Patient Care Comprehensive
Practice Exam Latest Test
Questions & Answers
1. All are patient expressions of fear and/or anxiety except:
confusion rude behavior fidgeting
withdrawal: confusion
2. Anxious patients often feel more comfortable when left
alone.
true
false: false
3. The inability to control urination or defecation defines:
Incontinence Debilitated Emesis
Kyphosis: incontinence
4. Before beginning a rather long imaging procedure, which
of the following would be appropriate?
,Ask the patient if he or she needs to use the restroom before
beginning. Check the chart for NPO orders.
Record the procedure start time in the chart.
Give the patient a drink of water to ensure adequate
hydration.: Ask the patient if he or she needs to use the restroom
before beginning.
5. Which of the following will increase comfort for a patient
with orthopnea?
Elevating the knees on a radiolucent support Placing a
radiolucent pad on the table Elevating the head
Placing the patient in the Sims' position: Elevating the head
6. Any device that supports and reduces the risk of motion
during an imaging procedure defines:
Restraints Immobilization Pigg-O-Stat
Restrictions: Immobilization
7. Restraints might be ordered by a physician for:
An infant patient
An unconscious patient
A combative patient
An elderly patient: A combative patient
8. Which term is used to indicate child abuse?
,Negligence
Non-accidental trauma
Elder abuse
Debilitated: Non-accidental trauma
9. Signs of child abuse include: (1) Multiple injuries
(2) Specific scalding pattern
(3) Frequent arguments with parents: 1 and 2 only
10. Elder abuse is defined as all of the following except:
Physical abuse Classic abuse Exploitation
Neglect: Classic abuse
11. Assessment of the patient should be an ongoing process
during imaging procedures.
true
false: true
12. All are essential components of a patient history except:
Alleviating factors
Next of kin
Onset of problem
Duration of problem: Next of kin
, 13. When obtaining a patient history, which skill is used to
allow the patient time to gather his or her thoughts?
Closed questions Open questions Silence
Restating or reiterating: Silence
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