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PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)with complete solutions already passed
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Reinforce a dressing. - correct answer ✔✔True
Apply a hot pack. - correct answer ✔✔False
Give an enema. - correct answer ✔✔False
Administer medication. - correct answer ✔✔False
Change a sterile dressing. - correct answer ✔✔False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. - correct answer ✔✔True
Give a rectal suppository. - correct answer ✔✔False
Give a tubal feeding. - correct answer ✔✔False
give insulin - correct answer ✔✔False
Cut Nails - correct answer ✔✔False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you - correct answer ✔✔work as part of the health care team.
, When you work in the home, you will be: - correct answer ✔✔working under the supervision of a
professional supervisor.
As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: - correct answer ✔✔do only the tasks that the
registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - correct answer ✔✔True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure. - correct answer ✔✔True
You only communicate through words. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - correct answer ✔✔Courtesy, Tact ,
listening
Body language is: - correct answer ✔✔a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial
expressions and the eyes
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - correct answer ✔✔giving an explanation of
what is going to be done
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned to care for Mr. Goodway. Miss Harris
notices that she feels very angry when she is with Mr. Goodway. What should Miss
Harris do because she feels this way? - correct answer ✔✔Talk with the agency supervisor about the
situation.
A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? - correct answer
✔✔Notify the agency supervisor.
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, legally, it was not done. - correct answer ✔✔True
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