Using barr - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A medical assistant is educating an older patient on wound care. Which of the following should the assistant do to ensure patient understanding? - Answer-Have the patient repeat information Which of the following techniques should a medical assistant use when bandaging a wound? - Answer-Wrap the wound from distal to proximal A medical assistant is checking a patient out of the clinic. In which of the following documents should the assistant locate information about provider referrals or fo...

An organism identified as Cryptococcus species can be accurately identified as Cryptococcus neoformans using which of the following characteristics? - Positive urease test - Presence of a capsule - Positive phenol oxidase test - Appearance of yellow colonies - Answer Positive phenol oxidase test Consider the following results on an isolate from a CSF specimen, growing on cornmeal agar: Blastospores = +, Pseudohyphae = -, Chlamydospores = -, Arthrospores = - Which of the following tes...

The most commonly performed test for anticoagulation therapy is: - Answer the prothrombin time If a urine specimen cannot be tested within ________ it should be refrigerated. - Answer 1 hour Insufficient centrifugation while performing a microhematocrit will result in: - Answer a false increase in hematocrit value A decrease in the number of white blood cells is known as: - Answer leukopenia Which urine parameter would be abnormal when a patient has been fasting? - Answer ketones ...

How does standard deviation differ from standard error of the mean? (FA p54)Which is used in calculating confidence intervals? (FA p55) correct answers Standard error is used to calculate CI What problem / abnormality is associated with the following congenital buzzwords? (FA p267) boot-shaped heart correct answers Tetralogy of Fallot What problem / abnormality is associated with the following congenital buzzwords? - (FA p268) continuous machine-like murmur correct answers Patent ductus ar...

NHA- CCMA 2025 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Patient Education and Care 1. Wound Care Education: - Always have the patient repeat information to ensure understanding. 2. Bandaging Technique: - Wrap the wound from distal to proximal. 3. Holter Monitor Preparation: - Instruct the patient to avoid using an electric blanket during monitoring. 4. Removing Medication from a Jar: - Use a tongue blade for removal. 5. Follow-Up Appointment Information: - Report recent laboratory results to ...

A urine specimen was submitted for isolation of cytomegalovirus. The urine was inoculated into human fibroblast tissue culture tubes. After 72 hours, no cytopathic effect was observed in the culture tubes. The most appropriate course of action is to: - incubate the culture tubes for 2 to 3 weeks longer At the present time Clostridium difficile toxin can be detected by: - EIA Infection of the urinary tract is most frequently associated with: - Escherichia coli Which of the two different ...

A nurse is preparing to administer an immunization to a 4-year-old child. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? A. Place the child in a prone position for the immunization. B. Request that the child's caregiver leave the room during the immunization. C. Administer the immunization using a 24-gauge needle. D. Inject the immunization slowly after aspirating for 3 seconds. - C. Administer the immunization using a 24-gauge needle. Rationale: The nurse should ...

What is the reason that closely linked genes are typically inherited together? - ANSWER The likelihood of a crossover event between these two genes is low All female mammals have one active X chromosome per cell instead of two. What causes this? - ANSWER Activation of the XIST gene on the X chromosome that will become the Barr body In his transformation experiments, what did Griffith observe? - ANSWER Mixing a heat-killing pathogenic strain of bacteria with a living nonpathogenic strain ca...

Test Bank for Advanced Assessment Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses, 4th Edition, Mary Jo Goolsby, Laurie Grubbs Table of Contents Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview ................................................ 2 Chapter 2. An Overview of Genetic Assessment ......................................................................... 5 Chapter 3. Skin ...............................................................................................

BMTCN Review Chapter 7 - Survivorship IssuesSurvivors and Survivorship - correct answer An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis through the balance of his/her life Survivorship is a distinct phase of the cancer experience Some patients do not embrace the term "cancer survivor" Some definitions acknowledge the impact of cancer survivorship on families, friends and caregivers HSCT Survivorship - correct answer Number is increasing -Improvements in ou...