Questions & Answers(RATED A)
last day of the month - ANSWER get paid on what day for hours worked 10th-24th?
16th - ANSWER get paid on what day for hours worked 25th-9th?
Sunday - ANSWER the work week starts on what day of the week?
subjective - ANSWER feeling (from patient)
objective - ANSWER fact (from provider)
pain - ANSWER patient's feeling, subjective
tenderness - ANSWER physician's observation, objective
benign - ANSWER normal, nothing of conern
acute - ANSWER of new onset, less than 3 months
chronic - ANSWER long standing, more than 3 months
baseline - ANSWER an individual's normal state of being
auscultation - ANSWER listening with a stethoscope
palpation - ANSWER the act of pressing on an area by the physician
inpatient - ANSWER admitted to the hospital overnight
outpatient - ANSWER seen and sent home the same day
chief complaint - ANSWER the main reason for the patient's visit
mid-level provider - ANSWER NP or PA; works under the supervision of a physician to
diagnose and treat patients
medical assistant - ANSWER MA or nurse who records medical histories and
symptoms, monitors patient, administers medications, assists with procedures
scribe - ANSWER documents the patient's visit on behalf of the physician
, new patient - ANSWER individual who has not been seen in the clinic in the past 3
years, regardless of being seen prior to 3 year absence; no previous records, longer
visit, detailed chart
established patient - ANSWER individual who has been seen in the clinic within the past
3 years; previous records available, shorter visit, concise chart
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Chron's disease or ulcerative colitis - ANSWER if patient says Chron's/UC, write
IBS - ANSWER if patient says irritable bowel, write
urinary tract infection - ANSWER if patient says bladder infection, write
pyelonephritis - ANSWER if patient says kidney infection, write
renal calculi - ANSWER if patient says kidney stones, write
chronic renal failure on dialysis or ESRD - ANSWER if patient says "I'm on dialysis,"
write
benign prostatic hypertrophy - ANSWER if patient says enlarged prostate, write (BPH)
gravida - ANSWER total number of pregnancies
para - ANSWER number of live births
abortus - ANSWER number of miscarriages and induced abortions
hemorrhagic CVA - ANSWER if patient says brain bleed (stroke), write
CVA - ANSWER if patient says stroke, write
TIA - ANSWER if patient says mini-stroke, write
history of seizures - ANSWER if patient says seizures, write
bipolar disorder - ANSWER if patient says bipolar, write
schizophrenia - ANSWER if patient says schizophrenia, write
ETOH abuse or alcoholism - ANSWER if patient says "I drink a lot," write
substance abuse - ANSWER if patient says "I do drugs," write