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CPCT/A Patient Care Exam Test Prep - Question List

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126. What is the duodenum responsible for?
  1. Breaking down food in the small intestines
  2. Cleans the blood
  3. Creates bile
  4. Absorbs oxygen
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127. During the end-of-shift report, the nurse informed the patient care technician that a client of Jewish faith requested for a strict kosher diet, and arrangements have been made in the dietary department. At lunchtime, which of the following meal trays would be appropriate for the patient care technician to serve said client?
  1. Pork roast, rice, vegetables, mixed fruit, milk
  2. Crab salad on a croissant, vegetables with dip, potato salad, milk
  3. Sweet and sour chicken with rice and vegetables, mixed fruit, juice
  4. Fettuccini Alfredo with shrimp and vegetables, salad, mixed fruit, iced tea
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128. When taking radial pulse, a patient care technician should do all of the following except:
  1. Point the patient's palms downward.
  2. Use the thumb to palpate the artery.
  3. Use two to three fingertips to palpate the pulse at the inner wrist.
  4. Assess the pulse rate, rhythm, volume, and bilateral equality.
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129. Situation: Judy Montgomery, an 85-year-old client with Alzheimer's disease, developed a serious complication of pneumonia and is now attached to a respirator.

Knowing that for a comatose client, hearing is the last sense to be lost. As Judy's patient care technician all through her stay in the hospice, what should you do?
  1. Tell her family that probably she can't hear them.
  2. Talk loudly so that Judy can hear you.
  3. Tell her family who are in the room not to talk.
  4. Speak softly then hold her hands gently.
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130. Justine (CMA) was instructed by the staff nurse to elevate the client’s left limb, which is in a cast, to prevent swelling. Which of the following actions indicates that Justine is elevating the limb with the cast correctly?
  1. She places the limb with the cast above the level of the heart.
  2. She places the limb with a cast close to the body.
  3. She places the limb with the cast below the level of the heart.
  4. She places the limb with the cast at the level of the heart.
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