List several basic duties of the admitting department.
What will be an ideal response?
Interviews patient/responsible party; duplicates insurance identification cards; reviews documentation for completeness and accuracy; obtains treatment, release of information, legal affidavits for POA, DNR, and assignment of benefits forms; provides patient with an ID bracelet; distributes patient information to the appropriate departments; updates/maintains the daily census; maintains the master scheduling board.
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Which of the following are associated with an increase in central venous pressure? 1. Right heart failure 2. Pulmonary valvular stenosis 3. Pulmonary embolism 4. Dehydration
a. 1 and 3 only b. 1, 2, and 3 only c. 2 and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
If not used right away, products of conception can be frozen and used for implantation at a later time
a. True b. False
Severe aggression in animals that is a safety factor in people or other animals may cause an animal to be _____________________ or put to sleep.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Of the choices below, the preferred method for angiographic image acquisition is
a. roll film changer because of speed. b. cut film changer because of film-screen contact. c. cineangiographic camera because of high frame rates and low dose. d. digital imaging technology because of post-processing functionality.