PCT NCCT EXAM REVIEW WITH ALL CORRECT & 100%
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If the RA - LA sensors are reversed on a patient, the ECG will record a downward deflection in
✔Correct Answer-Lead I.
When reading the results of an HCT the patient care technician should read starting at the
✔Correct Answer-top of the packed cells.
Which of the following are appropriate actions for the patient care technician to take when placing
electrodes on a patient's skin for a 24-hour Holter monitor? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
Avoid scars and incisions.
Tape the electrodes to the patient pointing toward the ankles.
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
Place limb leads with tabs facing up. ✔Correct Answer-Avoid scars and incisions.,
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.,
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
When obtaining a temperature reading using a tympanic thermometer, the patient care technician
should pull the pinna of an adult patient gently ✔Correct Answer-up and back.
A pulse oximetry monitor measures which of the following? ✔Correct Answer-oxygen saturation
Which of the following pieces of equipment should the patient care technician anticipate using when
taking a patient's blood pressure? ✔Correct Answer-sphygmomanometer
Which of the following conditions is exhibited by paralysis on one side of the body? ✔Correct
Answer-hemiplegia
A patient has a pulse oximetry reading of 88% on room air. Which of the following conditions does
this reading indicate? ✔Correct Answer-hypoxia
The patient care technician arrives at an inpatient room to collect a blood sample. There is an
isolation cart located outside the room. The patient care technician washes her hands and puts on
the following personal protective equipment: gown, gloves, and mask. Which of the following types
of precautions are being used for this patient? ✔Correct Answer-Contact Droplet
When preparing a patient's ECG report for the physician, which of the following information should
be included? (Select the three (3) correct answers.) ✔Correct Answer-medications, patient's race
and sex, special considerations or positioning
The patient care technician should instruct the patient obtaining a 24 hour urine collection to
✔Correct Answer-discard the first morning specimen
Which of the following diseases is a bloodborne pathogen? ✔Correct Answer-hepatitis C
The patient care technician needs to obtain vital signs on an emaciated 86 pound geriatric female
with an oxygen mask prior to obtaining her ECG. Which of the following equipment should the
VERIFIED ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE|ALREADY GRADED
A+
If the RA - LA sensors are reversed on a patient, the ECG will record a downward deflection in
✔Correct Answer-Lead I.
When reading the results of an HCT the patient care technician should read starting at the
✔Correct Answer-top of the packed cells.
Which of the following are appropriate actions for the patient care technician to take when placing
electrodes on a patient's skin for a 24-hour Holter monitor? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
Avoid scars and incisions.
Tape the electrodes to the patient pointing toward the ankles.
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
Place limb leads with tabs facing up. ✔Correct Answer-Avoid scars and incisions.,
Tape the lead wires to the patient's skin.,
Abrade the skin with an alcohol pad or dry 4x4.
When obtaining a temperature reading using a tympanic thermometer, the patient care technician
should pull the pinna of an adult patient gently ✔Correct Answer-up and back.
A pulse oximetry monitor measures which of the following? ✔Correct Answer-oxygen saturation
Which of the following pieces of equipment should the patient care technician anticipate using when
taking a patient's blood pressure? ✔Correct Answer-sphygmomanometer
Which of the following conditions is exhibited by paralysis on one side of the body? ✔Correct
Answer-hemiplegia
A patient has a pulse oximetry reading of 88% on room air. Which of the following conditions does
this reading indicate? ✔Correct Answer-hypoxia
The patient care technician arrives at an inpatient room to collect a blood sample. There is an
isolation cart located outside the room. The patient care technician washes her hands and puts on
the following personal protective equipment: gown, gloves, and mask. Which of the following types
of precautions are being used for this patient? ✔Correct Answer-Contact Droplet
When preparing a patient's ECG report for the physician, which of the following information should
be included? (Select the three (3) correct answers.) ✔Correct Answer-medications, patient's race
and sex, special considerations or positioning
The patient care technician should instruct the patient obtaining a 24 hour urine collection to
✔Correct Answer-discard the first morning specimen
Which of the following diseases is a bloodborne pathogen? ✔Correct Answer-hepatitis C
The patient care technician needs to obtain vital signs on an emaciated 86 pound geriatric female
with an oxygen mask prior to obtaining her ECG. Which of the following equipment should the
