What should the medical assistant do if he or she encounters a difficult patient in the reception area?

What will be an ideal response?


The patient should be removed from the reception area and seated out of hearing range of the other patients.

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Your patient has a history of benign prostatic hypertrophy. Which of the following complaints is most consistent with this history?

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During the triage process, patients are treated in the order determined to be most appropriate based on ____.

A. order of arrival B. regional characteristics C. available resources D. age

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Benefits of pursed-lip breathing include that it:

1. stabilizes airways. 2. offsets air trapping on exhalation. 3. generates a better gas mixing breathing pattern. 4. slows the respiratory rate. a. 1 b. 2, 3 c. 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 2, 3, 4

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