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This is the fourth in a series of sample questions to help you understand how they were developed, and why one answer choice will be better than the others, even if the others seem plausible.
As stated on the Taking the Exam Page, the exam was built using the Competencies and Best Practices Document as well as the Ethics Statement.
Sample Question #4:
Your patient-client needs to be hospitalized for an elective procedure. You know the hospital she has been assigned to has a bad infection rate. As her advocate, you:
- Show evidence of the hospital’s infection rate to your patient-client, then suggest other options like a discussion with her doctor, or finding another doctor who can perform the procedure at another hospital, letting her decide what she would like to do next.
- Help her get her paperwork together, make sure she has her insurance cards in hand, and drive her to the hospital on the day of admission.
- Discuss the hospital’s infection rate with her doctor, and ask him to make different arrangements for his patient / your client.
- Suggest that since the procedure is elective, and since infections are dangerous, she just forget about the whole thing.
Best answer: A
Rationale: Domain 5:f, of the Competencies and Best Practices states, “Promote safe care and the patient’s awareness of patient safety issues at all times, which may include but are not limited to diagnostic accuracy, and prevention of hospital-acquired infections, pharmaceutical and biologic drug or medical device errors, care coordination errors, radiologic (imaging) errors, and other potential health care related hazards and errors.”
That must be paired with Domain 2: e: “Respect the right of clients to make their own decisions.”
Answers B, C, and D all violate those two tenets.
More information:
- See the Competencies Document: https://pacboard.org/documents/PACB-Competencies-final-10.10.17.pdf
- Ethics: https://pacboard.org/documents/PACB-Ethics.pdf
Hi,
I’m trying to find out more about your online class to study for exam. Is there an online class?
Where would I take the exam?
Hi Amy, PACB is the certifying body for the BCPA credential. As such, we do not offer any educational programs. The exam handbook lists a variety of membership organizations, some of which do offer education. You can find that document on this page: https://pacboard.org/exam/
As for testing locations, you would select a test site that’s conveniently located near you. PACB works with Professional Testing Corporation who utilizes the PSI network of testing centers across the country. You can take a look at potential test center locations at this link: https://candidate.psiexams.com/testdate/testdate.jsp
I hope that helps. If you have other questions, please let us know.