PCT Basics
These three letters stand for Patient Care Technician.
What is PCT?
The two main types of healthcare settings discussed in the chapter.
What are inpatient and outpatient settings?
This licensed healthcare professional assigns tasks to PCTs and supervises their daily care of patients.
Who is the registered nurse (RN)?
This term means transferring responsibility for a specific task to another person.
What is delegation?
Behaving properly while on the job is called this.
What is professionalism?
PCTs spend most of their time working directly with these people.
What is patients?
In this type of setting, patients spend at least one night while receiving care.
What is an inpatient setting?
This healthcare professional diagnoses disease or disability and prescribes treatment and medication.
What is a physician/doctor?
This describes the roles, responsibilities, and procedures that are within a profession's training, knowledge, and legal definition.
What is scope of practice?
Patient information should always be kept this way.
What is confidential/private?
Measuring temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure is known as measuring these.
What are vital signs?
Medical offices, urgent care clinics, and same-day surgery centers are examples of this setting.
What is an outpatient setting?
This professional helps patients improve movement, circulation, strength, and mobility.
What is the physical therapist (PT/DPT)?
This describes the line of authority within a healthcare facility.
What is the chain of command?
This quality means a PCT can be trusted to make and keep commitments, report to work on time, and complete assigned tasks.
What is dependable?
Recording important information about a patient is called this.
What is charting/documenting?
This type of residential facility assists people who need some help with daily care but do not require 24-hour skilled care.
What is an assisted living facility?
This professional may help patients relearn ADLs such as bathing, dressing, and eating.
What is the occupational therapist (OT)?
If a PCT is asked to perform a task they do not have the skills to perform, this is what they should do.
What is tell the nurse/supervisor and ask for help or more information?
A PCT who anticipates potential problems and needs before they occur demonstrates this quality.
What is proactive?
Name four tasks a PCT may perform.
What are any four appropriate PCT tasks, such as vital signs, bathing/grooming, transfers, ambulation, specimen collection, blood draws, point-of-care testing, EKGs, making beds, or caring for supplies/equipment?
This care is provided in a person's own residence and may include personal care, vital signs, mobility assistance, and housekeeping tasks.
What is home health care?
This professional identifies communication disorders and may evaluate a patient's ability to swallow food and liquids.
Who is the speech-language pathologist (SLP)?
DOUBLE POINT OPPORTUNITY
Name the Five Rights of Delegation.
What are Right Task, Right Circumstance, Right Person, Right Direction/Communication, and Right Supervision/Evaluation?
Name five qualities or behaviors of a professional PCT.
What are any five appropriate examples, such as compassionate, honest, tactful, conscientious, dependable, organized, patient, respectful, unprejudiced, proactive, punctual, appropriately groomed, maintaining confidentiality, or following policies and procedures?