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True or False: The physician is the final decision maker for the patient care team. - ANSWER-False
True or False: Each of your shifts will involve spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime situations. - ANSWER-False
True or False: A program participant can...
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True or False: The physician is the final decision maker for the patient care team. - ANSWER-False
True or False: Each of your shifts will involve spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime situations. - ANSWER-False
True or False: A program participant can perform a task outside of their scope of practice as long as they
get direct approval/training from a staff member. - ANSWER-False
A program participant can perform all of the following duties except:
A. Assist the nurse in transport, re-positioning, or toileting tasks.
B. Assist the unit secretary with paperwork, telephones, or call lights.
C. Chart vital signs.
D. Assist hospital staff & physicians as requested. - ANSWER-C. Chart vital signs.
Who of the following individuals is not a part of the inpatient care team?
A. Ultrasound Tech
B. Emergency Room Physician, MD
C. Pathologist, MD
D. Dietician - ANSWER-B. Emergency Room Physician, MD
Which of the following historical events led to the expansion of allied health careers?
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. Cold War
D. Vietnam War - ANSWER-B. World War II
Which of the following careers is not a part of the allied health careers?
,A. Licensed Vocational Nurse
B. Certified Nursing Assistant
C. Clinical Laboratory Scientist
D. Surgical Technologist - ANSWER-A. Licensed Vocational Nurse
What is one similarity between the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant roles?
A. Practice with an independent license.
B. Practice under a medical model of treating disease.
C. Role created by the American Medical Association (AMA)
D. Function in similar role as primary care MD
E. None of the above - ANSWER-D. Function in similar role as primary care MD
What is one similarity between the Medical Doctor (Allopathic Doctor) and Doctor of Osteopathic
Medicine programs?
A. Licensing exams
B. Average GPA/MCAT to get into each program
C. Medical education
D. International recognition
E. None of the above - ANSWER-C. Medical education
What is your role as a program participant in the patient care team?
A. Engage in basic patient care tasks
B. Right to participate in decision-making process
C. Ensure efficient operation of facility
D. Fully explain all treatment options - ANSWER-A. Engage in basic patient care tasks
You enter a room and find a patient who is sweating and complaining of left arm pain. What do you
think is happening to this patient? And what would your immediate response be?
A. They are suffering from severe atherosclerosis and leave the room and find a nurse.
,B. They are having a stroke and assist the patient in getting into a more comfortable position.
C. They are possibly having a myocardial infarction and assure the patient that you will be right back and
find a nurse to whom you will report the patient's condition.
D. They are going into shock and find the CNA/aid responsible for that room and notify them of the
patient's complaints.
E. They have congestive heart failure and make a notation of the patient's complaints on their medical
record. - ANSWER-C. They are possibly having a myocardial infarction and assure the patient that you
will be right back and find a nurse to whom you will report the patient's condition.
Which of the following is the adequate way to speak to a non-responsive patient who recently suffered
a stroke?
A. Do not communicate as they will probably not understand you.
B. Use written communication as they can no longer hear.
C. Continually communicate in a normal voice with the patient regardless of their awareness.
D. Speak in a soft tone as they may be sensitive to noise.
E. Scream as loud as you can when they don't respond. - ANSWER-C. Continually communicate in a
normal voice with the patient regardless of their awareness.
A patient who is experiencing respiratory symptoms requests that his oxygen be turned up. How would
you respond?
A. Ask the patient how many liters he should be on and make the necessary adjustments.
B. Automatically turn the oxygen to 5L/min.
C. Turn the oxygen off until you find a staff member to help you.
D. Inform the patient that you are not authorized to assist with this task and leave the room.
E. None of the above. - ANSWER-E. None of the above.
What is one of the functions of the liver?
A. store bile
B. detoxify drugs
C. break down carbohydrates
D. all of the above
, E. none of the above - ANSWER-B. detoxify drugs
How many nerve pairs are there in the human body?
A. 29
B. 30
C. 31
D. 28
E. 27 - ANSWER-C. 31
True of False. The purpose of the skeletal system is to provide the framework for muscle attachment to
cartilages for movement. - ANSWER-True
True or False. Hormones do not affect other endocrine glands or body systems. - ANSWER-False
The immune system is the ___ line of defense.
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th
E. none of the above - ANSWER-C. 3rd
Define targeted therapy.
A. use of agents specific for cancer cells that do not harm normal cells
B. removal of tumor before metastasis
C. treatment with drugs that can destroy cancer cells
D. injures or destroys cells in a certain area by damaging genetic material
E. all of the above - ANSWER-A. use of agents specific for cancer cells that do not harm normal cells
True or False. HPI is an acronym which means "Health Protected Information". - ANSWER-False
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