COPE Health Scholars Written Exam
After Log-Rolling a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWER: Bedsores
Things to Remember When Ambulating a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Check outside door for "High Fall Risk" sign.
• Check for yellow socks, indicating high fall risk.
• Ask 3 questions:
1. Have you walked within the last 12 hours?
2. Have you walked on this floor before?
3. Where would you like to walk?
• Ask the patient if they are dizzy when standing up.
• Report to the nurse the distance walked and the patient’s mobility/speed.
Things to Remember When Positioning a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Never leave the bedside unattended without raising the rails.
• Never have 4 rails up at a time.
• When log-rolling, ALWAYS check for bedsores.
Things to Remember When Making an Occupied Bed
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Change gloves before handling clean linens.
• Check for bedsores when log-rolling.
• Wipe down mattress and pillow with Sani-wipes (leave for 2 minutes).
, • Tuck clean linen UNDERNEATH dirty linen.
Things to Remember When Toileting a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Close curtains for privacy.
• Catch the filled bedpan when log-rolling to prevent spills.
• Wipe from front to back, one wipe per swipe.
• Check for bedsores when log-rolling.
• Change the trash bag after disposing of used wipes.
Things to Remember When Bathing a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Close the curtains.
• Ask if the water is too hot.
• Use the backhand technique when washing under breasts.
• Change wipes after washing genitals, legs, back, and anal area.
Things to Remember When Transferring a Patient (Bed to Wheelchair)
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Wipe wheelchair before and after use.
• Lock the wheelchair.
• Ask if the patient is dizzy after standing.
• Ask if they left any belongings in the room.
• Check out with the HUC (Health Unit Coordinator).
• Mention the HCAHPS survey to the patient.
Things to Remember When Transferring a Patient (Bed to Gurney)
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
After Log-Rolling a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWER: Bedsores
Things to Remember When Ambulating a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Check outside door for "High Fall Risk" sign.
• Check for yellow socks, indicating high fall risk.
• Ask 3 questions:
1. Have you walked within the last 12 hours?
2. Have you walked on this floor before?
3. Where would you like to walk?
• Ask the patient if they are dizzy when standing up.
• Report to the nurse the distance walked and the patient’s mobility/speed.
Things to Remember When Positioning a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Never leave the bedside unattended without raising the rails.
• Never have 4 rails up at a time.
• When log-rolling, ALWAYS check for bedsores.
Things to Remember When Making an Occupied Bed
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Change gloves before handling clean linens.
• Check for bedsores when log-rolling.
• Wipe down mattress and pillow with Sani-wipes (leave for 2 minutes).
, • Tuck clean linen UNDERNEATH dirty linen.
Things to Remember When Toileting a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Close curtains for privacy.
• Catch the filled bedpan when log-rolling to prevent spills.
• Wipe from front to back, one wipe per swipe.
• Check for bedsores when log-rolling.
• Change the trash bag after disposing of used wipes.
Things to Remember When Bathing a Patient
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Close the curtains.
• Ask if the water is too hot.
• Use the backhand technique when washing under breasts.
• Change wipes after washing genitals, legs, back, and anal area.
Things to Remember When Transferring a Patient (Bed to Wheelchair)
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
• Wipe wheelchair before and after use.
• Lock the wheelchair.
• Ask if the patient is dizzy after standing.
• Ask if they left any belongings in the room.
• Check out with the HUC (Health Unit Coordinator).
• Mention the HCAHPS survey to the patient.
Things to Remember When Transferring a Patient (Bed to Gurney)
✅ CORRECT ANSWERS:
