NHA PCT –REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U waves on the EKG CORRECT ANSWER A decreased potassium level cause U waves to become visible on the EKKG A patient care technician is assigned to perform hourly, point-of-care testing for a patient who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions should the technician take? CORRECT ANSWER Use the facility's glucometer to perform the glucose tests on the patient A patient care technician is weighing a patient using a mechanical scale. Which of the following actions should the technician take? CORRECT ANSWER Verify that the scale is balanced and the weights are set to zero before weighing the patient A patient care technician is in the cafeteria during lunch and sees a visitor that appears to be choking. Which of the following actions should the technician take first? CORRECT ANSWER Ask the visitor if she is able to speak A patient care technician is making an open bed for a patient. Which of the following actions should the technician take? CORRECT ANSWER Fanfold the top linens at the foot of the bed A patient care technician is preparing to clean metal instruments that were used to remove the staples from a patient's surgical wound. Which of the following actions should the technician take to destroy micro-organisms and spores on the metal instruments? CORRECT ANSWER Place the instruments in an autoclave and steam them under pressure or moist heat. A patients care technician is transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair using a gait belt. Which of the following actions should the technician take? CORRECT ANSWER Secure the gait belt around the patient's waist A patient care technician is caring for a patient who is to undergo an exercise stress test the next morning. The technician should expect the patient to receive which of the following instructions? CORRECT ANSWER Eat a light meal 2 hours prior to taking the test A patient care technician documents a patient's vital signs using a bedside electronic health record (EHR) system. The technician should identify that which of the following is the primary advantage of a bedside EHR system? CORRECT ANSWER It makes information immediately available to the health care team