PCA Exam Prep Guide: Pass with Confidence
1. What are some risk factors of skin break- Limited physical ability, age, lack of
hydration,
down? poor nutrition, etc. Braden
2. What is the name of the Scale
assessment scale used to help
determine if a patient is at a
greater risk of developing pres-
sure ulcers?
Pressure injury
3. is a localized injury to the
skin and/or the underlying tissue.
It is a re- sult of presence over a
bony promi- nence.
4. What is the main governing body State Nursing Practice Act
that determines what a PCA
does?
5. What are the 5 rights of delegation? Right task
Right person
Right direction of communication
Right circumstance
Right supervision
6. is defined as being skills, care and
respon- sible for one's own judgement required
actions of others who perform by the
delegated tasks.
7. is defined as the duty
or obligation to perform some act
or func- tion.
8. is defined as the
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Accountability
Responsibility
Standard of care
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health care team member under
similar conditions.
9. What stage of pressure ulcer is Stage 1
this?
Reddened area not returning to
normal color after pressure is
relieved. Feels hot and/or painful.
Skin is intact. False Imprisonment
10. is defined as unlawful
re- straint or restriction of a
person's free- dom of movement.
Abuse
11. is defined as the
intentional mistreatement or harm
of another per- son.
12. is defined as negligence by a Malpractice
professional person.
13. is defined as an Negligence
intentional wrong in which a person
fails to act in a responsible and
14. What stage of pressure ulcer is
Stage 2
this?
Skin has broken down
15. What stage of pressure ulcer is Stage 3
this?
Skin is broken down to the subcuta-
neous fatty layer
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1. What are some risk factors of skin break- Limited physical ability, age, lack of
hydration,
down? poor nutrition, etc. Braden
2. What is the name of the Scale
assessment scale used to help
determine if a patient is at a
greater risk of developing pres-
sure ulcers?
Pressure injury
3. is a localized injury to the
skin and/or the underlying tissue.
It is a re- sult of presence over a
bony promi- nence.
4. What is the main governing body State Nursing Practice Act
that determines what a PCA
does?
5. What are the 5 rights of delegation? Right task
Right person
Right direction of communication
Right circumstance
Right supervision
6. is defined as being skills, care and
respon- sible for one's own judgement required
actions of others who perform by the
delegated tasks.
7. is defined as the duty
or obligation to perform some act
or func- tion.
8. is defined as the
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30
, PCA Exam Prep Guide: Pass with Confidence
Accountability
Responsibility
Standard of care
2/
30
, PCA Exam Prep Guide: Pass with Confidence
health care team member under
similar conditions.
9. What stage of pressure ulcer is Stage 1
this?
Reddened area not returning to
normal color after pressure is
relieved. Feels hot and/or painful.
Skin is intact. False Imprisonment
10. is defined as unlawful
re- straint or restriction of a
person's free- dom of movement.
Abuse
11. is defined as the
intentional mistreatement or harm
of another per- son.
12. is defined as negligence by a Malpractice
professional person.
13. is defined as an Negligence
intentional wrong in which a person
fails to act in a responsible and
14. What stage of pressure ulcer is
Stage 2
this?
Skin has broken down
15. What stage of pressure ulcer is Stage 3
this?
Skin is broken down to the subcuta-
neous fatty layer
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