Scribe Exam Questions And Correct
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Which of the following is something that scribes CANNOT do? - Answer✔help lift patients
What is the scribes MOST important goal? - Answer✔documenting the details of the visit
What is the providers MOST important goal? - Answer✔finding out what is wrong with the
patient
What do scribes get out of being scribes? Select all that apply: - Answer✔paid shadowing
experience
experiencing the healthcare field first hand
clinical hours for some programs
being a part of the healthcare team and seeing providers see patients first hand and from
beginning to end
What is something scribes SHOULD do? Select all that apply - Answer✔check past histories
check lab results
prompt providers that results are ready
How can patients help us? - Answer✔include any relevant medical history
staying on topic with what brought them in today
answer all of the provider's questions
explain themselves clear and concisely
When doing a medical chart, if it wasn't addressed but the provider said one thing was abnormal
do you assume the rest is normal? - Answer✔no double check with provider for their template
and what is positive or negative
When charting, should you always default to the general way you've learned or default to
providers preference - Answer✔switch to provider preference
True or False: Scribes should help collect and deliver patient specimens if asked by a provider -
Answer✔false
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What is an easy thing to ask yourself to remember if you should or should not do something as a
scribe - Answer✔is it essential for me to do my job as my providers scribe?
If you work on the 11th of the month, when would you expect to be paid for that shift? -
Answer✔the last day of the month
Where can you request time off in Workday? - Answer✔time off
How would you describe a scribe? - Answer✔doctor saver
person responsible for all of the documentation of the patient visit
member of the healthcare team
What type of clock in would you do for classroom training? - Answer✔innovation hours
What type of clock in would you do for your first solo shift? - Answer✔saving doctor hours
Vital signs are: - Answer✔a series of measures that give an overview of a patient's overall health
Heart rate is defined as: - Answer✔the rate that your heart is pumping blood
Blood pressure is defined as: - Answer✔the pressure at which blood is being pumped throughout
your body
Which of the following is NOT a vital sign: - Answer✔body weight
Someone who is breathing really fast and short of breath is MOST likely: - Answer✔tachypneic
Someone who has smoked for many years and is short of breath is MOST likely: -
Answer✔hypoxic
A person who is very stressed while watching a scary movie is MOST likely: -
Answer✔tachycardic
A sick child who has had a fever for 2 hours most likely has which temperature? -
Answer✔102.5
Oxygen saturation is defined as: - Answer✔the saturation of oxygen in your blood
Vital signs are usually measured in rate of how many times a second is it happening -
Answer✔false
Using your med term knowledge, what does Tonsillitis mean? - Answer✔tonsil infection
What does -algia stand for? - Answer✔pain
An 8 year old patient comes in for follow up on their Diabetes, what type of Diabetes do they
most likely have? - Answer✔type I
HTN is also known as: - Answer✔hypertension
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