PCT EXAM 2025 LATEST UPDATE
Fall risk patients must have... - ANSWER- Yellow double gripper socks
- Yellow fall risk magnet on door
- Yellow fall risk patient
What does COIN stand for? - ANSWERContinuous Observation Intervention by Nursing
How is temperature routinely taken? - ANSWERTympanic (ear)
Restraints are attached to ? - ANSWERNon-movable areas of bed
Different types of restraints - ANSWERphysical, chemical, environmental
Febrile - ANSWERTemperature greater than 100
First and most important interaction - ANSWERWashing hands
For fall risk how many rails on bed must be up at all times - ANSWER3
Normal Tympanic Temperature - ANSWER98.6 F
How long should irregular rates be checked ? - ANSWEROne minute
Best way to take a patients pulse - ANSWERHave them sit up
Tachycardia - ANSWERheart rate above 100 bpm
Bradycardia - ANSWERheart rate less than 60 bpm
Radial artery - ANSWERpulse at the wrist
Brachial artery - ANSWERBetween arm inner bend
carotid artery - ANSWERneck
Apical Artery - ANSWERchest
Necessary to take pulse ox? - ANSWER- area must have circulation
- area must be free of moisture
normal range of pulse oximetry - ANSWERHigh 90s
Ostomy - ANSWERsurgical opening created in abdomen to divert and allow stool and/or
urine to exit the body
Fall risk patients must have... - ANSWER- Yellow double gripper socks
- Yellow fall risk magnet on door
- Yellow fall risk patient
What does COIN stand for? - ANSWERContinuous Observation Intervention by Nursing
How is temperature routinely taken? - ANSWERTympanic (ear)
Restraints are attached to ? - ANSWERNon-movable areas of bed
Different types of restraints - ANSWERphysical, chemical, environmental
Febrile - ANSWERTemperature greater than 100
First and most important interaction - ANSWERWashing hands
For fall risk how many rails on bed must be up at all times - ANSWER3
Normal Tympanic Temperature - ANSWER98.6 F
How long should irregular rates be checked ? - ANSWEROne minute
Best way to take a patients pulse - ANSWERHave them sit up
Tachycardia - ANSWERheart rate above 100 bpm
Bradycardia - ANSWERheart rate less than 60 bpm
Radial artery - ANSWERpulse at the wrist
Brachial artery - ANSWERBetween arm inner bend
carotid artery - ANSWERneck
Apical Artery - ANSWERchest
Necessary to take pulse ox? - ANSWER- area must have circulation
- area must be free of moisture
normal range of pulse oximetry - ANSWERHigh 90s
Ostomy - ANSWERsurgical opening created in abdomen to divert and allow stool and/or
urine to exit the body