UPMC NA/PCT QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS RESPECTIVELY.
NA/PCT Roles and Responsibilities ANS - Role: Provide holistic care to patients
Role: To ensure patient receives the highest level of care with the resources available
Responsibilities: Assist the nurse, physical needs of the patient, emotional needs of the patient, observe
and communicate, maintains environment conducive to patient safety, documents, transports, applies
restraints, etc.
NA/PCT Role ANS - Assessment (inspecting skin, abnormal vital signs, level of assistance to complete
basic needs)
Implementation (performing preventative skin care measures, measuring and applying elastic stockings)
Evaluation (reporting effectiveness of interventions)
Neglect vs Abuse ANS - Neglect: A person that causes harm or injury to another person or that person's
property by accident ex. NA forgets to check the bed linen for personal belongings and the residents
dentures are damage in the laundry
Abuse: actively doing something to another person, or failing to do something for another person
BID ANS - Twice a day
TID ANS - Three times a day
QID ANS - Four times a day
ac ANS - before meals
pc ANS - after meals
, hs ANS - hours of sleep, bedtime
QH ANS - every hour
OOB ANS - out of bed
BR ANS - bed rest
BRP ANS - bathroom privileges
BSC ANS - bedside commode
HOB ANS - head of bed
Ad lib ANS - As desired
ADL's ANS - Activities a daily living
CBS ANS - Capillary blood sugar
BGM ANS - Blood glucose monitor
TPR ANS - Temp., pulse, respirations
BP ANS - blood pressure
NPO ANS - nothing per oral
SCD ANS - sequential Compression Device
CORRECT ANSWERS RESPECTIVELY.
NA/PCT Roles and Responsibilities ANS - Role: Provide holistic care to patients
Role: To ensure patient receives the highest level of care with the resources available
Responsibilities: Assist the nurse, physical needs of the patient, emotional needs of the patient, observe
and communicate, maintains environment conducive to patient safety, documents, transports, applies
restraints, etc.
NA/PCT Role ANS - Assessment (inspecting skin, abnormal vital signs, level of assistance to complete
basic needs)
Implementation (performing preventative skin care measures, measuring and applying elastic stockings)
Evaluation (reporting effectiveness of interventions)
Neglect vs Abuse ANS - Neglect: A person that causes harm or injury to another person or that person's
property by accident ex. NA forgets to check the bed linen for personal belongings and the residents
dentures are damage in the laundry
Abuse: actively doing something to another person, or failing to do something for another person
BID ANS - Twice a day
TID ANS - Three times a day
QID ANS - Four times a day
ac ANS - before meals
pc ANS - after meals
, hs ANS - hours of sleep, bedtime
QH ANS - every hour
OOB ANS - out of bed
BR ANS - bed rest
BRP ANS - bathroom privileges
BSC ANS - bedside commode
HOB ANS - head of bed
Ad lib ANS - As desired
ADL's ANS - Activities a daily living
CBS ANS - Capillary blood sugar
BGM ANS - Blood glucose monitor
TPR ANS - Temp., pulse, respirations
BP ANS - blood pressure
NPO ANS - nothing per oral
SCD ANS - sequential Compression Device
