CPCT TEST 1: PATIENT CARE: QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
A PCT is providing care for a patient who has a leg wound. The tech should identify that
which of the following colors of discharge indicates a wound infection? -- Answer ✔✔
Green. The technician should identify that yellow, tan, green, or greenish-brown
discharge indicates a wound infection. The technician should report this finding to the
nurse immediately
A PCT is transferring a patient who is weight-bearing from the bed to a wheelchair.
Which of the following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ Apply a gait belt
while the patient sits at the side of the bed, to help reduce dizziness when the patient
stands
While changing a dry-gauze dressing, a PCT finds that the gauze is adhering to the
patient's skin. Which of the following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ Apply
sterile water to the gauze. When a gauze dressing adheres to the wound, the technician
should moisten the gauze with sterile water or 0.9% sodium chloride to help release the
adhesion
A PCT is preparing to serve a meal tray to a patient who has vision loss. Which of the
following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ The technician should use the
numbers of a clock to describe the location of food on the plate to the patient. Patients
, who have vision loss can locate foods by imagining a clock's face and using the
technician's description of the food's location
A PCT is assisting a nurse to replace a patient's ileostomy pouch for the first time
following surgery. After the skin is protective wafer is cut, the tech should expect the
opening to have which of the following characteristics? -- Answer ✔✔ The opening is
1/16 inch larger than the stoma. This is the right amount of skin to leave inside the
pouch around the stoma to minimize the risk for skin breakdown and constricting
circulation to the stoma
A PCT is caring for a 6-year-old who reports abdominal pain. Which of the following
pain rating scales should the tech use to determine the child's level of pain? -- Answer
✔✔ FACES. The Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale was developed to determine pain
levels for children and patients who have difficulty using numbers to express the severity
of their pain. Therefore, the technician should use this pain rating scale to determine the
child's level of pain
A PCT is caring for a patient who has a blood specimen collected and is actively
bleeding from the venipuncture site. Which of the following actions should the tech
take? -- Answer ✔✔ According to first aid recommendations, the technician should use
a gauze pad to apply pressure to the bleeding site. The technician should maintain
pressure on the bleeding site for several minutes until the bleeding has stopped
A PCT is using a gait belt to assist a patient who had a stroke to ambulate. Which of the
following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ The technician should assist the
patient to ambulate by walking slightly behind the patient toward their affected side for
optimal support
A PCT enters the room of a patient who has a new diagnosis of cancer and finds the
patient crying. Which of the following statements should the tech make? -- Answer ✔✔
"You seem to be feeling sad. What are your thoughts right now?" When providing
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
A PCT is providing care for a patient who has a leg wound. The tech should identify that
which of the following colors of discharge indicates a wound infection? -- Answer ✔✔
Green. The technician should identify that yellow, tan, green, or greenish-brown
discharge indicates a wound infection. The technician should report this finding to the
nurse immediately
A PCT is transferring a patient who is weight-bearing from the bed to a wheelchair.
Which of the following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ Apply a gait belt
while the patient sits at the side of the bed, to help reduce dizziness when the patient
stands
While changing a dry-gauze dressing, a PCT finds that the gauze is adhering to the
patient's skin. Which of the following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ Apply
sterile water to the gauze. When a gauze dressing adheres to the wound, the technician
should moisten the gauze with sterile water or 0.9% sodium chloride to help release the
adhesion
A PCT is preparing to serve a meal tray to a patient who has vision loss. Which of the
following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ The technician should use the
numbers of a clock to describe the location of food on the plate to the patient. Patients
, who have vision loss can locate foods by imagining a clock's face and using the
technician's description of the food's location
A PCT is assisting a nurse to replace a patient's ileostomy pouch for the first time
following surgery. After the skin is protective wafer is cut, the tech should expect the
opening to have which of the following characteristics? -- Answer ✔✔ The opening is
1/16 inch larger than the stoma. This is the right amount of skin to leave inside the
pouch around the stoma to minimize the risk for skin breakdown and constricting
circulation to the stoma
A PCT is caring for a 6-year-old who reports abdominal pain. Which of the following
pain rating scales should the tech use to determine the child's level of pain? -- Answer
✔✔ FACES. The Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale was developed to determine pain
levels for children and patients who have difficulty using numbers to express the severity
of their pain. Therefore, the technician should use this pain rating scale to determine the
child's level of pain
A PCT is caring for a patient who has a blood specimen collected and is actively
bleeding from the venipuncture site. Which of the following actions should the tech
take? -- Answer ✔✔ According to first aid recommendations, the technician should use
a gauze pad to apply pressure to the bleeding site. The technician should maintain
pressure on the bleeding site for several minutes until the bleeding has stopped
A PCT is using a gait belt to assist a patient who had a stroke to ambulate. Which of the
following actions should the tech take? -- Answer ✔✔ The technician should assist the
patient to ambulate by walking slightly behind the patient toward their affected side for
optimal support
A PCT enters the room of a patient who has a new diagnosis of cancer and finds the
patient crying. Which of the following statements should the tech make? -- Answer ✔✔
"You seem to be feeling sad. What are your thoughts right now?" When providing
