Describe the use of therapeutic touch as a medical assistant

What will be an ideal response?


Some examples of therapeutic touch include a touch on the shoulder of a person to comfort himin the time of loss, or walking arm-in-arm with a patient who is scared can bring hercomfort.

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To what should all spirometric values obtained under ambient conditions be converted?

a. Ambient temperature and pressure, satu-rated (ATPS) b. Standard temperature and pressure, dry (STPD) c. Body temperature, ambient pressure, sat-urated (BTPS) d. Ambient temperature and pressure, dry (ATPD)

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The undesirable effects of anesthetics include:

A) excessive salivation B) vomiting C) bradycardia D) all of the above

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Which is the correct order of steps in systematic OT practice?

A. Initial problem statement, need statement, goals and objectives, reflexive inter-vention, and outcome assessment B. Need statement, initial problem statement, reflexive intervention, goals and objec-tives, and outcome assessment C. Need statement, problem statement, goals and intervention, and outcome assess-ment D. Initial problem statement, referral to OT, systematic assessment, intervention, and final assessment E. Referral to OT, problem assessment, intervention, and revision of intervention

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How many body systems are there in ICD-10-PCS that are identified by the second character?

A. 7 B. 31 C. 16 D. 5

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