Clinical Knowledge
The normal range for adult blood pressure.
What is 120/80 mmHg?
The first step in proper hand hygiene.
What is wet hands with clean water?
A respectful way to ask a patient about pain.
What is can you describe your discomfort?
The correct order for donning PPE.
What is Gown, mask, shield/goggles, gloves?
The first step in CPR.
What is check responsiveness and call for help?
The purpose of a gait belt.
What is to assist with safe patient transfers and ambulation?
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
One sign of hypoglycemia.
What is sweating or shakiness.
How often linens should be changed for a bed bound patient.
What is daily or when soiled.
How a PCP should respond to a confused patient.
What is calmly and with reassurance?
What is 20 seconds?
The number to dial in an emergency in the hospital.
What is 55555?
The frequency that restraints should be checked for circulation and comfort.
What is every 15 minutes?
The term for difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
The normal range for an adult's oral temperature in Fahrenheit.
What is 97.6°F to 99.6°F?
The acronym PASS stands for.
What is pull, aim, squeeze, sweep?
The best way to address a patient when entering the room.
What is greet them by name and introduce yourself with your role?
The type of precautions used for a patient with tuberculosis.
What is Airborne Precautions?
The meaning of code blue.
What is a medical emergency involving cardiac or respiratory arrest?
The correct angle for inserting a needle during venipuncture.
What is 15 to 30 degrees?
What is a heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute?
The artery that is most commonly used to check a radial pulse.
What is the radial artery at the wrist?
The color wristband that typically indicated a fall risk.
What is yellow?
The importance of active listening in patient care.
What is it helps build trust, ensures understanding, and improves patient outcomes?
The most effective way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
The first step when a patient begins to have a seizure.
What is protect their head, do not restrain them and call for help?
The purpose of a pulse oximeter.
What is to measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood?
PRN
What is as needed?
A hypertensive blood pressure reading.
What is 140/90 mmHg or higher?
The first step before transferring a patient from bed to wheelchair.
What is lock the wheels on the bed and wheelchair?
What is use nonverbal cues, observe body language, and notify the RN?
The proper sequence for removing PPE.
What is gloves, shield/goggles, gown, mask then hand hygiene?
The proper response when a patient is choking and cannot speak or cough.
What is begin abdominal thrusts and call for help?
What to always check before using a mechanical life.
What is if the lift is in good working condition and the sling is appropriately secure?
The medical term for high blood sugar.
What is hyperglycemia?
The normal range for adult respiratory rate.
What is 12 to 20 breaths per minute?
The correct way to dispose of a used needle.
What is place it immediately in a sharps container without recapping?
How to respond when a patient refuses care.
What is stay calm, respect their decision, explain the importance of care and report to the RN?
The correct way to handle soiled lines to prevent the spread of infection.
What is to hold linens away from your body, do not shake them, and place them in a designated linen bag?
To do when a patient is reporting chest pain and shortness of breath.
What is stay with the patient, keep them calm and notify RN or call a rapid response?
This piece of equipment is used to prevent blood clots in immobile patients by promoting circulation in the lower extremities through intermittent compression.
What is SCD
Tachypnea
What is rapid breathing?
The purpose of a foley catheter.
What is to drain urine from the bladder?
To do when bodily fluids are spilled on the floor.
What is put on glove, block off the area, and follow facility protocol for cleaning biohazard spills?
The best way to handle a conflict with a coworker during a shift.
What is address it privately, respectfully and focus on finding a solution or involve a supervisor if needed?
The importance of following the chain of infection model in healthcare.
What is breaking any link in the chain helps prevent the spread of infection?
The role of a PCP during a code blue.
What is assist with CPR if trained, retrieve emergency equipment and support the floor once the code team arrives?
When setting up suction equipment, this must be checked before use.
What tubing connection and suction pressure?
The term for difficulty swallowing.
What is Dysphagia?
The proper technique when performing catheter care.
What is clean in a circular motion, moving outward from the body using a new wipe or section of cloth for each stroke to prevent contamination?
The importance of changing gloves between tasks on the same patient.
What is to prevent cross-contamination between different areas or procedures?
Meaning of showing empathy in patient care.
What is understanding and sharing the feelings of the patient while maintaining professionalism?
The difference between standard precautions and transmission-based precautions.
What is Standard precautions are used for all patients; transmission-based precautions are added for known or suspected infections (contact, droplet, airborne).
To do when you witnessed a coworker collapse in the hallway.
What is check for responsiveness, call for help and begin CPR if trained and necessary?
The first step before preforming any procedure.
What is verify the patients identity using 2 identifiers?
Cyanosis
What is a bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen?
A patient care technician notices a patient has become increasingly confused, has slurred speech, and one side of their face is drooping. The first action the tech should take.
What is immediately notify the nurse or call for help?
Use FAST method: Face, Arms, Speech, Time.
You enter a patient's room and notice the bed is in a high position, the call light is out of reach, and there is water spilled on the floor. The patient is confused and trying to get out of bed.
The priority actions to ensure safety.
What is stay with the patient, lower the bed, place the call light within reach, clean up the spill or call EVS, ensure fall precautions are in place and notify the nurse immediately?
A family member is upset and yelling about their loved one's care.
The best response.
What is remain calm, listen without interrupting, acknowledge their concerns and notify the RN or supervisor?
A patient with Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is on contact precautions. After providing care, you remove your gloves and gown and use alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Later, you are reminded this was incorrect. What did you do wrong, and what should you have done instead?
What is Alcohol-based hand sanitizer is not effective against C. diff spores. You should have washed your hands with soap and water after removing PPE to properly remove spores and prevent transmission?
In a disaster drill, the most important action for a PCP to take.
What is follow the facility's emergency preparedness plan and report to your assigned role or supervisor?
Position for a patient using a bedpan.
What is semi-fowler's with bedpan under the hips?
The term for inflammation of the bladder.
What is cystitis?