The charge applied to a prescription should NOT cover
A) the cost of the ingredients
B) the time needed by the pharmacy staff
C) the number of refills for the prescription
D) the cost of inventory maintenance
C
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Your patient is a three-year-old female who is unresponsive from ingesting several tablets of a tricyclic antidepressant. You are transporting her to the nearest hospital, which is 30 minutes away. Due to the child's lack of a gag reflex, you are preparing to intubate. If time allows before attempting laryngoscopy, you should have an assistant ventilate the child with 100 percent oxygen for:
A) 30 seconds. B) 2 minutes. C) 5 minutes. D) 1 minute.
You are called to the home of a 75-year-old patient in end-stage lung cancer. A 24-hour home hospice health care provider is on scene and states she called because the patient is experiencing increasing dyspnea. The patient is on home oxygen at 4 liters per minute. The patient has a signed DNR order that specifies no intubation, CPR, or medications. Your assessment brings you to conclude that
this patient is in acute CHF. What would be the best course of action in this situation? A) Ignore the DNR because the patient is not in cardiac arrest. B) Call your medical control and consult. C) Give the home health care provider a nonrebreather mask and have her sign a release. D) Explain to the patient that the need for immediate care is indicated and that simple measures could ease the dyspnea.
Medication errors must be documented in the medical record with:
A) the initials of the physician in charge B) a pen containing indelible ink C) the signature of the individual who made the error D) the initials of the medical office administrator
Finding the code in the ICD's Alphabetic Index is which step of analyzing and locating the correct ICD?
A. step 1 B. step 2 C. step 3 D. step 4