PCT CERTIFICATION EXAM STUDY
GUIDE CORRECT 100%
heatlhy - ANSWERto be without disease
Patient Care Technician - ANSWERnursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - ANSWERstrategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - ANSWERphysician
ombudsman - ANSWERsomeone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are
maintained in the long-term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - ANSWERto protect person's rights to privacy of
protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? - ANSWERsecondary
prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the
underserved? - ANSWERnegative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - ANSWERmembers are no longer denied
coverage if they have a preexisting condition
When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered
________. - ANSWERcross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. -
ANSWERFalse
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? -
ANSWERif the patient has signed a release indicating which family members are
allowed to receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. -
ANSWERdetrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - ANSWERneat and able to be read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - ANSWERcourteous
, True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills
performed as a PCT? - ANSWERFalse
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - ANSWERa high school
diploma
How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT
certification? - ANSWER10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate
schedule the third exam? - ANSWER30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - ANSWERthe candidate
taking the exam
True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a
patient, the patient should know what that means. - ANSWERFalse
Culturally Competent - ANSWERdescribes a person who is aware of their own cultural
beliefs, the beliefs and practices of other cultures, and has the ability to interact
effectively with people from other cultures
The PCT knows that one of the best defenses against a lawsuit is for a nurse to ....? -
ANSWERpromise a positive relationship with the patient
The PCT believes that all patients should be treated as individuals. The ethnic principle
that this belief reflects is...? - ANSWERautonomy
Autonomy - ANSWERall patients should be treated as individuals
Beneficence - ANSWERDoing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
Nonmaleficence - ANSWERduty to do no harm
What is the purpose of an advanced directive? - ANSWERhelp every person exercise
the right to die with dignity
Advanced Directive - ANSWERa legal document prepared by a living, competent adult
instructing what to do if the individual should become unable to make decisions
regarding his or her medical care
The PCT knows that all patients have the right to nursing interventions regardless of
their race, religion, or gender. The ethical principle that best describes this concept is
________? - ANSWERjustice
GUIDE CORRECT 100%
heatlhy - ANSWERto be without disease
Patient Care Technician - ANSWERnursing assistant with advanced skills
Health Promotion - ANSWERstrategies that try to prevent illness from occuring
Who delegates tasks to a PCT? - ANSWERphysician
ombudsman - ANSWERsomeone who seeks to ensure that resident rights are
maintained in the long-term setting
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - ANSWERto protect person's rights to privacy of
protected information
Encouraging mammogram screening is an example of what? - ANSWERsecondary
prevention strategy
Are increasing poverty rates a negative or positive impact on healthcare for the
underserved? - ANSWERnegative
A benefit of the Affordable Care Act is...? - ANSWERmembers are no longer denied
coverage if they have a preexisting condition
When a person can work in multiple areas and in multiple roles they are considered
________. - ANSWERcross-trained
True or False: A PCT can share pictures/info of a patient on social media. -
ANSWERFalse
At which point can the PCT give test results to the patient's family members? -
ANSWERif the patient has signed a release indicating which family members are
allowed to receive patient information
To say that something that is obviously harmful to someone is said to be _______. -
ANSWERdetrimental
Documentation on a patient's record must be...? - ANSWERneat and able to be read
To be professional, the PCT should act in what way? - ANSWERcourteous
, True or False: the skills performed by the nursing assistant are the same skills
performed as a PCT? - ANSWERFalse
To be able to take the PCT certification test, one must have...? - ANSWERa high school
diploma
How many hours of continuing education is required before one can renew the PCT
certification? - ANSWER10
If one does not pass the second PCT certification exam, how soon can the candidate
schedule the third exam? - ANSWER30 days
Who is responsible for paying for the PCT certification exam? - ANSWERthe candidate
taking the exam
True or False: If the PCT uses jargon to describe what the specimen looks like to a
patient, the patient should know what that means. - ANSWERFalse
Culturally Competent - ANSWERdescribes a person who is aware of their own cultural
beliefs, the beliefs and practices of other cultures, and has the ability to interact
effectively with people from other cultures
The PCT knows that one of the best defenses against a lawsuit is for a nurse to ....? -
ANSWERpromise a positive relationship with the patient
The PCT believes that all patients should be treated as individuals. The ethnic principle
that this belief reflects is...? - ANSWERautonomy
Autonomy - ANSWERall patients should be treated as individuals
Beneficence - ANSWERDoing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
Nonmaleficence - ANSWERduty to do no harm
What is the purpose of an advanced directive? - ANSWERhelp every person exercise
the right to die with dignity
Advanced Directive - ANSWERa legal document prepared by a living, competent adult
instructing what to do if the individual should become unable to make decisions
regarding his or her medical care
The PCT knows that all patients have the right to nursing interventions regardless of
their race, religion, or gender. The ethical principle that best describes this concept is
________? - ANSWERjustice
