PCA COMPETENCY TEST (GEORGIA EXAM)
1. Reinforce a dressing. True
2. Apply a hot pack. False
3. Give an enema. False
4. Administer medication. False
5. Change a sterile dressing. False
6. Assist with change of a colostomy True
bag.
7. Give a rectal suppository. False
8. Give a tubal feeding. False
9. give insulin False
10. Cut Nails False
11. As a Personal Care Assistant, you work as part of the health care team.
12. When you work in the home, you will working under the supervision of a professional su-
be: pervisor.
13. As Personal Care Assistant, it is your do only the tasks that the registered nurse or thera-
responsibility to: pist assigns to you
14. In the home, it is important to be a True
good listener.
15. Always tell the patient what you are True
going to do before starting a proce-
dure.
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16. You only communicate through False
words.
17. Which of the following is important Courtesy, Tact , listening
in communicating with people:
18. Body language is: a way of communicating feelings by using the body,
facial expressions and the eyes
19. PCA care for a conscious patient giving an explanation of what is going to be done
should be preceded by:
20. Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assis- Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation.
tant, is assigned to care for Mr.
Goodway. Miss Harris
notices that she feels very angry
when she is with Mr. Goodway. What
should Miss
Harris do because she feels this
way?
21. A patient accuses a Personal Care Notify the agency supervisor.
Assistant of stealing five dollars. The
PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient
does not believe this. What should
the PCA do?
22. If you do not chart a task that you do True
for a patient, legally, it was not done.
23. If the patient has a new area of skin False
breakdo� and the nurse is coming
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1. Reinforce a dressing. True
2. Apply a hot pack. False
3. Give an enema. False
4. Administer medication. False
5. Change a sterile dressing. False
6. Assist with change of a colostomy True
bag.
7. Give a rectal suppository. False
8. Give a tubal feeding. False
9. give insulin False
10. Cut Nails False
11. As a Personal Care Assistant, you work as part of the health care team.
12. When you work in the home, you will working under the supervision of a professional su-
be: pervisor.
13. As Personal Care Assistant, it is your do only the tasks that the registered nurse or thera-
responsibility to: pist assigns to you
14. In the home, it is important to be a True
good listener.
15. Always tell the patient what you are True
going to do before starting a proce-
dure.
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, PCA COMPETENCY TEST (GEORGIA EXAM)
16. You only communicate through False
words.
17. Which of the following is important Courtesy, Tact , listening
in communicating with people:
18. Body language is: a way of communicating feelings by using the body,
facial expressions and the eyes
19. PCA care for a conscious patient giving an explanation of what is going to be done
should be preceded by:
20. Miss Harris, a Personal Care Assis- Talk with the agency supervisor about the situation.
tant, is assigned to care for Mr.
Goodway. Miss Harris
notices that she feels very angry
when she is with Mr. Goodway. What
should Miss
Harris do because she feels this
way?
21. A patient accuses a Personal Care Notify the agency supervisor.
Assistant of stealing five dollars. The
PCA has not taken
the patient's money, but the patient
does not believe this. What should
the PCA do?
22. If you do not chart a task that you do True
for a patient, legally, it was not done.
23. If the patient has a new area of skin False
breakdo� and the nurse is coming
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