PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN REVIEW

Hospice care is for patients unlikely to live longer than:

A sitz bath should be given for how long?

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

Which is within your scope of practice

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

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

A normal respiration rate is ______ breaths per minute.

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

When undressing a patient, always undress this side first:

Which is not 1 of the 5 rights of delegation?

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

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

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

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

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

What is considered to be normal for oxygen saturation?

A normal blood glucose range for an adult is:

PCTs are allowed to change what type of dressings?

What exam is performed when patient is in lithotomy position

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

A normal pulse rate is

To stop a nosebleed:

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

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

1oz =

Signs and symptoms of infection are:

Maslow's middle section:

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

Fainting is also known as:

Signs of shock:

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

When using a gait belt to help a patient ambulate:

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

The Apical Pulse is taken where?

Anti-embolitic stockings are used to

With postmortem care, where do you place the arms?

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

Routine bath water should be:

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

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

If a patient is in shock, you should:

In blood pressure, the top number represents

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

When dressing a patient, always dress this side first:

What is considered to be a PCT task?

If helping a patient wash their stoma, use:

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

A nasogastric tube is inserted where?

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

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

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

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

The inappropriate accumulation of fluid in body tissue is known as

A PCT can accept an assignment from another PCT

In regards to CPR, CAB stands for

How often should you reposition an incapacitated patient?

Normal range of oral temperature for adults is:

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

Chronic diseases usually last longer than:

What is not a task performed by the PCT

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

What is the normal range for blood pressure?

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