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Patient care technician is teaching about HIPAA regulations. Which of the following client
statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? - answerMy provider is required to
report if I receive a diagnosis of tuberculosis
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PCT EXAM Practice Exam Questions With
Verified Answers
Patient care technician is teaching about HIPAA regulations. Which of the following client
statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? - answer✔My provider is required to
report if I receive a diagnosis of tuberculosis
A patient care technician is assisting a nurse to insert an indwelling urinary catheter for a patient.
After setting up a sterile field, the technician drops the catheter on clean sheets. Which of the
following action should the technician take? - answer✔Obtain another sterile kit
A patient care technician is recording a patient's output and notes that the patient voided a small
amount of dark yellow urine. The patient is flushed and reports dry mouth. The technician should
identify that these findings indicate which of the following? - answer✔Dehydration
A patient care technician overhears the son of a patient who is terminally ill asking a nurse to
keep the diagnosis secret from his father, and the nurse agrees. The technician should recognize
that the nurses action is a violation of which of the following parts of the patients Bill of Rights?
- answer✔The right to inform about one's condition
A patient care technician received a needlestick injury while performing a vina puncture for a
patient. Which of the following actions should the technician take? - answer✔Complete an
incident Report
A patient care technician is assisting with the admission of a patient who has hearing loss. Which
of the following actions should the technician take when communicating with this patient? -
answer✔Write questions and instructions on notepad for the patient
A patient care technician is caring for a six year old child. Which of the following findings
should the technician identify as a potential indication of child maltreatment? -
answer✔malnutrition
A patient care technician is preparing to transfer a non-ambulatory patient from a bed to a
wheelchair. Which of the following steps should the technician take? - answer✔Lock the wheels
of the wheelchair and the bed
A patient care technician is transferring a patient from bed to a wheelchair using a mechanical
lift with a sling. As the patient is being transferred the technician should placed him in which of
the following positions - answer✔Fowlers
A patient care technician is caring for a patient who has a stage three pressure ulcer which of the
following manifestations should the technician expect - answer✔The subcutaneous fat is visible,
and there is drainage from the wound
A patient care technician is caring for a patient who is on bed rest. Which of the following
actions should the technician take to prevent a pressure ulcer from forming - answer✔Reposition
the patient at least every two hours
Identify the rhythm in the tracing below - answer✔Atrial fibrillation
A patient care technician is preparing to ambulate a patient who is an increased risk for falls. The
patient asks the technician why do you have to place a belt around me which of the following
responses should the technician make? - answer✔Gait belts are an added safety feature when
assisting patients to walk
A patient care technician is performing a routine venipuncture for a patient becomes pallid and
diaphoretic. Which of the following conditions is the patient most likely to experience -
answer✔Syncope
A patient care technician should identify that which of the following settings adjusts the height
of the EKG way form on the tracing - answer✔Gain control
A patient care technician is caring for four-year-old patient reports arm pain the technician
should identify that which of the following methods should be used to measure pain intensity for
this patient - answer✔Ask the child to point to the drawing of the face that matches their pain
level
A patient care technician is assisting a patient who Is postoperative following abdominal surgery
and has a prescription for deep breathing and coughing exercises. Which of the following actions
should the technician take? - answer✔During the exercises have the patient place a pillow over
the incisional area
A patient care technician accidentally drops a thermometer and mercury is spilled onto the floor
which of the following actions should the technician take first? - answer✔Evacuate the room
A patient care technician is caring for a patient who is receiving oxygen at 2 L a minute via nasal
cannula. The technician notes at the patient's pulse oximetry level is 91% which of the following
actions should the technician take? - answer✔Report the pulse oximetry level to the nurse
Which of the following tasks is within the scope of practice for a patient care technician -
answer✔Reinforcing teaching about a wound care technique taught to the patient by a nurse
A patient care technician is performing passive range of motion exercises on a patient's ankle
which of the following motions should the technician perform - answer✔Dorsiflexion
A patient care technician is preparing to transport a patient using a wheelchair which of the
following actions should the technician take when assisting the patient out of bed -
answer✔Have the patient push off the bed using his hands when prompted
A patient care technician is caring for patients when a fire alert is activated the technician should
identify that the are in the fire response acronym RACE Stands for which of the following -
answer✔Rescue
Which of the following EKG findings differentiations accelerated idioventricular rhythm from
junctional rhythm - answer✔Accelerated idioventricular rhythm has wide QRS complexes
A patient care technician is teaching a patient how to use a whole term monitor which of the
following statements should the technician include - answer✔Metal detector should be avoided
when it wearing the monitor
A patient care technician has just washed his hands and left the room of a patient when he hears
another patient calling for help the technician notes that the patient calling for help is in contact
isolation which of the following action should the technician take next - answer✔Put on a gown
and gloves
A patient care technician is caring for four clients the technician should identify that which of the
following patient is at greatest risk for a fall - answer✔86-year-old patient who is four hours
postoperative
A patient care technician is providing palliative care to a patient the patient's family expresses
feelings of anger and hopelessness which of the following actions should the technician take -
answer✔Listen when the family is ready to talk
A patient care technician in a clinic is receiving a urine specimen from a patient who completed
a 24 hour urine collection. The technician should ensure that which of the following
requirements have been met for this test - answer✔Specimen was refrigerated prior to being
returned
A patient care technician is obtaining a bilirubin specimen from a newborn who is one day old
and has jaundice. Which of the following actions should the technician take to ensure integrity of
the specimen - answer✔Turn off the ultraviolet light
Which of the following is the best method to prevent internal or external bleeding from the vina
puncture site after the needle is removed - answer✔Apply pressure to prevent leakage of blood
into the tissues
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