Patient Care
A patient care technician is caring for a patient who has a new diagnosis of advance lung cancer. The patient tells the technicians , "I know I'll be fine because I've never smoked." The technician should identify is experiencing which of the following stages of grief.
What is Denial
A PCT is caring for a patient who is one day postoperative following abdominal surgery. When as siting the patent to perform coughing and deep breathing exercises , which of the following actions should the technician take?
A. What is instruct the patent to lay in supine position ?
B. What is place a pillow over the patients incision site
C. What is ask the patient to inhale through the mouth and exhale through the nose
D. What is explain to the patient that the diaphragm will move upward during inhalation
B. What is place a pillow over the patients incision site
Which of the following is the current procedure for medical professionals performing CPR on an infant?
A. 30 compressions, 3.8 cm (1.5 in) deep
B. 30 compressions, 5.08 (2 in) deep
C. 100 compressions, 5.08 cm (2 in) deep
D. 100 compressions, 3.8 cm (1.5 in) deep
What is 30 compressions, 3.8 cm (1.5 in) deep
A PCT is removing personal protective equipment after providing care for a patient. Which of the following pieces of PPE should the technician remove first?
A) What is a googles
B) What is a Respirator
C) What is a Glove
D) What is a Gown
What is a Glove
A PCT is preparing to dispose of blood-soiled linens. Which of the following actions should the PCT take?
A) What is place the linens in a linen container
B)What is place the linens in a biohazardous waste bag
C) What is place the linens in a clear linen bag
D) What is double bag the linens and place them in a linen container
What is place the linens in a biohazardous waste bag
A PCT is caring for a patient who has a lower denture and requires assistance with oral hygiene. Which of the following actions should the patient takes?
A) What is slightly tug downward to remove the patients dentures?
B) What is removing the denture by turning it sideways and lifting it up
C) What is clean the denture by soaking it in hydrogen peroxide.
D) What is hold the denture between the thumb and index finger when cleaning it.
B) What is removing the denture by turning it sideways and lifting it up
A PCT is caring for a patient who is receiving eternal nutrition via an NG tube. Which of the following findings should the technician expect?
A) What is throat irritation
B) What is diarrhea
C)Swollen abdomen
D)Nausea
A) What is throat irritation
Which of the following solutions should a phlebotomy technician use to clean a cerebral spinal specimen spill?
A. Chlorine bleach
B. Hydrogen peroxide
C. Povidone-iodine
D. Isopropyl alcohol
What is Chlorine Bleach
A PCT is emptying an indwelling urinary catheter and receives a splash to the eye. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A) What is cover the eye with a saline soaked compress
B) What is hold the head back and blink the eyes
C) What is flush the eyes at an eyewash station
D) What is place eye drops in the eyes
What is flush the eyes at an eyewash station
A PCT is performing a venipuncture. To reduce the risk of a needlestick injury what actions should the PCT take?
A) What is recap the needle
B) What is place the needle in a biohazardous waste container
C) What is discard the needle in a wastebasket
D) What is place the linens in a biohazardous waste bag
What is place the linens in a biohazardous waste bag
A PCT is measuring an adult patient's vital signs. Which of the following findings should the technician report?
A) What is the oral temperature 37.4° C (99.3° F)
B) What is heart rate 124/min
C) What is respiratory rate 18/min
D) What is Blood Pressure 118/78 mm Hg
B) What is heart rate 124/min?
A PCT is caring for a six year old child who reports abdominal pain. Which of the following pan rating skills should the technician use to determine the child's level of pain ?
A. What is visual analog
B. What is numerical
C. What is FACES
D. What is verbal descriptive
C. What is FACES
A phlebotomy technician is performing a glucometer reading for a young adult patient. The patients parent is in the room and asks about the patients glucose level. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A. What is write down the results for the parent and the patient
B. What is ask the parent to leave the room and tell the patient
C. What is show the patient and parent the results in the patients electronic health record (EHR)
D. What is Ask the patient for permission to disclose the results with the parent present
What is ask the patient for permission to disclose the results with the parent present
Which of the following statements by PCT indicates an understanding of sterile technique?
A) What is sterile items that touch clean items become contaminated
B) What is I can carry on a conversation with a co-worker while gathering sterile equipment
C) What is sterile items that touch contaminated items remain sterile
D) What is I should pour a sterile liquid once
What is sterile items that touch clean items become contaminated
A PCT is caring for a patient who has tuberculous. At which of the following times should the technician disinfect the equipment used in the treatment of this patient?
A)What is each time the technician enters and leaves the patients room
B) What is at least once during a 6hr shift
C) What is when it will be removed from the patients room to use on another patient
D) What is at the beginning and end of a 12hr shift
What is when it will be removed from the patients room to use on another patient
A PCT is observing a pressure ulcer on a patent's heel. The technician notes that the skin layers are worn away and the subcutaneous fat is visible. The technician should identify that the pressure ulcer is in what stage?
A. What is Stage I
B. What is Stage II
C. What is Stage III
D. What is Stage IIII
What is Stage III?
A PCT is participating in a mock disaster situation at work. Which of the following should the technician identify as an example of an internal disaster
A. What is a tornado
B. What is a factory explosion
C. What is a fire
D. What is a train crash
What is a fire
While collecting a blood specimen, a phlebotomy technician notices the glass collection is cracked. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A. What is wrap the tube in a pair of gloves and place it in a trash can
B. What is discard the tube in a biohazard bag
C. What is label the tube and send it to the laboratory
D. What is dispose of the tube in a sharps container
What is dispose of the tube in the sharps container
A PCT should identify that sterile technique is required for which of the following procedures?
A) What is inserting a urinary catheter
B) What is obtaining a rectal temperature
C) What is providing catheter care
D) What is caring for a patient who has an infectious disease
What is inserting a urinary catheter
A PCT is caring for a patient who has Clostridium difficile. The technician should identify that which of the following personal protective equipment is required to be worn when caring for this patient ?
A) What is shoe covers
B)What is a Gown
C) What is N-95 respirator mask
D) What is goggles
What is a Gown
A PCT is caring for a patient who requires supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A) What is fill the humidifier with 0.9% sodium chloride?
B) What is place cotton between the cannula's tubing and the patient's ears?
C) What is remove the nasal cannula when the patient is eating a meal?
D) What is report any bubbling in the humidifier container to the nurse?
B) What is place cotton between the cannula's tubing and the patient's ears?
A phlebotomy technician is preparing to perform the third set of blood draws for a glucose tolerance test (GTT). The patient starts to cry and refuses to extend her arm for the draw. Which of the following statements should the technician make?
A. I will get in trouble if I don't perform the draw
B. I promise the draw wont hurt
C. May i come back in an hour to perform the draw?
D. May i please perform the draw?
What is may I please perform the draw
A phlebotomy technician experiences a needlestick injury while performing a venipuncture. Which of the following information should the technician include in the online sharps injury log?
A. What is the injured technicians name
B. What is the recommended follow up treatment
C. What is the department where the injury occurred
D. What is the patients name
What is the department where the injury occurred
A PCT is preparing to open a sterile package . Which of the following actions should the technician take first?
A) What is place the item flat in the center of the work surface
B) What is open the outer flap away from the body
C) What is remove the tape that indicates the sterilization date
D) What is grasp the outer surface of the innermost flap
What is place the item flat in the center of the work surface
Which of the following actions by a PCT indicates an understanding of transmission-based precautions
A) What is place dirty linens in a biohazardous waste bag for disposal
B) What is use an alcohol based hand rub when caring for a patient who has diarrhea
C) What is wears a N-95 respirator when caring for a patient who has measles
D)What is applies a face mask within 1.8 m (6 feet) of patients who are coughing
What is wears a N-95 respirator when caring for a patient who has measles