What is the first step in evaluating patients for participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation pro-gram?
a. Complete blood gas analysis
b. Complete patient history
c. Cardiopulmonary stress test
d. Pulmonary function testing
ANS: B
Patient evaluation begins with a complete patient history: medical, psychological, vocational, and social.
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a. Water trap b. High-pressure alarm c. Emergency inlet valve d. Low-pressure alarm
The general rule when purchasing an air monitor is to figure one-____ of the purchase price into the department's annual budget for upkeep and repairs.
A. fifth B. quarter C. third D. half
Ethnicity refers to a human population that is considered distinct based on physical characteristics, such as White, Black, or Latino
A. True B. False
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Upon finishing the morning run of urinalysis specimens, the technologist left the specimens at the bench and returned to the chemistry department. Seeing the urinalysis results, the physician calls at 12:00 pm to add a urine culture to the patient's orders. At 1:00 pm the urine specimen is sent to Microbiology for processing and should be A) plated to sheep blood and MacConkey agars using a calibrated loop. B) Gram stained first and, if positive, then plated. C) plated to sheep blood, MacConkey, and phenylethyl alcohol agars using a calibrated loop. D) rejected and the physician called for a recollect.