The formula for the consultation rate includes the total number of patients receiving a consultation × 100 / total number of patient discharges, including deaths
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You are called to a scene where a middle-aged woman has fallen down a flight of stairs. One thing you need to assess is the patient's mental status and vital signs.Your patient regains consciousness and is able to tell you her name and location but does not know what time it is or what has happened to her. You would record her alertness status as:
A. A&O × 4 B. A&O × 8 C. A&O × 2 D. A&O × 6
Opium is similar to natural pain-reducing peptides called ____________________________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
You and your OEC candidate are evaluating a 67-year-old patient with respiratory distress. You tell the candidate to document that the patient complains of dyspnea. The candidate asks you what "dyspnea" means. You explain that dyspnea is:
a. a term that describes a patient who is in respiratory distress. b. a subjective complaint of shortness of breath. c. a term that describes your objective assessment of a patient's difficulty in breathing. d. another term for tachypnea.
First stage errors can occur during prescribing or ordering when practitioners are:
A) distracted or interrupted B) inexperienced C) distracted from counseling patients D) not monitoring patients for reactions to medications