CPCT Practice Test 1 100% Solved

CPCT Practice Test 1 100% Solved A pct is performing cpr for an adult patient. which of the following actions should the technician take? - Answer- Depress 5cm into the pts chest whole performing compressions Which of the following tasks is within the scope of practice for a pct? - Answer- reinforcing teaching about a wound care technique taught to the pt by the nurse a pct is weight a pt using a mechanical scale which of the following actions should the pct take - Answer- verify that the scale is balanced and the weights are set to zero before weighing the patient a pct is preparing a peripheral blood smear on a slide. which of the following actions should the technician take - Answer- verify that the smear covers 3/4 of the slide a pct is performing passive range of motion exercises on a patient ankle. which of the following motions should the pct perform - Answer- dorsiflexion a pct is performing a routine venipuncture for a pt who becomes pallid and diaphoretic which of the following conditions is this patent most likely to experience. - Answer- syncope a pct should recognize that which of the following is the purpose of CLIA? - Answer- to establish quality standards for laboratory testing on humans a pct is preparing to transport a pt using a wheelchair. which of the following actions should the pct take when assisting a pt out of bed? - Answer- have the pt push off the bed using his hands when prompted a pct has just washed his hands and left the room of a pt when he hears another pt calling for help is in contact isolation. which of the following actions should the technician take next?n - Answer- put on a gown and gloves a pct has just collected a blood specimen from a pt. For which of the following reasons should the technician invert the collection tubes that contain anticoagulants immediately following a blood collection - Answer- to prevent clotting of the blood which of the following tubes should be collected first for dermal samples - Answer- lavender top a pct is attending a class about fire safety which if the following acronyms should the pct use to remember how to operate a fire extinguisher - Answer- PASS a pct is caring for a 6 year old child which of the following findings should the technician identify as a potential indication of child maltreatment - Answer- malnutrition which of the following actions should a pct take when discharging a pt - Answer- escort the pt using a wheelchair a pct is participating in a mock disaster situation at work. which of the following should the pct identify as an example of an internal disaster - Answer- a fire a pct is caring for pt when a fire alert is activated. the pct should identify that the R in race stands for which of the following - Answer- rescue a pct is assisting a nurse to perform an aseptic wound dressing change for a pt who has a strage IV pressure ulcer. which of the following actiosn should the pct take? - Answer- don new gloves after removing the soilded dressing a pct overhears the son of pt who is terminally ill asking a nurse to keep the diagnosis secret from his father, the nurse agrees the technican should recognize that the nurse action is a nurse action is a violation of which of the following parts of the pts bill of rights - Answer- the right to information about ones condition a pct is caring for four pts which of the following should the pct report to the nurse - Answer- a pct who has a blood glucose level of 190 mg/dL a pct is assisting with the admission of a pt who has hearing loss. which of the following actions should the pct take when communicating with this pt - Answer- write questions and instructions on a notepad for the pt a pct is changing linens for a pt who has clostridium difficil and whose bed is soiled with stool which of the following actions should the pct take - Answer- place the linens in a biohazard linen bag a pct is collecting a blood culture specimen from a pt who has an allergy to shellfish. which of the following topical antiseptics should the technician use to cleanse the pts skin prior to venipuncture - Answer- chlorhexidine gluconate