Competency Test Questions And Answers
Latest Top Score.
Reinforce a dressing - correct answer. True
Apply a hot pack - correct answer. False
Give an enema - correct answer. False
Administer Meds. - correct answer. False
Change a dressing - correct answer. False
Assist with a change of a colostomy bag - correct answer. True
Give a Rectal Suppository - correct answer. False
Give a tubal feeding - correct answer. False
Give insulin - correct answer. False
cut nails - correct answer. False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - correct answer. work as a part of the health care
team
When you work in the home, you will be: - correct answer. working under the
supervision of of professional supervisor
As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - correct answer. do only the
tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - correct answer. True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - correct
answer. True
You only communicate through words - correct answer. False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - correct answer.
courtesy, tact, listening ( all of the above )
, Body language is: - correct answer. a way of communicating feelings by using the
body, facial expressions and the eyes.
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - correct answer. Giving an
explanation of what is going to be done.
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? - correct answer. Talk with the agency supervisor about the
situation
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? - correct
answer. Notify the agency supervisor
If you don not chart a task, leagally, it was not done. - correct answer. True
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. - correct answer.
False
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. - correct answer. False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days. What should you do? -
correct answer. Report it to the nursing supervisor
Which of these actions is the PCA permitted to take in relation to drug administration? -
correct answer. Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medications.
When a patient complains of pain, what should the PCA do first? - correct answer.
Ask the patient to describe the pain.
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? - correct answer. "I have a rash on my stomach since I've been taking
these pills."
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? - correct answer. Give her
a glass of orange juice
Always report a pulse rate if the bpm are under 60 or over 100 - correct answer. True
The temp. of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving
about - correct answer. False
Latest Top Score.
Reinforce a dressing - correct answer. True
Apply a hot pack - correct answer. False
Give an enema - correct answer. False
Administer Meds. - correct answer. False
Change a dressing - correct answer. False
Assist with a change of a colostomy bag - correct answer. True
Give a Rectal Suppository - correct answer. False
Give a tubal feeding - correct answer. False
Give insulin - correct answer. False
cut nails - correct answer. False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you: - correct answer. work as a part of the health care
team
When you work in the home, you will be: - correct answer. working under the
supervision of of professional supervisor
As a Personal Care Assistant, it is you responsibility to: - correct answer. do only the
tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. - correct answer. True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure - correct
answer. True
You only communicate through words - correct answer. False
Which of the following is important in communicating with people: - correct answer.
courtesy, tact, listening ( all of the above )
, Body language is: - correct answer. a way of communicating feelings by using the
body, facial expressions and the eyes.
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded by: - correct answer. Giving an
explanation of what is going to be done.
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? - correct answer. Talk with the agency supervisor about the
situation
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? - correct
answer. Notify the agency supervisor
If you don not chart a task, leagally, it was not done. - correct answer. True
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. - correct answer.
False
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. - correct answer. False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in three days. What should you do? -
correct answer. Report it to the nursing supervisor
Which of these actions is the PCA permitted to take in relation to drug administration? -
correct answer. Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medications.
When a patient complains of pain, what should the PCA do first? - correct answer.
Ask the patient to describe the pain.
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? - correct answer. "I have a rash on my stomach since I've been taking
these pills."
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? - correct answer. Give her
a glass of orange juice
Always report a pulse rate if the bpm are under 60 or over 100 - correct answer. True
The temp. of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving
about - correct answer. False
