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