COMPLETE NHA EKG EXAM -
EKG TECHNICIAN QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS
**MODULE: Safety, Compliance, and Coordinated Care** - correct answer ✔✔
HIPAA - correct answer ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
PHI - correct answer ✔✔Protected Heath Information
PHI includes data such as - correct answer ✔✔name, DOB, SSN, phone number, marital status,
place of employment, and address
An EKG technician releases information about a patient's diagnosis to the patient's employer.
Which of the following patient rights was violated?
A) Assignment of benefits
B) Patient confidentiality
C) Access to treatment
D) Power of attorney - correct answer ✔✔B) Patient confidentiality
**A patients diagnosis is confidential and may not be shared with an employer**
,Electrocardiograph - correct answer ✔✔instrument used to record the electrical activity of the
heart
Electrocardiogram - correct answer ✔✔A recording of the electrical activity of the heart
What is needed by the patient before performing an EKG? - correct answer ✔✔Consent
What type of consent is needed for more extensive cardiac testing? - correct answer
✔✔Written consent
What type of consent is more common for EKGs? - correct answer ✔✔Implied consent
supine position - correct answer ✔✔lying on back, facing upward
**ideal position for most EKG exams**
When can a chaperone be warranted for an EKG? - correct answer ✔✔for *teenage* patients or
on a patient with *cognitive deficits* or *dementia*
What should the EKG technician say if a patient asks about their results right after the exam? -
correct answer ✔✔They may only disclose a confirmation that the EKG was successfully
completed and will be interpreted by the provider
A patient follows an EKG technician to the examination room, voluntarily undresses from the
waist up, and lies on the examination table.
Which of the following types of consent is the patient giving?
,A) Expressed written consent
B) Informed consent
C) Implied consent
D) None - correct answer ✔✔C) Implied consent
**the actions exhibited by the patient in this situation are a form of implied consent**
Medical asepsis - correct answer ✔✔Practice designed to reduce the number and transfer of
pathogens (clean technique)
Surgical asepsis - correct answer ✔✔Technique used to destroy all pathogenic organisms (sterile
technique)
OSHA - correct answer ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
CDC - correct answer ✔✔Centers for Disease Control (and Prevention)
Standard precautions - correct answer ✔✔Recommendations that must be followed to prevent
transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids
HAIs - correct answer ✔✔Healthcare associated infections
What is the order of medical asepsis? - correct answer ✔✔> Infectious agent
> Reservoir
> Portal of exit
> Mode of transmission
, > Portion of entry
> Susceptible host
PPE - correct answer ✔✔Personal protective equipment
Why are excess jewelry and long or artificial nails discouraged? - correct answer ✔✔They can
harbor pathogens and cause scratches or injuries to the patients
Where do you dispose items that have body fluids? (such as blood) - correct answer
✔✔Biohazardous container
Where do you dispose needles or any other sharp supplies? - correct answer ✔✔Sharps
container
Why is it important to avoid using family members as interpreters? - correct answer ✔✔They
may not communicate the information of the patient accurately
What is the order of therapeutic communication? - correct answer ✔✔> Sender develops
message
> Message encoded into transmutable format
> Message transmitted (oral, written, symbolic, or nonverbal)
> Receiver decodes the message
> Receiver converts message into understanding
> Feedback
Things the technician should communicate with their patient: - correct answer ✔✔> How long it
takes to run the test
> How many leads will be attached
EKG TECHNICIAN QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS
**MODULE: Safety, Compliance, and Coordinated Care** - correct answer ✔✔
HIPAA - correct answer ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
PHI - correct answer ✔✔Protected Heath Information
PHI includes data such as - correct answer ✔✔name, DOB, SSN, phone number, marital status,
place of employment, and address
An EKG technician releases information about a patient's diagnosis to the patient's employer.
Which of the following patient rights was violated?
A) Assignment of benefits
B) Patient confidentiality
C) Access to treatment
D) Power of attorney - correct answer ✔✔B) Patient confidentiality
**A patients diagnosis is confidential and may not be shared with an employer**
,Electrocardiograph - correct answer ✔✔instrument used to record the electrical activity of the
heart
Electrocardiogram - correct answer ✔✔A recording of the electrical activity of the heart
What is needed by the patient before performing an EKG? - correct answer ✔✔Consent
What type of consent is needed for more extensive cardiac testing? - correct answer
✔✔Written consent
What type of consent is more common for EKGs? - correct answer ✔✔Implied consent
supine position - correct answer ✔✔lying on back, facing upward
**ideal position for most EKG exams**
When can a chaperone be warranted for an EKG? - correct answer ✔✔for *teenage* patients or
on a patient with *cognitive deficits* or *dementia*
What should the EKG technician say if a patient asks about their results right after the exam? -
correct answer ✔✔They may only disclose a confirmation that the EKG was successfully
completed and will be interpreted by the provider
A patient follows an EKG technician to the examination room, voluntarily undresses from the
waist up, and lies on the examination table.
Which of the following types of consent is the patient giving?
,A) Expressed written consent
B) Informed consent
C) Implied consent
D) None - correct answer ✔✔C) Implied consent
**the actions exhibited by the patient in this situation are a form of implied consent**
Medical asepsis - correct answer ✔✔Practice designed to reduce the number and transfer of
pathogens (clean technique)
Surgical asepsis - correct answer ✔✔Technique used to destroy all pathogenic organisms (sterile
technique)
OSHA - correct answer ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
CDC - correct answer ✔✔Centers for Disease Control (and Prevention)
Standard precautions - correct answer ✔✔Recommendations that must be followed to prevent
transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids
HAIs - correct answer ✔✔Healthcare associated infections
What is the order of medical asepsis? - correct answer ✔✔> Infectious agent
> Reservoir
> Portal of exit
> Mode of transmission
, > Portion of entry
> Susceptible host
PPE - correct answer ✔✔Personal protective equipment
Why are excess jewelry and long or artificial nails discouraged? - correct answer ✔✔They can
harbor pathogens and cause scratches or injuries to the patients
Where do you dispose items that have body fluids? (such as blood) - correct answer
✔✔Biohazardous container
Where do you dispose needles or any other sharp supplies? - correct answer ✔✔Sharps
container
Why is it important to avoid using family members as interpreters? - correct answer ✔✔They
may not communicate the information of the patient accurately
What is the order of therapeutic communication? - correct answer ✔✔> Sender develops
message
> Message encoded into transmutable format
> Message transmitted (oral, written, symbolic, or nonverbal)
> Receiver decodes the message
> Receiver converts message into understanding
> Feedback
Things the technician should communicate with their patient: - correct answer ✔✔> How long it
takes to run the test
> How many leads will be attached
