List ways to avoid ambiguity when you speak


Three ways to avoid ambiguity when you speak are:

• Use words that have a single, precise meaning.
• Use the best word for what you want to say.
• Use a noun to indicate who or what; if you use a pronoun, it should clearly refer to one specific noun used in the same sentence.

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a. Admissions b. Billing and insurance c. Medical records d. Surgery

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Which of the following radio waves can penetrate through concrete and steel?

A) UHF B) VHF C) ICT D) GIS

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Your patient is a 67-year-old homeless man with malnutrition. Laboratory test results show that he has hypomagnesemia. What arrhythmia should you monitor for until a dose of magnesium sulfate can be administered?

a. Ventricular fibrillation b. Atrial fibrillation c. Torsades de pointes d. Asystole

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A patient receiving peritoneal dialysis has fluid administered into the abdomen to ________ dissolved substances and fluids from the blood.

A. drain B. filter C. eliminate D. void

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