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COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS WRITTEN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Things to remember when bathing a patient - ANS ✓Close the curtains.
Ask the patient whether the water is too hot.
Use the backhand technique when washing underneath the breasts.
Always change wipes after washing the genitals, the legs, the back, and the anal
area.
Things to remember when transferring a patient from the bed to the
wheelchair - ANS ✓Wipe the wheelchair before and after use.
Lock the wheelchair.
Ask the patient if they're dizzy after doing the swivel technique and after helping
them stand.
Ask the patient if they have left any of their belongings in the room.
Check out with the HUC on the floor.
Mention the HCAHPS survey to the patient.
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Things to remember when transferring a patient from bed to gurney - ANS
✓Make sure the bed and gurney are locked at the appropriate times.
Make sure enough rails are up at the appropriate times.
Always check for bedsores when log-rolling.
Ask the patient to lift their head and legs during the transfer from bed to gurney.
Things to remember when feeding a patient - ANS ✓Check for an NPO sign
outside the room.
Check the patient's tray for their name.
Look out for pockets of food and other signs of aspiration.
Feed the patient slowly to avoid aspiration.
Leave the patient upright for 30 minutes to aid in digestion.
Report amount or percent of food and drink consumed by the patient. Ask the
nurse if she would like to see the tray before disposing of its contents.
Things to remember when taking a patient's vital signs - ANS ✓The tubing of
the blood pressure monitor should be along the inner arm.
The tubing of the pulse ox should be on the top.
The red light of the pulse ox should be on the top of the fingernail.
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The pulse ox should be placed on the opposite arm as the blood pressure
monitor.
Rolling machines should be wiped down, since they're transportable.
The temporal thermometer should be wiped down with alcohol wipes.
When the pain level is high, ask if it's a new pain and where it's located.
AIDET - ANS ✓ACKNOWLEDGE the patient.
INTRODUCE yourself as a Health Scholar.
DURATION of task should be communicated.
EXPLAIN the task as you're doing it.
THANK the patient.
SKAHI - ANS ✓SIGNS outside the door.
KNOCK on the door.
ASSESS patient surroundings to understand their state.
HAND HYGIENE (gel and gloves).
IDENTIFY the patient in 2 ways.
HCAHPS - ANS ✓Survey: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems
Measures:
- Environment cleanliness*
- Environment quietness*
- Nurse communication
- Physician communication
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COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS WRITTEN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Things to remember when bathing a patient - ANS ✓Close the curtains.
Ask the patient whether the water is too hot.
Use the backhand technique when washing underneath the breasts.
Always change wipes after washing the genitals, the legs, the back, and the anal
area.
Things to remember when transferring a patient from the bed to the
wheelchair - ANS ✓Wipe the wheelchair before and after use.
Lock the wheelchair.
Ask the patient if they're dizzy after doing the swivel technique and after helping
them stand.
Ask the patient if they have left any of their belongings in the room.
Check out with the HUC on the floor.
Mention the HCAHPS survey to the patient.
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Things to remember when transferring a patient from bed to gurney - ANS
✓Make sure the bed and gurney are locked at the appropriate times.
Make sure enough rails are up at the appropriate times.
Always check for bedsores when log-rolling.
Ask the patient to lift their head and legs during the transfer from bed to gurney.
Things to remember when feeding a patient - ANS ✓Check for an NPO sign
outside the room.
Check the patient's tray for their name.
Look out for pockets of food and other signs of aspiration.
Feed the patient slowly to avoid aspiration.
Leave the patient upright for 30 minutes to aid in digestion.
Report amount or percent of food and drink consumed by the patient. Ask the
nurse if she would like to see the tray before disposing of its contents.
Things to remember when taking a patient's vital signs - ANS ✓The tubing of
the blood pressure monitor should be along the inner arm.
The tubing of the pulse ox should be on the top.
The red light of the pulse ox should be on the top of the fingernail.
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The pulse ox should be placed on the opposite arm as the blood pressure
monitor.
Rolling machines should be wiped down, since they're transportable.
The temporal thermometer should be wiped down with alcohol wipes.
When the pain level is high, ask if it's a new pain and where it's located.
AIDET - ANS ✓ACKNOWLEDGE the patient.
INTRODUCE yourself as a Health Scholar.
DURATION of task should be communicated.
EXPLAIN the task as you're doing it.
THANK the patient.
SKAHI - ANS ✓SIGNS outside the door.
KNOCK on the door.
ASSESS patient surroundings to understand their state.
HAND HYGIENE (gel and gloves).
IDENTIFY the patient in 2 ways.
HCAHPS - ANS ✓Survey: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems
Measures:
- Environment cleanliness*
- Environment quietness*
- Nurse communication
- Physician communication
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