A rectal swab on a 6-year-old male reveals an oxidase-positive, gram-negative diplococcus that grows on chocolate and Thayer-Martin agars
The organism proved to be beta-galactosidase negative, gamma-glutamylaminopeptidase negative, and proline-laminopeptidase positive. Based on these results you would
A) review the colony for pigment production.
B) report the organism as Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
C) report the organism as normal flora.
D) repeat the identification using a second methodology.
D
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SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You respond to a multiple-casualty incident in which a school bus has gone off the bridge over a highway into the traffic below. You are assigned to triage the children from the bus.After the incident is over, you find that you are feeling more stressed than usual after triaging so many children. Which of the following should be provided to help you?
A. A night out with your fellow responders, doing something fun like drinking and playing darts B. Stress training to teach you how to handle these incidents without a stress reaction C. Mandatory psychological counseling sessions D. Critical incident stress debriefing sessions
Cardioversion works best when the tachydysrhythmia is the result of an error of conduction.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Documentation reflects a 45-minute face-to-face conference between an occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapist, and patient's family on the fifteenth day of the patient's stay in the hospital. The clinician's review the patient's
condition, treatment, plan of care, and answer the family's questions. Which of the following reflects the MOST appropriate CPT code for this service? A. 99367 B. 99366 C. 99403 D. 99368
Providers should learn the most common __________________ used in their practice
a. supplies b. medications c. diagnoses d. None of the above