Patient Care Technician Practice Questions

Identify the rhythm:

Note there are no P waves, No QRS, baseline is wavy

The patient has no pulse, CPR and defibrillation required immediately!

• Ventricular Tachycardia (V-tach)

• Ventricular Fibrillation (V-fib)

• Asystole

• Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib)

The place where the electrical current starts and is considered the heart's pacemaker:

• Sino-atrial node 
• right atrium
• atria-ventricular node 
• left ventricle

A PCT is caring for a patient with significant hearing loss, which of the following actions should the technician take to communicate with the patient?

• Speak faster than usual when communicating

• Use a picture board to provide instructions

• Speak in a higher tone of voice

• Avoid facing the patient directly when speaking

A patient care technician is caring for a patient with a stage II pressure ulcer. Which of the following findings should the technician expect?

• skin that is intact and non-blanchable

• Tissue loss with exposed bone

• Blister-like appearance

• visible subcutaneous fat

A PCT enters the room of a patient who is receiving oxygen and finds the patient's nasal cannula on the floor. Which of the following actions should the technician take?

• Ensure the cannula's tubing is long enough and assist the patient to put it back on

• Check the cannula for damage, and if there is none, place it back on the patient

• Clean the cannula with soap and water and assist the patient to put it back on

• Obtain a new cannula, and place it on the patient

A PCT has a conflict with another technician. Which of the following actions should the technician take first?

• Inform a supervisor about the conflict

• Discuss these concerns with the other technician in private

• Inform the human resources about the conflict

• Discuss these concerns with the nurse manager

A nurse instructs a patient care technician to perform a procedure. The technician then considers whether the procedure is within their scope of practice. Which of the following five rights of delegation is the technician following?

• Right Task

• Right Circumstance

• Right Direction

• Right Supervision

Identify the heart rhythm in the picture.

Note the presence of P waves before each QRS complex.

• Bradycardia

• Normal Sinus Rhythm

• Junctional Rhythm

• Atrial Fibrillation

A PCT has orders to collect blood cultures, CBC, PTT, and an iron panel. He forgets to draw for the PTT. Which of the following actions should the technician take?

• Discard the specimens and redraw

• Keep the specimens collected and draw the PTT

• Call another technician and notify the supervisor

• Redraw blood cultures after drawing a discard tube

A patient care technician is providing instructions to a patient about using a walker. Which of the following instructions should the technician include?

• "Place the legs of the walker along the floor to move it forward"

• "When taking your first step, move the walker forward, then step forward"

• "Position the handgrips level to your hips"

• "Slide the legs of the walker along the floor to move it forward"