PCA TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others.
A) responsibility
B) taking action
C) accountability - answers -accountability
A patient should be encourage by the pca to tcdb every _______________ hours
postoperatively
A) one
B) two
C) four - answers -two
Dirty linens are placed in what color bags
A) black
B) green
C) red - answers -green
Urine collected from patient in the middle of urination.
A) collection
B) midstream
C) urinating - answers -midstream
A low sodium diet is a restriction in __________ intake
A) salt
B) water
C) food - answers -salt
Abuse involving hitting, slapping, or kicking another person
A) personal
B) physical
C) fight - answers -physical
Type of communication that does not use words and more accurately reflects how a
person feels - answers -nonverbal
Difficulty breathing
A) asthma
B) dyspnea
C) amnesia - answers -dyspnea
Who is primary focus of the healthcare team in the healthcare setting
A) nurses
B) patient
C) family - answers -patient
,What is the medical term for placing a patient in a side laying position
A) side
B) sims
C) anterior - answers -sims
With an order, the pca may administer a water, soap, suds, or fleets, ____________ to
a patient
A) bath
B) wash
C) enema - answers -enema
What type of risk does the yellow arm band stand for
A) fall
B) crazy
C) elderly - answers -fall
Where is the easiest place to check for a patient's pulse
A) arm
B) radial
C) axillary - answers -radial
Which side is a patient turned toward before administering an enema
A) sitting up
B) left
C) right - answers -left
State of being unaware and unresponsive to one's surroundings
A) quadra
B) coma
C) dead - answers -coma
Another meaning for "as needed"
A) prn
B) whenever
C) an - answers -prn
A pressure _____________ is prevented by turning patients at least q 2hrs throughout
the shift
A) point
B) ulcer
C) wound - answers -ulcer
Heart rate less than 60 beats per minutes
A) hypercardia
B) bradycardia
C) hypocardia - answers -bradycardia
, When a patients fluid intake is limited during a 24hr period this is called a
_____________ restriction
A) water
B) fluid
C) restroom - answers -fluid
When should the pca report a change in the patient's condition to the rn
A) the next day
B) just write it in chart
C) immediately - answers -immediately
A systolic blood pressure greater that 140 mmhg and/or a diastolic blood pressure
greater than 90 mmhg
A) hypercardiac
B) hypertension
C) hypotension - answers -hypertension
Patients are placed in ____________ as a last resort to prevent harm to the patient or
others
A) icu
B) restraints
C) coma - answers -restraints
The best way to prevent the spread of pathogens is to wash your _____________
A) scrubs
B) hands - answers -hands
After emptying a colostomy, rinse the bag with _____________ tap water
A) reused
B) cool
C) hot - answers -cool
Ambulation or other forms of exertion may temporarily _________________ a patient's
blood pressure, pulse, and respirations - answers -
When measuring a patient's nutrition
A) record the amount of fluid excreted
B) record the % of food and nutritious liquids the patient consumes
C) record only liquids you can't spill - answers -record the % of food and nutritious
liquids the patient consumes
Solid food that ________ at room temperature are considered liquids. Ex ice cream,
jello
A) goes bad
B) melts
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