NHA PCT EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff - ANS ... ex: bathing,
bed making, catheter care, transfer, assisting with ALDs
Provide emotional support for patients and their families while performing patient
care - ANS ...
Support the coping mechanisms of patients and their families who are dealing with
grief, death, or are dying. - ANS ...
Set up equipment to be used by the patient - ANS ... ex: oxygen, alternating
pressure mattresses
Provide patient care for a patient with a feeding tube - ANS ... ex: aspiration
precautions, observe tubing for kinks or problems
Perform care related to the special needs patient - ANS ... ex: physically, sensory,
cognitively, or mentally impaired
Report any new changes in a patients' condition - ANS ... ex: level of consciousness,
shortness of breath
Monitor and record functions related to digestion - ANS ... ex: bowel movements,
percentage of meal eaten
, Monitor, record, and accurately measure intake/ output - ANS ... ex: urine, emesis,
wound drainage
Assist in admission, discharge, and/or transfer of the patient to another unit or
facility - ANS ...
Follow the established restorative plan of care ordered for the patient - ANS ...
Perform passive Range of Motion (ROM) for the patient - ANS ...
Assist with restorative rehabilitation activities - ANS ... ex: bowel and bladder
retraining
Use adaptive devices for activities of daily living - ANS ... ex: feeding and dressing
devices
Keep patient area clean - ANS ...
Remove peripheral IVs - ANS ...
Perform dressing changes - ANS ... a) sterile
b)aseptic
Transfer the patient using a mechanical lift - ANS ...
Manually lift and transfer the patient - ANS ...
Apply immobility splints to patients - ANS ...
Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff - ANS ... ex: bathing,
bed making, catheter care, transfer, assisting with ALDs
Provide emotional support for patients and their families while performing patient
care - ANS ...
Support the coping mechanisms of patients and their families who are dealing with
grief, death, or are dying. - ANS ...
Set up equipment to be used by the patient - ANS ... ex: oxygen, alternating
pressure mattresses
Provide patient care for a patient with a feeding tube - ANS ... ex: aspiration
precautions, observe tubing for kinks or problems
Perform care related to the special needs patient - ANS ... ex: physically, sensory,
cognitively, or mentally impaired
Report any new changes in a patients' condition - ANS ... ex: level of consciousness,
shortness of breath
Monitor and record functions related to digestion - ANS ... ex: bowel movements,
percentage of meal eaten
, Monitor, record, and accurately measure intake/ output - ANS ... ex: urine, emesis,
wound drainage
Assist in admission, discharge, and/or transfer of the patient to another unit or
facility - ANS ...
Follow the established restorative plan of care ordered for the patient - ANS ...
Perform passive Range of Motion (ROM) for the patient - ANS ...
Assist with restorative rehabilitation activities - ANS ... ex: bowel and bladder
retraining
Use adaptive devices for activities of daily living - ANS ... ex: feeding and dressing
devices
Keep patient area clean - ANS ...
Remove peripheral IVs - ANS ...
Perform dressing changes - ANS ... a) sterile
b)aseptic
Transfer the patient using a mechanical lift - ANS ...
Manually lift and transfer the patient - ANS ...
Apply immobility splints to patients - ANS ...
