PCT Chapters 1-13 Questions and Answers
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Which is one of the most common physical places which confidentiality is breached?
Elevators.
An obstruction to professionalism could be... bringing personal problems to the office.
A PCT might be terminated for... consistent tardiness, insubordination, and substance
abuse.
The potential to abuse alcohol is partially... inherited.
When the body needs or thinks it needs a drug to function normally, this is called..
dependence.
What does documentation of type of care, time of care, and signature of the person prove?
Interventions were implemented to meet the patient's needs.
, What form is used when events are not consistent with facility or national standards of expected
care? Incident report.
What is the PCT required to do to adhere to the concept of confidentiality for the patient's
medical record? Have a clinical reason for reading the record?
What is the purpose of quality assurance? To evaluate care results against accepted
standards.
Who is the legal owner of the patient's medical records? Institution.
When using computerized documentation, which process should the PCT use to ensure that the
next person is unable to view their documentation? Logging off.
Although the patient denies pain, the PCT observes the patient breathing rapidly with clenched
fists and facial grimacing. What is the PCT's best response to these observations? "What
you are saying and what I am observing don't seem to match."
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Which is one of the most common physical places which confidentiality is breached?
Elevators.
An obstruction to professionalism could be... bringing personal problems to the office.
A PCT might be terminated for... consistent tardiness, insubordination, and substance
abuse.
The potential to abuse alcohol is partially... inherited.
When the body needs or thinks it needs a drug to function normally, this is called..
dependence.
What does documentation of type of care, time of care, and signature of the person prove?
Interventions were implemented to meet the patient's needs.
, What form is used when events are not consistent with facility or national standards of expected
care? Incident report.
What is the PCT required to do to adhere to the concept of confidentiality for the patient's
medical record? Have a clinical reason for reading the record?
What is the purpose of quality assurance? To evaluate care results against accepted
standards.
Who is the legal owner of the patient's medical records? Institution.
When using computerized documentation, which process should the PCT use to ensure that the
next person is unable to view their documentation? Logging off.
Although the patient denies pain, the PCT observes the patient breathing rapidly with clenched
fists and facial grimacing. What is the PCT's best response to these observations? "What
you are saying and what I am observing don't seem to match."
