NHA PCT Exam Study Guide, Questions
with answers. Graded A
- General Patient Care - ✔✔-
Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff - ✔✔-ex: bathing, bed making, catheter
care, transfer, assisti
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NHA PCT Exam Study Guide, Questions
with answers. Graded A
- General Patient Care - ✔✔-
Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff - ✔✔-ex: bathing, bed making, catheter
care, transfer, assisting with ALDs
Provide emotional support for patients and their families while performing patient care - ✔✔-
Support the coping mechanisms of patients and their families who are dealing with grief, death, or are
dying. - ✔✔-
Set up equipment to be used by the patient - ✔✔-ex: oxygen, alternating pressure mattresses
Provide patient care for a patient with a feeding tube - ✔✔-ex: aspiration precautions, observe tubing
for kinks or problems
Perform care related to the special needs patient - ✔✔-ex: physically, sensory, cognitively, or mentally
impaired
Report any new changes in a patients' condition - ✔✔-ex: level of consciousness, shortness of breath
Monitor and record functions related to digestion - ✔✔-ex: bowel movements, percentage of meal
eaten
Monitor, record, and accurately measure intake/ output - ✔✔-ex: urine, emesis, wound drainage
Assist in admission, discharge, and/or transfer of the patient to another unit or facility - ✔✔-
Follow the established restorative plan of care ordered for the patient - ✔✔-
Perform passive Range of Motion (ROM) for the patient - ✔✔-
Assist with restorative rehabilitation activities - ✔✔-ex: bowel and bladder retraining
Use adaptive devices for activities of daily living - ✔✔-ex: feeding and dressing devices
Keep patient area clean - ✔✔-
Remove peripheral IVs - ✔✔-
Perform dressing changes - ✔✔-a) sterile
b)aseptic
Transfer the patient using a mechanical lift - ✔✔-
Manually lift and transfer the patient - ✔✔-
Apply immobility splints to patients - ✔✔-
Provide one-on-one care for patients who are at risk for suicide - ✔✔-
Provide skin care - ✔✔-ex: repositioning, creams, moisture barrier
Identify and report any changes in skin integrity - ✔✔-
Utilize devices to prevent skin breakdown - ✔✔-ex: air mattress, draw sheets
Apply sequential compression boots - ✔✔-
Apply anti-embolitic stockings - ✔✔-ex: TED hose
Assist the patient with coughing, deep-breathing exercises - ✔✔-
Perform first aid, CPR, and rapid response procedures - ✔✔-
Report critical values to the appropriate nurse in charge of the patient - ✔✔-
Assist the patient with incentive spirometry - ✔✔-
Check dressings for increased saturation and changes - ✔✔-
Follow the 5 Rights of Delegation - ✔✔-
Prioritize patient care based on patient needs - ✔✔-
Recognize visual abnormalities in patient specimen - ✔✔-ex: stool, sputum, urine, emesis
Monitor vital signs and patient status during blood transfusions - ✔✔-
Assist the patient with taking self-administered prescribed medications - ✔✔-
Apply oxygen therapy - ✔✔-ex: nasal cannula, mask
Assist with patient-administered nebulizer treatments - ✔✔-
Weigh a patient - ✔✔-ex: standing, wheel chair, or bed scaled
Assist patients with orthotic or prosthetic devices - ✔✔-ex: hearing aids, dentures, artificial eyes, or
extremities
Perform home health aid services - ✔✔-
Perform hospital/ palliative aid care services - ✔✔-
Perform ostomy care (excluding irrigation) - ✔✔-
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