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Georgia PCA Competency Exam - Questions WithCorrect Solutions
Reinforce a dressing. Right Ans - True
Apply a hot pack. Right Ans - False
Give an enema. Right Ans - False
Administer medication. Right Ans - False
Change a sterile dressing. Right Ans - False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. Right Ans - True
Give a rectal suppository. Right Ans - False
Give a tubal feeding. Right Ans - False
give insulin Right Ans - False
Cut Nails Right Ans - False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you Right Ans - work as part of the health
care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: Right Ans - working under the
supervision of a professional supervisor.
As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: Right Ans - do only
the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. Right Ans - True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure.
Right Ans - True
, You only communicate through words. Right Ans - False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: Right
Ans - Courtesy, Tact , listening
Body language is: Right Ans - a way of communicating feelings by using the
body, facial expressions and the eyes
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: Right Ans - 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? Right Ans - 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? Right Ans - Notify the agency supervisor.
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, legally, it was not done.
Right Ans - True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the nurse is coming in two
days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to your supervisor.
Right Ans - False
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicates the patient
is
excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse. Right Ans - False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days: What should
you do? Right Ans - Report it to the nursing supervisor.
Which of these actions is the Personal Care Assistant permitted to take in
relation to drug
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