NHA PCT Exam Study Guide, Questions with answers. Graded A

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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, cathet ... er 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) - ✔✔- [Show More]

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