An inadvertent privacy breach would be:

A. not reporting a privacy breach.
B. a report in the wrong patient chart.
C. not notifying the patient a breach had happened.
D. all of these.


Answer: B

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You are called to a construction site on a hot and humid day for a male patient with a heat emergency. On scene, you find a 49-year-old man who is responsive to verbal stimuli. Coworkers state that the patient had been moving concrete blocks all day in the hot weather and had not rested, eaten, or had anything to drink in the past two hours. During the primary assessment, you note the patient's airway to be open and breathing rapid but adequate. His radial pulse is rapid and bounding, and his skin is hot and dry. Which of these findings makes this patient a priority for immediate and rapid transport?

A) Bounding pulse B) Altered mental status C) Hot and dry skin D) Tachypneic respirations

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A report that describes the course of a patient's hospital stay is the ______________. ?

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The use of a transfer belt is contraindicated in patients who are pregnant or have an ostomy, abdominal pacemaker, or severe cardiac or respiratory disease

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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