Which of the following claims of negligence would fit into the category of res ipsa loquitur?

a. Improper use of x-ray equipment
b. Failure to refer a client to a specialist
c. Failure to make a correct diagnosis
d. Leaving a gauze pad inside a patient after surgery


d

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Which of the following is true of gestational surrogacy?

A) An egg is removed from a donor mother and fertilized with the sperm from a donor father. B) The child is genetically not related to the surrogate mother. C) A surrogate mother is artificially inseminated and carries the baby to term. D) The child is genetically related to the surrogate mother as well as the donor father.

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John works at Pearson Medical Center (PMC) and needs some statistics. For his use, which of these is primary research?

a. An NCHS survey of all patients in the city b. Statistics in a JAMA article c. A survey of the PMCs patients d. Data shown on Hospital Compare

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Which of the following terms is spelled incorrectly?

Hysterectomy Lymphadenopathy Rabdomyoma Arteriosclerosis

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____ occurs when the patient's minute ventilation cannot keep up with CO2 production.

A. Ventilatory failure B. Refractory hypoxemia C. Oxygenation failure D. Deadspace ventilation

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