Chapter 1
This is NOT part of critical thinking?
What are Personal Beliefs
This medical doctor specializes in the treatment of disorders of the eye is called an:
Who is an ophthalmologist.
DO refers to which of type of physicians
What is Osteopathic physicians
This therapeutic communication technique involves putting words to the person’s emotional reaction, which acknowledges the person’s feelings?
A patient is illiterate. This is a strategy that the medical assistant use to overcome this barrier to communication
What is the use pictures and models.
This scientist first described circulatory system?
Who is William Harvey
This legislation most affects the which laboratory tests can be performed in a physician’s office lab?
What is CLIA
These Medical centers and regional and specialty hospitals are considered
What are tertiary level of care
This therapeutic communication technique allows the listener to get additional information. The listener can ask, “Do you mean
What is clarification
A medical assistant is working with a 72-year-old adult. What stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development is this patient in?
What is Ego Integrity vs. Despair
These two scientists developed a vaccine that brought polio under control?
Who are Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk
This registered nurse has advanced training to diagnose and treat common illnesses
Deciding which tasks are most important is called:
Prioritizing
This therapeutic communication technique involves rewording a statement to check the meaning and interpretation.
What is paraphrasing
This communication strategy should be use by the medical assistant when dealing with an adolescent
What is to provide privacy and independence and encourage responsible decision making.
This procedure was first performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard?
What is Heart transplant from one human to another
This method of prioritizing patients so that the most urgent cases receive care first is called:
What is triage
This is the prime concern of all employees of the physician’s office.
What is caring for the patients
This is an internal distraction to communication
What is pain/hunger/cold
This type of diversity pertains to the country where the person was born and holds citizenship.
What is nationality
This allied health specialist performs ultrasound diagnostic procedures under the supervision of a physician
Who is a diagnostic medical sonographer
The Father of Medicine contributed which of the following to medicine?
What is Hippocratic Oath
If managers were asked to name the most important attribute for medical professionals, what would always be high on the list?
What is teamwork
This is one way to overcome environmental distractions that impact communication
What is to provide privacy for patients.
Sally attends church each week. She does not drink or smoke. These are examples of ________ diversity.
What are social factors