Imagine that a physician convinces his medical office manager to hire a medical assistant instead of a registered nurse

What should the medical assistant do if the physician encourages her to perform duties that are outside the medical assistant's scope of practice?


The medical assistant should politely refuse the request by telling the physician that the request is outside her scope of practice.

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When given high concentrations of O2, a patient with chronic hypercapnia may develop a more serious respiratory acidosis. Which of the following might be contributing to the patient's in-creased PCO2?

1. Worsening ventilation-perfusion (VV/QQ) balance 2. Desensitization of the carotid bodies 3. Removal of the hypoxic stimulus a. 1 and 2 only b. 1 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2, and 3

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Evaluate the following statement: "Only the quantity of sugar consumed affects caries development."

What will be an ideal response?

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If a patient is going to have an allergic reaction to an injected medication, it will happen immediately after injection

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The suffix "-logy" means:

A) cells B) study C) tissue D) specialist

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