A 7-year-old child has an altered mental status, high fever, and a generalized rash. You perform your assessment and administer supplemental oxygen. En route to the hospital, you should be MOST alert for:

A: combativeness.
B: convulsions.
C: hypotension.
D: respiratory distress.


Ans: B: convulsions.

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Use of electronic health records can raise red flags for third-party payers because

A) The same goals can be used for every client over and over again B) They prefer individualized handwritten documentation. C) Drop-down boxes make it faster for the occupational therapy practitioner to enter data, increasing the number of clients he or she can treat in a day D) Drop-down boxes make it too easy to use the same phrases over and over again for every visit, which fails to show progress or individualized interventions

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The commonly used medical abbreviation for by mouth is ________.

A. prn B. sl C. gm D. po

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The individual who contacts insurance carriers to verify benefits is referred to as a(n) ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What is pancreas

What will be an ideal response?

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