Medication Rights
Starts 30 minutes before the prescribed dose and ends 30 minutes after the prescribed dose.
What is the RIGHT TIME
A patient is charged $25 each visit for this to see a primary care physician and $50 each visit for a specialist.
What is a COPAY
A lifelong condition, usually first diagnosed during childhood, where they produce little or no insulin and their body cannot control it's blood glucose levels without prescription insulin.
What is DIABETIS MELLITUS, TYPE 1
Korotkoff sound number V, it is measured using auscultation, when there is no longer any sound heard.
What is DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
The anticoagulant found in green phlebotomy tubes
What is HEPARIN
Includes the lot number, the expiration date, and the site of injection for vaccinations.
What is the RIGHT DOCUMENTATION
The facility, doctor and pharmacy a patient uses because they are on the list provided by their insurance company.
What is a PREFERRED PROVIDER.
A chronic condition, usually beginning in older adults, more common in females, that manifests as decreased bone density creating increased risk of fractures, especially in the hips.
What is OSTEPOROSIS
The minimum reading providers usual consider "normal" for O2 saturation
What is 95-100%
An anticoagulant and preservative that is the first additive in the order of draw. It not only stops the blood from clotting, but it also stops the white blood cells from destroying bacteria in the specimens.
What is SPS (Sodium Polyanethole Sulfonate) in the yellow top tube and blood culture bottles.
Checking the expiration date on the bottle before drawing up a dose of ketorolac.
What is the RIGHT MEDICATION
The amount that the patient, and or their employer pays per year for health insurance coverage.
What is a PREMIUM
A chronic lung disease that causes inflammation in the airways and excess mucous production making the patient wheeze, cough and be short of breath.
What is ASTHMA
The best time to measure an adult patient's respiratory rate
What is WHEN THEY THINK YOU'RE STILL COUNTING THEIR PULSE.
This generically named additive is in the plastic version of it's tube. It's glass counterpart doesn't have any additive and makes the glass one perfect as a discard tube
What is CLOT ACTIVATOR in the red top tube.
What is your full name and date of birth?
What is RIGHT PATIENT
The document that we require a patient to sign if they choose to proceed with, and pay out of pocket for, a test or treatment that their insurance is not likely to pay for.
What is an ABN - ADVANCED BENEFICIARY NOTICE
A chronic condition that can be caused by lifestyle and/or health/genetics where the force of the blood against the artery walls is higher than normal. This can lead to more severe health problems like heart attack and stroke.
What is HYPERTENSION (high blood pressure)
To determine this, we take the patient's temperature in Fahrenheit, subtract 32 then multiply it by 5/9
What is temperature in ° CELSIUS
The tube additive used in coagulation studies that requires a full tube of blood to be drawn so that the blood to additive ratio is always 9:1
What is SODIUM CITRATE in the light blue top tube
Giving the patient 2 tablets of 325mg acetaminophen when the provider ordered 650mg.
What is the RIGHT DOSE
The percentage of cost for covered services that the patient is responsible for paying.
What is COINSURANCE
A chronic, progressive condition where the heart is to weak to pump blood efficiently. One of the most common symptoms is excess fluid building up in the legs of the patient.
What is CHF (congestive heart failure)
Blood pressure is considered elevated when both the systolic AND diastolic pressures are just above normal. It's considered ________ when either the systolic OR diastolic pressure is more severe than that
What is HYPERTENSION (stage 1 systolic 130-139 OR diastolic 80-89) (stage 2 systolic 140+ OR diastolic 90+) (hypertensive crisis systolic 180+ OR diastolic 120+)
The anticoagulant used in hematology studies because it preserves the shape and size of the individual blood components in each cell. This makes it ideal for tests such as a CBC.
What is EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in the lavender top tube.