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Which statement would be the responsibility of the medical technician during a routine patient admission to a nursing unit?
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Obtain patient's vital signs, height, and weight
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What considerations determine the steps in the routine admission process?
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Patient's condition and the facility policy
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While admitting a patient, you notice that the patient seems dizzy and unstable. What should you do?
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Inform the nurse that the patient is at risk for falling
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Who authorizes transfer of patient care for an interservice transfer?
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Both Service Chiefs
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During the transfer of a psychiatric patient requiring sedation, how are the patient's valuables safeguarded?
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Designed custodian signs for the property, and forwards the items by registered mail
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Which statement allows a patient to depart from the medical facility for a short period of time, usually between 24 and 48 hours?
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Pass
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Verbal orders must be countersigned by the physician within..
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24 hours
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The most common forms that a medical technician will be responsible for completing are the..
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Intake and Output flow sheet and the Vital Signs Record
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What is the proper method of annotating shift change totals on the DD Form 792, Intake and Output Worksheet?
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Circle the last accumulated total
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If an inpatient chart with doctor's orders for vital signs every 4 hours was blank for the day, you would assume the..
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Vital signs were not completed
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Which nursing activity is the main aspect of resolving nursing diagnoses?
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Planning
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Relative to the nursing process, what is a client goal?
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A realistic and measurable statement of the expected change in patient behavior
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Which action is performed to help the patient reach his or her goals most effectively?
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Nursing interventions
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What is a way to help relieve most of the patient's concerns prior to surgery?
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Preoperative teaching
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What has a significant impact on the patient's perceived quality of care and treatment?
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Professionalism and caring attitude
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