PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)
Reinforce a dressing. True
Apply a hot pack. False
Give an enema. False
Administer medication. False
Change a sterile dressing. False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. True
Give a rectal suppository. False
Give a tubal feeding. False
give insulin False
Cut Nails False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you work as part of the health care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: working under the supervision of a professional supervisor.
As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: do only the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before True
starting a procedure.
You only communicate through words. False
, PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)
Which of the following is important in communicating Courtesy, Tact , listening
with people:
Body language is: a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial expressions and the
eyes
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded giving an explanation of what is going to be done
by:
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned to Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation.
care for Mr. Goodway. Miss Harris
notices that she feels very angry when she is with Mr.
Goodway. What should Miss
Harris do because she feels this way?
A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing Notify the agency supervisor.
five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe
this. What should the PCA do?
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, True
legally, it was not done.
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the False
nurse is coming in two
days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to
your supervisor.
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient False
usually indicates the patient is
excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse.
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in Report it to the nursing supervisor.
three days: What should you do?
Which of these actions is the Personal Care Assistant Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medication.
permitted to take in relation to drug
administration?
When a patient complains of pain, what should the Ask the patient to describe the pain.
Personal Care Assistant do first?
Reinforce a dressing. True
Apply a hot pack. False
Give an enema. False
Administer medication. False
Change a sterile dressing. False
Assist with change of a colostomy bag. True
Give a rectal suppository. False
Give a tubal feeding. False
give insulin False
Cut Nails False
As a Personal Care Assistant, you work as part of the health care team.
When you work in the home, you will be: working under the supervision of a professional supervisor.
As Personal Care Assistant, it is your responsibility to: do only the tasks that the registered nurse or therapist assigns to you
In the home, it is important to be a good listener. True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before True
starting a procedure.
You only communicate through words. False
, PCA Competency Test (Georgia Exam)
Which of the following is important in communicating Courtesy, Tact , listening
with people:
Body language is: a way of communicating feelings by using the body, facial expressions and the
eyes
PCA care for a conscious patient should be preceded giving an explanation of what is going to be done
by:
Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assistant, is assigned to Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation.
care for Mr. Goodway. Miss Harris
notices that she feels very angry when she is with Mr.
Goodway. What should Miss
Harris do because she feels this way?
A patient accuses a Personal Care Assistant of stealing Notify the agency supervisor.
five dollars. The PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient does not believe
this. What should the PCA do?
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, True
legally, it was not done.
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdo� and the False
nurse is coming in two
days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to
your supervisor.
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient False
usually indicates the patient is
excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse.
The patient tells you he has not moved his bowels in Report it to the nursing supervisor.
three days: What should you do?
Which of these actions is the Personal Care Assistant Recording and reporting the patient's reaction to the medication.
permitted to take in relation to drug
administration?
When a patient complains of pain, what should the Ask the patient to describe the pain.
Personal Care Assistant do first?
