Info to study for NOCTI’s
Written Exam 220 questions – 2 days
Basic Nursing Skills: (36%)
1. Care of clients when death is imminent
· Attitude toward death: culture religion
· Stages of dying
· Own feeling
· Postmortem care
· Assist roommate and family’ role
2. Measuring, recording, reporting
· I&O, HT/Wt, VS
· Normal /abnormal
3. Providing a safe/clean environment
· Identify client’s need for clean/comfortable environment
· Report unsafe conditions/equipment
· Basic safety interventions
· Apply maintain Safety devices
4. Recognizing abnormal signs/symptoms
of disease/conditions and report
· Respiratory System Nervous System
· Diabetes Skin Problems
· UTI’s Digestive System
· Cardiac System
5. Using Appropriate and effective communication
· Verbal/nonverbal Objective/subjective
· Observations Client’s record
· Client’s stage of development
6. Understanding basic principles of Infection control
· How diseases are transmitted
· Hand washing technique
· Disinfecting solutions/uses
· Universal precautions/isolations/blood borne pathogens
7. Assisting with basic Emergencies:
· Accident prevention
· Clearing obstructed airway/signs
· Follow disaster plan
· Report emergencies accurately
· Identify potential fire hazards
· Recognize code status and begin CPR
· Summons help when encountering emergencies: convulsive disorders, loss of consciousness, falls, hemorrhage- assist with client until help arrives
Personal Care Skills: (27%)
1. Client bathing
· Privacy
· Perform and / Assist with bathing
· Oral hygiene conscious/unconscious
2. Client grooming
· Shaving, hair, nail, personal preference
3. Client dressing
· Privacy/ independence, assist with dressing
4. Client toileting
· Perform cath care, assist with bathroom, commode, urinal, bedpan
5. Nutrition, hydration, and feeding
· Principles of nutrition
· Special diet
· Serve or feed; distribute nourishment/water
· Swallowing disorders
· Arrange food on tray with visual problems
6. Client skin care
· Observe/report condition
· Prevention of decubitus ulcers; turning, positioning
· Promoting /maintain good skin care-applying various protective devices
7. Bedmaking
· Occupied/unoccupied
8. Client medical care
· Apply hot/cold
· Apply non-sterile dressing/compresses, soaks
Mental Health and Social Needs: (9%)
1. Psychosocial characteristics of populations
· Clients with mental retardations, mental illness, dementia, Alzheimer’s
2. Modification of inappropriate client behavior
· Reality orientation
· Communication with agitated/ frighten clients
· Repetitive behaviors
3. Developmental tasks
· Early Adulthood (22- 30) through Old Age (65+)
· Age appropriate care
· Promoting independences – ADL’s
· Behavior management
· Family as support
· Affects of age, illness/disabilities on sexuality
Clients Rights: (10%)
1. Privacy /confidentially
2. Personal choices
3. Grievances
4. Client and family group participation
5. Personal possessions
6. Abuse, mistreatment, neglect
7. Physical/Chemical restraints
Employability Skills: (7%)
1. Acquiring and Maintaining a job
· Appropriate conduct/communication for an interview
· Appropriate job related behavior
· Resource documents
· Time /resource management
· Continuing Education
Basic Restorative Devices: (11%)
1. Use of Restorative Devices
· Ambulation aids; canes, walkers, braces, crutches
· Assist with Wheelchairs/transfer aids
· Assistive Devices for eating/drinking/dressing/undressing
· Care and use of prosthetic devices
2. Range of Motion
· Perform ROM
· Assist with dangling, standing, walking
· Proper turning/positioning in bed/chair
· Proper body mechanics
3. Client transfer
· Transfer form client from bed to chair, bed to bed
4. Bowel/bladder training
· Assist with training
SKILLS: Will be a practical, timed examination performed in the Nursing Lab. This will take place over a period of 3 days.
· Vitals Signs
· Barrier Techniques
· Wheelchair Use
· Occupied Bed making
· Complete Bed Bath