Assignment 19 Questions

1) Demonstrate one technique you use to minimize stress and anxiety (the one you identified in Assignment #18) to a family member or friend. Describe this experience for you. Who did you choose? What technique did you demonstrate? How did this impact them? Overall, how did this activity make you feel?

2) A complete patient examination consists of how many parts?

3) True or False: A complete physical examination involves a thorough assessment of all body systems. The provider uses an organized and systematic approach in performing a physical examination, starting with the patient’s feet and proceeding toward the head.

4) The provider uses the results of a complete patient examination to do all of the following except:

5) True or False: An important and frequent responsibility of the medical assistant is to assist with a physical examination.

6) The prognosis consists of the probable course and outcome of a patient’s condition and the patient’s prospects for recovery.

7) True or False: Cigarette smoking is not a risk factor for developing lung cancer and heart disease.

8) True or False: A laboratory test is used to obtain subjective data for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of a patient’s condition.

9) Referring to the Highlight on the Health Screening Chart, it is recommended that males and females of average risk have a blood glucose level screening every:

10) Each of the following activities are necessary for preparing the exam room except:

11) True or False: It is the medical assistant’s responsibility to prepare the patient for the physical examination.

12) After greeting and escorting the patient to the examining room, the medical assistant should identify the patient by asking whether he or she is a certain patient. 

13) Factors that may affect patient teaching may include all of the following except the

14) True or False: Almost 83% of adults in the United States are either overweight or obese.