What should a medical assistant do when she cannot understand a patient with a speech impairment?
What will be an ideal response?
The medical assistant should request that the patient write down what he or she is trying to say.
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Graft-versus-host disease must have three factors. The first is the presence of immunocompetent donor T lymphocytes. What are the remaining two factors?
a. Degree of marrow involvement and age of patient b. Response to previous chemotherapy and underlying disease c. HLA alloantigens and an immunosuppressed host d. Donor availability and degree of marrow involvement
Based on clinical studies performed by Navalesi and colleagues, how did flow and volume respond to resistive and elastic loads experienced during PAV? I. Flow gain provided unloading from elastance loads. II. Flow gain provided unloading from resistive loads. III. Volume gain provided unloading from elastance loads. IV. Volume gain provided unloading from resistive loads
A. I, III only B. I, IV only C. II, III only D. II, IV only
A health care practitioner completes a course in law and ethics. Which of the following is one of the most important reasons health care professionals should be familiar with this field of study?
A. to promote patient and employee safety B. to help explain the process of informed consent to patients C. to help avoid legal entanglements D. to learn the inner workings of the health care system E. to better supervise other health care practitioners
The first prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient care was developed in 1983 . The newest
PPS is used to manage the costs for A. home health care. B. medical homes. C. inpatient psychiatric facilities. D. assisted living facilities.