell the other PCTs to bathe your patients while you change the Pt
50
Good hygiene for work involves all EXCEPT:
Keeping fingernails long and stylish
Brushing Teeth after meals
Bathing Daily
Using deodorant or antiperspirant
51
Alexander Fleming discovered:
Insulin
Red dye called prontosil killed coccus organisms and led to sulfa drugs
Penicillin, the first antibiotic
Arteries could be joined together again and still function
52
Which is a skill that a PCT can perform that a CNA cannot perform?
Assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Starting an Intravenous (IV) Line
Obtaining anthropometric measurements
Transfer a Patient with a mechanical lift
53
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (1987) is:
Federal Law
Nurse Practice Act
Criminal Law
State Law
54
Define Pandemic:
Wild and noisy disorder or confusion
An outbreak of infectious disease that spreads over country or the world
The communication of a disease from one person to another in close contact
Widespread infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

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