Module 3: Patient Care Flashcards
What is patient education?
A) The process by which trained health care professionals provide information to patients, in order to positively influence their health behaviors and decisions.
B) Full disclosure of information about processes, risks, and alternatives required to make an educated decision regarding invasive medical procedures or clinical trials.
C) Talking with the patient pre, intra, and postprocedurally in order to provide comfort and care.
D) Providing any sort of information to patients and their family members, health care surrogates, or providers.
A) The process by which trained health care professionals provide information to patients, in order to positively influence their health behaviors and decisions.
Which of the following is not a clause associated with informed consent?
A) anesthesia clause
B) disclosure clause
C) authorization clause
D) opt out clause
D) opt out clause
Which of the following best defines informed consent?
A) The process by which trained health care professionals provide information to patients, in order to positively influence their health behaviors and decisions.
B) Full disclosure of information about processes, risks, and alternatives required to make an educated decision regarding invasive medical procedures or clinical trials.
C) Talking with the patient pre, intra, and postprocedurally in order to provide comfort and care.
D) Providing any sort of information to patients and their family members, health care surrogates, or providers.
B) Full disclosure of information about processes, risks, and alternatives required to make an educated decision regarding invasive medical procedures or clinical trials.
Which of the following is not considered a vital sign?
A) pain index
B) respiratory rate
C) blood oxygen saturation
D) temperature
A) pain index
What term describes low blood pressure?
A) vasoconstriction
B) systole
C) hypertension
D) hypotension
D) hypotension
What is considered a normal, healthy blood pressure?
A) 180/110 mmHg
B) 140/90 mmHg
C) 120/80 mmHg
D) 60/90 mmHg
C) 120/80 mmHg
Which of the following choices is not one of the three classes of cardiac arrhythmias?
A) palpable arrhythmias
B) supraventricular tachycardia
C) supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
D) ventricular arrhythmias
A) palpable arrhythmias
What respiratory rate is common for a healthy adult?
A) 5-15 breaths per minute
B) 12-20 breaths per minute
C) 20-30 breaths per minute
D) 30-60 breaths per minute
B) 12-20 breaths per minute
What plane does the 3-lead ECG placement, Einthoven’s triangle, view the heart in?
A) frontal
B) coronal
C) sagittal
D) axial
A) frontal
Which segment of the heart is located at the right posterior portion of the intra-atrial septum at the base of the tricuspid valve and electrically connects its chambers?
A) atrioventricular node
B) sinoatrial node
C) bundle of His
D) Purkinje fibers
A) atrioventricular node
What heart condition is indicated by a heart rate higher than 100 beats per minute?
A) sinus tachycardia
B) sinus bradycardia
C) premature atrial contractions
D) atrial fibrillation
A) sinus tachycardia
What is the measure of time from atrial depolarization up to partial ventricular depolarization?
A) QT interval
B) P wave
C) PR interval
D) ST segment
C) PR interval
According to the ASA assessment, a Class 3 patient is:
A) a healthy person.
B) someone with severe systemic disease.
C) someone with mild systemic disease.
D) a moribund person who is not expected to survive without the operation.
B) someone with severe systemic disease.
Evaluating a patient’s head, eyes, ears, neck, and throat are considered part of the HEENT assessment?
A) True
B) False
B) False
Which of the following lab values is useful for evaluating renal function?
A) PT
B) PTT
C) INR
D) BUN
D) BUN
