Chapter 25&26 : Medical Terminology & Documentation

Question 1

What word elements are combined in endocarditis.

i. A prefix
ii. A root Word
iii. a suffix

Answer 1

I, ii, and iii

Question 2

All of the following are examples of subjective data EXCEPT:

Answer 2

FEVER

Question 3

HOW DO YOU CORRECT A MISTAKE WHEN DOCUMENTING A CLIENTS CARE IN WRITING?

Answer 3

DRAW A SINGLE LINE THROUGH THE ERROR. WRITE “ERROR” ABOVE SIGN & REWRITE

Question 4

IN YOUR ROLE AS A SUPPORT WORKER WHICH DOCUMENT WILL HELP YOU PLAN AND DELIVER CARE TO YOUR CLIENT?

Answer 4

THE CARE PLAN

Question 5

INFORMATION THAT IS OBTAINED FROM SEEING, HEARING FEELING OR SMELLING IS CALLED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?

Answer 5

OBJECTIVE DATA

Question 6

SAFE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATINON GUIDELINES INCLUDE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? SELECT ONES THAT APPLY

Answer 6

USE ONLY EMPLOYER APPROVED ABBRIEVATIONS
NEVER EAT OR DRINK WHILE USING THE COMPUTER TO CHART
MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY BY TURNING THE MONITOR AWAY FROM ANYONE NEARBY

Question 7

THE CLOCK SHOWS 11;42 AM, WHAT WOULD THIS TIME BE USING THE 24 HOUR CLOCK?

Answer 7

1142 HOURS

Question 8

ARTHRO IS PART OF A MEDICAL TERM.

WHAT IS THE CORRECT MEANING OF THIS WORD ELEMENT?

Answer 8

JOINT

Question 9

A PATIENT HAS LUNG CANCER, AND WILL NEED TO HAVE ONE OF HIS LUNGS REMOVED. WHAT IS THE MEDICAL TERM FOR THIS PROCEDURE?

Answer 9

PNEUMON/ECTOMY

Question 10

MANY DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES USE THE SUFFIX- GRAM SUCH AS ELETROCARDI/O/GRAM
WHAT DOES GRAM MEAN ?

Answer 10

RECORD

Question 11

FOLLOWING A STROKE, A PATIENT IS HAVING DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING. WHICH MEDICAL TERM REPRESENTS THIS DISORDER?

Answer 11

DYS/PHAGIA

Question 12

GASTRO- IS PART OF A MEDICAL TERM. WHAT DOES THIS WORD ELEMENT MEAN?

Answer 12

STOMACH

Question 13

HOW WOULD A SUPPORT WORKER ABBREVIATE HEIGHT?

Answer 13

HT

Question 14

OLIG - IS A PART OF A MEDICAL TERM. WHAT IS THE CORRECT MEANING OF THIS WORD ELEMENT.

Answer 14

SMALL, SCANT

Question 15

POLY- IS PART OF A MEDICAL TERM. WHAT IS THE CORRECT MEANING OF THIS WORD ELEMENT?

Answer 15

MANY, MUCH

Question 16

PROXIMAL REFERS TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?

Answer 16

THE PART NEAREST TO THE CENTRE OR POINT OF ORIGIN.

Question 17

THE MEDICAL TERM NEPHR/O/MEGALY TELLS YOU THAT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWOING IS HAPPENING TO THE KIDNEY?

Answer 17

IT IS ENLARGING

Question 18

WHICH TERM MEANS LOCATED AT OR TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY OR BODY PART?

Answer 18

ANTERIOR

Question 19

DR’S ORDERS FOR A PREOP PATIENT MAY INCLUDE ABBRIEVATION NPO. A SW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ABBRIEVIATION MEANS

Answer 19

DO NOT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING

Question 20

DONS CARE PLAN STATES BRP. THE SW KNOWS THIS ABBRIEVIATION STANDS FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?

Answer 20

BATHROOM PRIVILEGES

Question 21

OBJECTIVE DATA

Answer 21

ARE YOUR 5 SENSES 
SIGHT 
HEARING
TOUCH 
SMELL

Question 22

SUBJECTIVE DATA

Answer 22

REPORTED BY CLIENT NOT OBSERVED BY OTHERS

Question 23

PREFIX

Answer 23

AN ELEMENT PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD THAT CHANGES THE MEANING OF A WORDC

Question 24

ROOT WORD

Answer 24

CONTAINS BASIC MEANING OF THE WORD

Question 25

SUFFIX

Answer 25

IS PLACED AT THE END OF A ROOT WORD TO CHANGE THE MEANING OF THE WORD, BUT IS NOT USED ALONE.

Question 26

ANTERIOR

Answer 26

LOCATED @ OR TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY.

Question 27

ABBRIEVIATIONS

Question 28

Day- is part of a medical term what is the correct meaning of this word element?

Answer 28

Bad, difficult, abnormal

Question 29

Following a stroke a patient is having difficulty swallowing

Answer 29

Dys/phagia

Question 30

Gastro

Answer 30

Stomach