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
