PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN BOARD
EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED PASS
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● What are the steps he would take for setting up medications? Answer:
Wash hands
Perform any related assessments such as vital signs (include temperature
if patient is on antibiotic therapy; blood pressure and pulse before
cardiac medications; BP Pulse and respirations before narcotics or
barbiturates; blood sugar before oral diabetic meds and insulin
Obtain necessary equipment cups syringes
Unlock the med cart or login to the med select
Make sure patient is right in front of you before preparing medication
Follow the six rights of medication administration right patient identified
by asking name comparing picture on med sheet or verifying with
another staff right medication right dose right time per facility policy it
may be 30 to 60 minutes before or after designated time right route and
after administration of meds right documentation
Use gloves when handling meds to be crushed if order order
If dispensing liquids from a bottle place cup on flat surface that I leveled
and pour liquid into cup to the desired amount replace cap on bottle and
return to shelf or drawers
Wipe any liquid off the top of the bottle with a clean tissue replace cap
on bottle and return to shelf
,Check mouth to verify that oral meds followed
If administering by injection select stay on rotation schedule use insulin
syringe 27 gauge to 29 gauge IV insulinAnd one gauge to 25 gauge one
and a half inch syringes for IM injection
Wear gloves before administering and lock syringe after use and discard
and sharps container
● Nurse handover the keys to the med room and says she has to do an
assignment and would you administer some meds that are set up in a cup
Answer: Tell her that you cannot administer medications that another
person has set up offered to do the assignment for her so that she can
finish administering the medications that she has already set up
Refused to except keys to medication room
● You realize there is a mistake on the physicians orders what do you do
Answer: Hold the medication and do not administer dose until corrected
and clarified by the MD
Immediately contact the MD who wrote the order and ask for
clarification if the MD who wrote the order is not available call the
operator and ask for the mod medical officer of the day covering when
the regular MD is not available
Notify the pharmacy that correction of the order is pending
Notify the HSS, shift supervisor, unit supervisor, or resident manager if
at a DD facility
,● What would you do if you had a physician's order for haldol 50
milligrams Answer: Call the doctor and clarify the order as it is
incomplete and it is too high of a dose unless it is a weekly IM dose of
Haldol Decanoate
If the dose was already given in liquid concentrate or pill form before
the clarification was obtained complete a SIR report and report it to the
physician RN HSS and pharmacist
Monitor vital signs frequently and check for adverse effects especially
CNS depression
● What would you do if one patient tried to go AWOL while you were
escorting a group of patients Answer: Call corrections from the nearest
telephone and/or the nearest unit
Notify the unit where the patient resides the shift supervisor in the unit
physician as well as HSS
Call out to the client that is trying to AWOL and ask him or her to return
Stay with a group of patients and determine the direction in which the
AWOL patient is going
Completely a SIR and document in the patient's chart
● What would you do if you observe two patients and engaging in
sexual intercourse Answer: If I had a DD facility determine if consensual
redirect them if they are in an inappropriate place
Educate them about safe sex like the use of condomsAnd the
possibilities of contracting an STD including each
If at a forensics facility ask them to stop
, Report the incident to the patient's home unit groans present hospital
police shift supervisor Unit supervisors and complete an SI are the
rationaleFor this is to determine if one of the patients used force or
coercion to engage the other insects if so then a crime has been
committed and the other legal steps and have to be taken
● What would you do if a patient came to you and said by tomorrow I
will not be here Answer: Explore the following possibilities with the
patient some more is the patient going to court is the patient going to be
transferred is the patient expressing suicidal ideation and intent
If the patient is suicidal ask if he or she has a plan and take measures to
prevent that plan from being put into action
Check the patient for contraband like sharp objects and call confiscate
remember some objects may not be contraband but we could be used as
harm themselves if any personal items are confiscated a denial of rights
form must be completed and the protocol followed
Complete and SIR report and report to the shift lead and unit physician
Observe the patient closely every 15 minutes and keep them in line of
sight discuss an ID meeting the patient's needs
● Patient is upset and accuses another patient of taking his or her
belongings what would you do Answer: Remain calm and assess the
patient's level of hostility
Sure a patient that the staff will investigate the matter
Determine from the clothing card if the belongings are listed
Talk to the other patient and hear what they have to say about it
EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED PASS
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● What are the steps he would take for setting up medications? Answer:
Wash hands
Perform any related assessments such as vital signs (include temperature
if patient is on antibiotic therapy; blood pressure and pulse before
cardiac medications; BP Pulse and respirations before narcotics or
barbiturates; blood sugar before oral diabetic meds and insulin
Obtain necessary equipment cups syringes
Unlock the med cart or login to the med select
Make sure patient is right in front of you before preparing medication
Follow the six rights of medication administration right patient identified
by asking name comparing picture on med sheet or verifying with
another staff right medication right dose right time per facility policy it
may be 30 to 60 minutes before or after designated time right route and
after administration of meds right documentation
Use gloves when handling meds to be crushed if order order
If dispensing liquids from a bottle place cup on flat surface that I leveled
and pour liquid into cup to the desired amount replace cap on bottle and
return to shelf or drawers
Wipe any liquid off the top of the bottle with a clean tissue replace cap
on bottle and return to shelf
,Check mouth to verify that oral meds followed
If administering by injection select stay on rotation schedule use insulin
syringe 27 gauge to 29 gauge IV insulinAnd one gauge to 25 gauge one
and a half inch syringes for IM injection
Wear gloves before administering and lock syringe after use and discard
and sharps container
● Nurse handover the keys to the med room and says she has to do an
assignment and would you administer some meds that are set up in a cup
Answer: Tell her that you cannot administer medications that another
person has set up offered to do the assignment for her so that she can
finish administering the medications that she has already set up
Refused to except keys to medication room
● You realize there is a mistake on the physicians orders what do you do
Answer: Hold the medication and do not administer dose until corrected
and clarified by the MD
Immediately contact the MD who wrote the order and ask for
clarification if the MD who wrote the order is not available call the
operator and ask for the mod medical officer of the day covering when
the regular MD is not available
Notify the pharmacy that correction of the order is pending
Notify the HSS, shift supervisor, unit supervisor, or resident manager if
at a DD facility
,● What would you do if you had a physician's order for haldol 50
milligrams Answer: Call the doctor and clarify the order as it is
incomplete and it is too high of a dose unless it is a weekly IM dose of
Haldol Decanoate
If the dose was already given in liquid concentrate or pill form before
the clarification was obtained complete a SIR report and report it to the
physician RN HSS and pharmacist
Monitor vital signs frequently and check for adverse effects especially
CNS depression
● What would you do if one patient tried to go AWOL while you were
escorting a group of patients Answer: Call corrections from the nearest
telephone and/or the nearest unit
Notify the unit where the patient resides the shift supervisor in the unit
physician as well as HSS
Call out to the client that is trying to AWOL and ask him or her to return
Stay with a group of patients and determine the direction in which the
AWOL patient is going
Completely a SIR and document in the patient's chart
● What would you do if you observe two patients and engaging in
sexual intercourse Answer: If I had a DD facility determine if consensual
redirect them if they are in an inappropriate place
Educate them about safe sex like the use of condomsAnd the
possibilities of contracting an STD including each
If at a forensics facility ask them to stop
, Report the incident to the patient's home unit groans present hospital
police shift supervisor Unit supervisors and complete an SI are the
rationaleFor this is to determine if one of the patients used force or
coercion to engage the other insects if so then a crime has been
committed and the other legal steps and have to be taken
● What would you do if a patient came to you and said by tomorrow I
will not be here Answer: Explore the following possibilities with the
patient some more is the patient going to court is the patient going to be
transferred is the patient expressing suicidal ideation and intent
If the patient is suicidal ask if he or she has a plan and take measures to
prevent that plan from being put into action
Check the patient for contraband like sharp objects and call confiscate
remember some objects may not be contraband but we could be used as
harm themselves if any personal items are confiscated a denial of rights
form must be completed and the protocol followed
Complete and SIR report and report to the shift lead and unit physician
Observe the patient closely every 15 minutes and keep them in line of
sight discuss an ID meeting the patient's needs
● Patient is upset and accuses another patient of taking his or her
belongings what would you do Answer: Remain calm and assess the
patient's level of hostility
Sure a patient that the staff will investigate the matter
Determine from the clothing card if the belongings are listed
Talk to the other patient and hear what they have to say about it
