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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a. 1 and 3 only b. 1, 2, and 3 only c. 2 and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3, and 4

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If not used right away, products of conception can be frozen and used for implantation at a later time

a. True b. False

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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).

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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.

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