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What are the 10 R's of administering a medication? Correct Answer: Right patient Right medication Right dose Right time Right route Right education Right to refuse Right assessment Right evaluation Right documentation A winged or butterfly set is used for patients that have? Correct Answer: fragile veins When drawing blood what should you have your patient do? Correct Answer: make a fist The sims position is the best position to put a patient obtain a? Correct Answer: rect...

A primary benefit of numeric filing is Correct Answer: Patient confidentiality is preserved If a patient is unresponsive, which of the following should be assessed first Correct Answer: Respiration The receptionist responsible for opening the medical office must arrive how long before office hours begins Correct Answer: 15-20 mins What information is obtained from a completed daysheet Correct Answer: Accounts receivable data What organism commonly causes toxic shock syndrome Corr...

A prefix is Correct Answer: A word structure at the beginning of a term that modifies the root which of the following suffixes means "inflammation"? Correct Answer: -itis The abbrevation for the word diagnosis is Correct Answer: Dx Which of the following prefixes is matched correctly with its meaning? Correct Answer: peri/around The prefix ab- means Correct Answer: away from The combining for is the Correct Answer: combining vowel which of the following suffixes means ...

The measurement of packed red blood cells in relation to total blood volume Correct Answer: Hematocrit Malpractice suits Correct Answer: Civil law Medicare Part B Correct Answer: Covers certain doctor services, outpatient care, medical supplies and preventative services Electrocardiogram Correct Answer: recording of electrical action of the heart in relation to time Systolic blood pressure Correct Answer: Pressure against the artery wall when the ventricles contract Child's ...

A patient with a rapid pulse had bradycardia Correct Answer: False Water-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K Correct Answer: False Carbon dioxide is a waste product of metabolism Correct Answer: True Some states consider it legal for medical assistants to diagnose a condition and prescribe treatment Correct Answer: False It is illegal for a patient to be denied a copy of his chart if he is unable to pay the fee to obtain it Correct Answer: True A physician cannot be held resp...

A Material Safety Data Sheet includes Correct Answer: Information on the hazardous materials in the office. How soon should a patient be greeted upon entering the medical office? Correct Answer: Within 3 minutes. CLIA classifies laboratories into how many categories? Correct Answer: 3 The QRS complex Correct Answer: contraction of the ventricles What instrument measures Intraocular Pressure (IOP)? Correct Answer: Tanometer Tissue death due to lack of blood supply & O2 Correct...

The threat of touching someone without permission is called? Correct Answer: assault Which of the following terms refers to a condition of insufficient blood-clotting cells? Correct Answer: Thrombocytopenia Which of the following foods does NOT represent carbohydrates? Correct Answer: Fish (protein) According to Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, most individuals who experience the impending death of a loved one will initially experience which of the following emotions as part of the grievin...

Which of the following is the body system through which a microorganism enters if it enters the blood supply? a. Respiratory b. Gastrointestinal c. Integumentary d. Vascular Correct Answer: Vascular What legally determines how test results are communicated? a. Local law b. HIPAA c. State law d. Federal law Correct Answer: HIPAA A Treponema pallidum antibodies blood test is positive. What condition does this indicate? a. Obesity b. Prostate cancer c. Muscular dystrophies ...

Which of the following planes divides the body into anterior and posterior portions? saggital median midsaggital transverse frontal plane Correct Answer: transverse Which of the following systems pumps and distributes blood throughout the body? nervous respiatory sensory cardiovascular intemumentary Correct Answer: cardiovascular The 4 major types of tissue in the body are muscle, nervous, epithelial, and connective nervous, connective, vascular, and epithelial epithel...

When performing a differential white blood cell count a basophil will be recognized by Correct Answer: Large blue to purple staining granules When collecting specimens for a blood cells count, you would use a tube that contains Correct Answer: Anticoagulant The liquid portion of whole blood after the blood has been allowed to clot and solid and liquid portion separated Correct Answer: Serum When performing a finger puncture the first drop of blood should be.. Correct Answer: wiped a...