If a patient has an order for an interagency transfer, the nurse explains that the patient will be moved from:
a. a double room to a private room.
b. one unit of the hospital to another.
c. one room of the unit to another.
d. one facility to another.
D
The interagency transfer moves a patient from one health care agency to another.
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1. "This infection is a first-generation metabolic infection." 2. "This infection is a toxic effect of the virus." 3. "This infection is from damage to the body's immune system." 4. "This infection is from an enlarged gallbladder."
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