PCT Certification questions reviewed and answered correctly.

PCT Certification questions reviewed
and answered correctly.

When serving as a witness to the patient's consent to treatment, the patient care technician is attesting
to the fact that the .. ANS - Patients signature was his/her own



Which of the following describes the correct technique for cleansing a patients minor wound? ANS -
cleanse from the inside of the wound toward the outside



which are included of the five rights of medication administration ANS - Right medication, Right
patient, and Right dose



If the patient has thick, yellow drainage with a foul odor what would you document? ANS - Purulent



Purulent ANS - Pus-like



sanguinous drainage ANS - bloody drainage



serous ANS - clear, watery plasma



What would you do to prevent the somatic tremor artifact? ANS - Make the patient calm and
comfortable to minimize movement



what would you do when initiating first aid to a second degree burn? ANS - Run cool water over
affected area of intact skin and protect the burn from pressure or injury



A PCT and nurse discuss a patients lab results outside of the patients room and two visitors overhear
what standards have been violated? ANS - HIPPA