COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔How far in advance do you need to
request a letter of recommendation? - ✔✔At least 8 weeks
✔✔What is the purpose of a counseling
session? - ✔✔To correct and improve performance and
review program policies and procedures to
support successful participation in the
program
✔✔What steps do you need to take if you are injured—regardless of how
minor the injury is—while shifting at the hospital? - ✔✔1. Report injury to the charge
nurse
2. Get treated (as necessary - first aid, employee health, or emergency apartment)
3. Call the program manager at
(888) 248-2914
✔✔COPE Health Scholars are required by program
policy to be mandatory reporters for what four
things? - ✔✔1. Child Abuse
2. Elderly Abuse
3. Harassment (sexual / non-sexual)
4. Domestic Abuse
✔✔Scholars can never enter which isolation room? - ✔✔Airborne
✔✔Name five careers that fall under the
category of Allied Health - ✔✔• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• Physician Assistant (PA)
• Registered Dietitian (RD)
• Respiratory Therapist (RT)
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
• Paramedic
• Physical Therapist/X-Ray
• Occupational Therapist
• Radiologic/X-Ray/Ultrasound Tech
• Surgical Technologist
• Clinical Laboratory Scientist
• Clinical Laboratory Technologist
• Athletic Trainer
• CVT
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
,• Exercise Scientist
• Medical Assistant
• Medical Interpreter
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Ophthalmic Laboratory Tech
• Optician
• Pathologist's Assistant
Scibe
Exercise Scientist
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for feeding a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: Meal Tray, Wash Cloth, Toothbrush, and Toothpaste
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, High fowlers position
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for ambulating a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: non-slip socks, assistive devices ex. cane (optional)
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, appropriate rail adjustment
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for positioning a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: 2-3 pillows, foam cushion, slider
Requirements: RN approval and direction, clinical staff member presence, flat bed
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for making an unoccupied bed? -
✔✔Supplies: fitted sheet, chuck, draw sheet (slider) , flat sheet, pillow cases, light
weight blanket, heavy blanket (optional)
Requirements: Clinical staff approval and direction, flat bed
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for making an occupied bed? -
✔✔Supplies: fitted sheet, chucks, draw sheet (slider), flat sheet, pillow cases,
lightweight blanket, gown, heavy blanket (optional)
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for changing a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: fracture/regular bed pan, adult wipes, chuck
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, clinical staff member present, flat bed
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements for bathing a patient? - ✔✔Supplies: Wash
Cloths (8 small) , towels (4 large), gown, wash basin, cleansing solution, lotion /
deodorant (optional)
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, clinical staff member presence, appropriate
rail adjustment
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for transferring a patient from bed
to wheelchair? - ✔✔Supplies: Wheelchair, shoes, slippers or socks
Requirements: Rn approval and direction
, ✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for transfer from bed to
gurney/stretcher? - ✔✔Supplies: Flat Sheet, Transfer equipment, gurney
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, clinical staff member presence, flat bed
✔✔What are the main differences between a Registered Nurse (RN) and an License
Vocational
Nurse (LVN) - ✔✔RN will supervise LVN.
✔✔What is the purpose of TJC? - ✔✔The Joint Commissioner is a accrediting agency
that checks on the hospital every 3 years to see if they're upholding standards for
patients and health care in general.
✔✔What does NPO mean? - ✔✔NON PER O's - nothing by mouth. Must withhold all
oral food or liquid from patient. CAN NOT EAT.
✔✔What does BM mean? - ✔✔Bowel Movement
✔✔What does TKO mean? - ✔✔To Keep Open - order to keep just enough flow
through IV to keep vein open.
✔✔T/F Please page the Program Manger as soon as you know you will be unable to
attend
your shift. - ✔✔F. Call the charge nurse.
✔✔As a Health Scholar, can you enter a droplet isolation room? If no, why not? If yes,
what PPE would you need. - ✔✔Yes, a Health Scholar can enter. Need to wear a mask
gown and gloves
✔✔T/F When performing a log roll, I will raise all the rails on the side the patient turns
towards - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F While checking in on Mr. Bonferroni in room 321-1, he expresses great
discomfort and
asks to be repositioned to his left side. This is a task that requires no staff presence or
approval, so I can do this right away. - ✔✔F. Need 2 people to reposition. Tell nurse
before doing.
✔✔PHI includes what type of information? - ✔✔Information about a person's physical,
mental health, provided care and payment for that care.
✔✔What are three different types of PHI and what are examples for each? - ✔✔Written
PHI - Patient Chart and Patient Lab/X-ray Reports
o Ensure that PHI is not left on copy machines or desk tops.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔How far in advance do you need to
request a letter of recommendation? - ✔✔At least 8 weeks
✔✔What is the purpose of a counseling
session? - ✔✔To correct and improve performance and
review program policies and procedures to
support successful participation in the
program
✔✔What steps do you need to take if you are injured—regardless of how
minor the injury is—while shifting at the hospital? - ✔✔1. Report injury to the charge
nurse
2. Get treated (as necessary - first aid, employee health, or emergency apartment)
3. Call the program manager at
(888) 248-2914
✔✔COPE Health Scholars are required by program
policy to be mandatory reporters for what four
things? - ✔✔1. Child Abuse
2. Elderly Abuse
3. Harassment (sexual / non-sexual)
4. Domestic Abuse
✔✔Scholars can never enter which isolation room? - ✔✔Airborne
✔✔Name five careers that fall under the
category of Allied Health - ✔✔• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• Physician Assistant (PA)
• Registered Dietitian (RD)
• Respiratory Therapist (RT)
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
• Paramedic
• Physical Therapist/X-Ray
• Occupational Therapist
• Radiologic/X-Ray/Ultrasound Tech
• Surgical Technologist
• Clinical Laboratory Scientist
• Clinical Laboratory Technologist
• Athletic Trainer
• CVT
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
,• Exercise Scientist
• Medical Assistant
• Medical Interpreter
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Ophthalmic Laboratory Tech
• Optician
• Pathologist's Assistant
Scibe
Exercise Scientist
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for feeding a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: Meal Tray, Wash Cloth, Toothbrush, and Toothpaste
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, High fowlers position
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for ambulating a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: non-slip socks, assistive devices ex. cane (optional)
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, appropriate rail adjustment
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for positioning a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: 2-3 pillows, foam cushion, slider
Requirements: RN approval and direction, clinical staff member presence, flat bed
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for making an unoccupied bed? -
✔✔Supplies: fitted sheet, chuck, draw sheet (slider) , flat sheet, pillow cases, light
weight blanket, heavy blanket (optional)
Requirements: Clinical staff approval and direction, flat bed
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for making an occupied bed? -
✔✔Supplies: fitted sheet, chucks, draw sheet (slider), flat sheet, pillow cases,
lightweight blanket, gown, heavy blanket (optional)
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for changing a patient? -
✔✔Supplies: fracture/regular bed pan, adult wipes, chuck
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, clinical staff member present, flat bed
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements for bathing a patient? - ✔✔Supplies: Wash
Cloths (8 small) , towels (4 large), gown, wash basin, cleansing solution, lotion /
deodorant (optional)
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, clinical staff member presence, appropriate
rail adjustment
✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for transferring a patient from bed
to wheelchair? - ✔✔Supplies: Wheelchair, shoes, slippers or socks
Requirements: Rn approval and direction
, ✔✔What are the supplies and requirements needed for transfer from bed to
gurney/stretcher? - ✔✔Supplies: Flat Sheet, Transfer equipment, gurney
Requirements: Rn approval and direction, clinical staff member presence, flat bed
✔✔What are the main differences between a Registered Nurse (RN) and an License
Vocational
Nurse (LVN) - ✔✔RN will supervise LVN.
✔✔What is the purpose of TJC? - ✔✔The Joint Commissioner is a accrediting agency
that checks on the hospital every 3 years to see if they're upholding standards for
patients and health care in general.
✔✔What does NPO mean? - ✔✔NON PER O's - nothing by mouth. Must withhold all
oral food or liquid from patient. CAN NOT EAT.
✔✔What does BM mean? - ✔✔Bowel Movement
✔✔What does TKO mean? - ✔✔To Keep Open - order to keep just enough flow
through IV to keep vein open.
✔✔T/F Please page the Program Manger as soon as you know you will be unable to
attend
your shift. - ✔✔F. Call the charge nurse.
✔✔As a Health Scholar, can you enter a droplet isolation room? If no, why not? If yes,
what PPE would you need. - ✔✔Yes, a Health Scholar can enter. Need to wear a mask
gown and gloves
✔✔T/F When performing a log roll, I will raise all the rails on the side the patient turns
towards - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F While checking in on Mr. Bonferroni in room 321-1, he expresses great
discomfort and
asks to be repositioned to his left side. This is a task that requires no staff presence or
approval, so I can do this right away. - ✔✔F. Need 2 people to reposition. Tell nurse
before doing.
✔✔PHI includes what type of information? - ✔✔Information about a person's physical,
mental health, provided care and payment for that care.
✔✔What are three different types of PHI and what are examples for each? - ✔✔Written
PHI - Patient Chart and Patient Lab/X-ray Reports
o Ensure that PHI is not left on copy machines or desk tops.
