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PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)Questions
and Answers(A+ Solution guide)
Reinforce a dressing. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
Apply a hot pack. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Give an enema. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Administer medication. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Change a sterile dressing. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
Give a rectal suppository. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Give a tubal feeding. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
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give insulin - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Cut Nails - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ work as part of the health care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ working under the supervision of a professional
supervisor.
As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: -
.....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. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before
starting a procedure. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
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You only communicate through words. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ False
Which of the following is important in communicating
with people: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Courtesy, Tact ,
listening
Body language is: - .....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: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ giving an explanation of
what is going to be done
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned 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? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Talk with the agency supervisor about the
situation.
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A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing
five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe
this. What should the PCA do? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Notify the agency supervisor.
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient,
legally, it was not done. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the
nurse is coming in two
days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to
your supervisor. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient
usually indicates the patient is
excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in
three days: What should you do? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Report it to the nursing supervisor.
PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)Questions
and Answers(A+ Solution guide)
Reinforce a dressing. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
Apply a hot pack. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Give an enema. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Administer medication. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Change a sterile dressing. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ True
Give a rectal suppository. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Give a tubal feeding. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
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give insulin - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
Cut Nails - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ work as part of the health care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ working under the supervision of a professional
supervisor.
As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: -
.....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. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before
starting a procedure. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
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You only communicate through words. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ False
Which of the following is important in communicating
with people: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Courtesy, Tact ,
listening
Body language is: - .....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: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ giving an explanation of
what is going to be done
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned 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? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Talk with the agency supervisor about the
situation.
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A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing
five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe
this. What should the PCA do? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Notify the agency supervisor.
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient,
legally, it was not done. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ True
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the
nurse is coming in two
days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to
your supervisor. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient
usually indicates the patient is
excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ False
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in
three days: What should you do? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Report it to the nursing supervisor.
