LAW & ETHICS
This law protects patient privacy and confidentiality.
What is HIPAA?
Charting should always be factual, objective, and ________.
What is accurate?
The single most effective way to prevent disease transmission.
What is hand hygiene?
This nutrient is the body's primary energy source.
What are carbohydrates?
The normal adult temperature range is approximately this.
What is 97-99 degrees F?
A medical assistant may not legally perform this action because it is outside their scope.
What is diagnosing a patient?
You forgot to chart something earlier. This type of entry should be used.
What is late entry?
These precautions are used with every patient.
What are Standard Precautions?
This diet is commonly recommended for hypertension.
What is the DASH Diet?
The suffix "-itis" means this.
What is inflammation?
This type of consent is given verbally or in writing before a procedure.
What is informed consent?
The abbreviation SOAP stands for these four documentation sections.
What are Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan?
After a needlestick injury, this should be done immediately.
What is wash the area and report the exposure?
Fiber and water can help prevent this condition.
What is constipation?
Tachycardia means this.
What is a fast heart rate?
Failing to act as a reasonably prudent healthcare worker could result in this.
What is negligence?
This information should never appear in the medical record.
What are personal opinions or judgmental statements
Used needles belong in this container.
What is a sharps container?
This vitamin helps the body absorb calcium?
What is Vitamin D
165 pounds converts to approximately this many kilograms.
What is 75 kg?
A patient asks, "Do I have cancer?" The MA should do this.
What is refer the question to the provider?
A patient says, "I feel dizzy." This belongs in which SOAP section?
What is Subjective?
This federal agency publishes Standard Precautions guidelines.
What is the CDC?
This type of fat is associated with increased cardiovascular risk.
What is saturated fat?
The pulse felt on the thumb side of the wrist is called this.
What is the radial pulse?