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Health Care Competency Test with Answers graded A+, Exams of Nursing

1. As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - ✔✔work as a part of the health care team 2. When you work in the home, you will be: - ✔✔working under the supervision of of professional supervisor 3. As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - ✔✔do only the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you 4. In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - ✔✔True 5. Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - ✔✔True 6. You only communicate through words - ✔✔False 7. Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - ✔✔courtesy, tact, listening ( all of the above ) 8. Body language is: - ✔✔a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial expressions and the eyes. 9. PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - ✔✔Giving an explanation of what is going to be done.

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Health Care Competency Test
1. As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - ✔✔work as a part of the health care team
2. When you work in the home, you will be: - ✔✔working under the supervision of of
professional supervisor
3. As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - ✔✔do only the tasks that the
registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
4. In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - ✔✔True
5. Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - ✔✔True
6. You only communicate through words - ✔✔False
7. Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - ✔✔courtesy, tact,
listening ( all of the above )
8. Body language is: - ✔✔a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial
expressions and the eyes.
9. PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - ✔✔Giving an explanation of what
is going to be done.
10. Miss Harris. a PCA, is assigns 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? - ✔✔Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation
11. A patient accuses a PCA of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken the patients money,
but the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? - ✔✔Notify the agency
supervisor
12. If you don not chart a task, leagally, it was not done. - ✔✔True
13. If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the nurse is coming in two days, you
do not need to report the skin break down to your supervisor. - ✔✔False
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Health Care Competency Test

  1. As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - ✔✔work as a part of the health care team
  2. When you work in the home, you will be: - ✔✔working under the supervision of of professional supervisor
  3. As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - ✔✔do only the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
  4. In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - ✔✔True
  5. Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - ✔✔True
  6. You only communicate through words - ✔✔False
  7. Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - ✔✔courtesy, tact, listening ( all of the above )
  8. Body language is: - ✔✔a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial expressions and the eyes.
  9. PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - ✔✔Giving an explanation of what is going to be done.
  10. Miss Harris. a PCA, is assigns 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? - ✔✔Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation
  11. A patient accuses a PCA of stealing five dollars. The PCA has not taken the patients money, but the patient does not believe this. What should the PCA do? - ✔✔Notify the agency supervisor
  12. If you don not chart a task, leagally, it was not done. - ✔✔True
  13. If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the nurse is coming in two days, you do not need to report the skin break down to your supervisor. - ✔✔False
  1. A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicate the patient is excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse. - ✔✔False
  2. The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days. What should you do? - ✔✔Report it to the nursing supervisor
  3. Which of these actions is the PCA permitted to take in relation to drug administration? - ✔✔Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medications.
  4. When a patient complains of pain, what should the PCA do first? - ✔✔Ask the patient to describe the pain.
  5. A patient's prescription for heart pills has recently been changed. The PCA should notify the agency supervisor immediately if the patient makes which of these comments? - ✔✔"I have a rash on my stomach since I've been taking these pills."
  6. Mrs.Rand who has diabetes and takes insulin regularly, tells the PCA that she feels very nervous and jittery. What should the PCA do immediately? - ✔✔Give her a glass of orange juice
  7. Always report a pulse rate if the bpm are under 60 or over 100 - ✔✔True
  8. The temp. of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving about
    • ✔✔False
  9. Recording a Patient's TPR or Vitals is not important as long as you remember what they were - ✔✔False
  10. For which, if any, of these body areas is 99.6 degrees F a normal temp. normal? - ✔✔Rectum
  11. When taking a patient's pulse, you should take it for - ✔✔one full minute
  12. When a patient's respiration are being counted, it is best - ✔✔the patient not be aware that the respiration are being counted
  13. Hand washing is the single best way to decrease the transfer of pathogens - ✔✔True
  1. Part of your duties as a PCA are to assure a safe home environment. This includes: - ✔✔Proper infection control with good hand washing, electrical and fire safety, moving which may cause the patient to fall. ( all of the above )
  2. A patient is receiving oxygen through a nasal cannula. What safety precautions should the PCA take? - ✔✔Allow no smoking in the patient's room
  3. For an injury with profuse bleeding, apply pressure and call for assistance. - ✔✔True
  4. If the patient begins to have a seizure, your first responsibility is to prevent the patient from injuring himself. - ✔✔True
  5. If the patient falls and complains of pain in his hip, you should help him to get up and walk to the bed - ✔✔False
  6. A patient is choking on some object that is caught in his airway. Before first-aid measures are applies, find out: - ✔✔If the patient can speak or cough
  7. While giving a bath on a shower chair, the patient suddenly gasps and becomes unresponsive. The PCA should: - ✔✔lower the patient to the floor, call for the family to call 911, determine if CPR is needed and initiate it if indicated
  8. For which of these emergencies is a knowledge of pressure points essential? - ✔✔Bleeding
  9. The telephone numbers of all of the following are important to a patient. Which number must the PCA have next to the telephone? - ✔✔The emergency medical squad
  10. Every patient is the same and has the same needs and wants - ✔✔False
  11. It is all right to use any item in the home without asking as long as it is for the patient's personals care - ✔✔False
  12. You may use the telephone in the patient's home without asking permission - ✔✔False
  13. A neighbor has asked you some questions about the patient you are presently taking care of. " Mrs. Cooler is dying, isn't she?" How will you answer her? - ✔✔"I am sorry, but I cannot discuss Mrs. Cooler."
  1. Which of these statements about the elderly is true? - ✔✔They can learn new things
  2. When working with persons who are disabled, the general goal of care is to: - ✔✔promote max. self care and independence within the limits of the person's ability
  3. It is Mrs. Morris's usual time for lunch, but she says she is not hungry yet. This is the first time that Mrs. Morris has made this type of statement. What should the the PCA do? - ✔✔Tell Mrs. Morris to let the PCA know when she wants to eat, and remind her that it is is important that she have lunch.
  4. The ability to make observations is even more important when working with infants and young children than it is when working with adults. The chief reason for this is that infants and young children: - ✔✔cannot explain how they feel
  5. It is important to keep a patient covered during a bed bath except for the part being washed. - ✔✔True
  6. Massaging of bony prominence helps to prevent skin breakdown by increasing the blood supply to the area - ✔✔True
  7. When giving peri-care to a patient after BM, wash using a front to back motion in order not to spread fecal matter to other areas. - ✔✔True
  8. When giving the patient a bath, if the water is too hot, it can injure the person's skin. If it is too cold it can chill the person. Therefore you should test the water temp. before beginning the bath by: - ✔✔finding out if the water is correct temp by using the inside of your wrist
  9. Which of the following is most appropriate practice to promote good skin care in the elderly: - ✔✔keep the skin clean and well moisturized.
  10. If dentures are not worn when sleeping, where should you store them? - ✔✔Place in a clean container in clean water.
  11. An elderly male patient occasionally wets his trousers. What should the PCA do? - ✔✔Encourage him to go to the bathroom at least every two hours.
  12. In giving foot care to a patient who has diabetes, the PCA may take which of these actions? - ✔✔Soak the patient's feet for more than five minutes in a basin of warm water.
  1. To prevent bedsores in the elderly, you should: - ✔✔change the patient's position every two hours, get the patient out of bed if allotted, ensure adequate nutrition (all of the above)
  2. The PCA should be sure to take which of these actions when caring for a newborn baby? - ✔✔Support the baby's head and neck when picking the baby up
  3. Which of these statements describes good body mechanics? - ✔✔Bend the knees when lifting an object off the floor.
  4. When caring for a patient who is on bed rest, what should the PCA do to prevent bedsores?
    • ✔✔Keep the bottom sheet free of wrinkles.
  5. Soy sauce is good to spice up a low salt diet - ✔✔False
  6. A regular diet is a well balanced diet with no restrictions - ✔✔True
  7. Bread and potatoes are a good source of protein - ✔✔False
  8. Foods on a liquid diet would include: - ✔✔broth, tea, and jello
  9. Foods that are high in vitamin C include: - ✔✔oranges, tomatoes, and watermelon
  10. If there is 50cc left in a glass and the glass holds 150cc you should record the intake as: - ✔✔100cc
  11. Milk is a good source of calcium. Which of these foods is also high in calcium? - ✔✔Cheese
  12. When patients do not have enough fluids, they may have develop which of these problems?
    • ✔✔Constipation
  13. If a patient is to have a fluid intake record kept, the right time to record the patient's fluid is: - ✔✔when the patient has drank the fluids.
  14. Patients on low salt diets are usually allowed to have which of these foods? - ✔✔Raisins
  1. Patients sometimes express religious beliefs with which the PCA does not agree. In dealing with these situations, which of these understandings should the PCA use as a guide? - ✔✔Patients have a right to their own beliefs, which should be respected.
  2. Reinforce a dressing - ✔✔True
  3. Apply a hot pack - ✔✔False
  4. Give an enema - ✔✔False
  5. Administer Meds. - ✔✔False
  6. Change a dressing - ✔✔False
  7. Assist with a change of a colostomy bag - ✔✔True
  8. Give a Rectal Suppository - ✔✔False
  9. Give a tubal feeding - ✔✔False
  10. Give insulin - ✔✔False
  11. cut nails - ✔✔False