PCT Certification Exam Review Latest 2024
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A patient care technician should recognize the primary purpose of which of the following
agencies to provide guidelines that ensure safe work environments? - Correct Answer -
c. OSHA
A patient care technician is performing an EKG on a patient who is 1 day postoperative
following a right leg above the knee amputation. In which of the following places should
the technician place the right lower limb electrode? - Correct Answer - c. Right lower
abdomen
A patient care technician is concerned about the unethical behavior of a coworker. To
which of the following people should the technician report their concern? - Correct
Answer - a. The charge nurse
A patient care technician is caring for a patient with congestive heart failure. Which of
the following findings should be reported to the nurse immediately? - Correct Answer -
b. Swelling in the legs and feet
AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
A. annually
B. Monthly
C. semi-annually
D. quarterly. - Correct Answer - D. quarterly
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,A 58-year old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife. Which
of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when interacting with the
patient?
A. Avoid using phrases that refer to sight, such as "It looks like..."
B. Describe the activities in the immediate environment
C. Give instructions to his wife instead of him
D. Touch the patient before speaking to him - Correct Answer - B. Describe the activities
in the immediate environment
A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's hemodialysis
machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take?
A. Clean the machine surface at the end of treatment
B. Clean the machine surface immediately
C. Notify the equipment technician
D. Notify the nurse - Correct Answer - B. Clean the machine surface immediately
A dialysis technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor, which one poses
an environmental risk?
A. About one ounce (30ml) fluid is on the floor
B. A patient's family member is present during initiation of treatment
C. Charts are lying on bedside tables
D. The wheels of the hemodialysis machine are locked - Correct Answer - A. About one
ounce (30ml) fluid is on the floor
A female dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for several months. The
patient tells the dialysis technician that he is lonely and depressed. He asks the dialysis
technician to go out to dinner with him. In addition to politely declining the patient's
invitation, which of these actions, if any, should the dialysis technician take?
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,A. No further action is needed
B. Recommend an over-the-counter mood stimulant, such as St. John's Wort
C. Refer the patient to the social worker
D. Share the patient's need for socialization with other patients - Correct Answer - C.
Refer the patient to the social worker
A fistula connects
A. a vein to a vein
B. an artery and a vein to synthetic material
C. an artery to an artery
D. an artery to a vein. - Correct Answer - D. an artery to a vein.
A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer is
A. creatinine
B. nitrogen
C. urea
D. vitamin B12 - Correct Answer - D. vitamin B12
A mixed-bed DI tank contains
A. Anions and sediment.
B. Activated charcoal and anions.
C. Cations and anions.
D. Cations and minerals. - Correct Answer - C. Cations and anions.
A nephron is made up of:
A. A glomerulus and a tubule system
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, B. The bladder and the ureters
C. The cortex and a capsule
D. The loop of Henle and the capillary ball - Correct Answer - A. A glomerulus and a
tubule system
Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes the cap from the fistula needle
and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the needle. Which of these actions
should the technician take first?
A. Continue to cannulate with the needle
B. Discard the needle
C. Place the needle in alcohol for five minutes
D. Put on new PPE - Correct Answer - B. Discard the needle
Dialysate that is too hot will cause
A. air embolism
B. hemolysis
C. hypertension
D. hypokalemia - Correct Answer - B. hemolysis
Target weight is defined as the
A. difference between the last post weight and the pre weight for the present treatment
B. weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal
C. weight the patient wants to be
D. weight that the patient was at the end of their last dialysis treatment. - Correct
Answer - B. weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is
normal
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