Complete Solutions
(201) During the transfer of a psychiatric patient requiring
sedation, how are the patient's valuables
safeguarded?
a. Designated custodian signs for the property, and forwards the
items by registered mail.
b. Designated custodian signs for the property, and forwards the
items by overnight mail.
c. An aeromedical evacuation technician signs for the property,
and transfers it with the patient.
d. An aeromedical evacuation flight nurse signs for the property,
and transfers it with the patient. Correct Answers a. Designated
custodian signs for the property, and forwards the items by
registered mail.
(201) What considerations determine the steps in the routine
admission process?
a. Patient's condition and the cost of admission per day.
b. Facility policy and the patient's distance from home.
c. Patient's condition and the facility policy.
d. Facility policy and patient's request. Correct Answers c.
Patient's condition and the facility policy.
(201) Which statement allows a patient to depart from the
medical facility for a short period of
time, usually between 24 and 48 hours?
a. Pass.
b. Discharge.
c. Subsisting elsewhere.
,d. Absent without leave. Correct Answers a. Pass.
(201) Which statement would be the responsibility of the
medical technician during a routine patient admission to a
nursing unit?
a. Evaluate patient.
b. Obtain patient's history.
c. Transcribe doctor's orders.
d. Obtain patient's vital signs, height, and weight Correct
Answers d. Obtain patient's vital signs, height, and weight
(201) While admitting a patient, you notice that the patient
seems dizzy and unstable. What should you do?
a. Call the doctor to order restraints.
b. Inform the nurse that the patient is at risk for falling.
c. Look at the patient's medications; it could be a side effect.
d. Put restraints on the patient until the physician can be
notified. Correct Answers b. Inform the nurse that the patient is
at risk for falling.
(201) Who authorizes transfer of patient care for an interservice
transfer?
a. Chief Nurse.
b. Both Service Chiefs.
c. Receiving physician.
d. Chief of Hospital Services. Correct Answers b. Both Service
Chiefs.
(202) If an inpatient chart with doctor's orders for vital signs
every 4 hours was blank for the day,
you would assume the
, a. patient was likely off the unit having tests completed.
b. patient is doing well and no problems were noted.
c. doctor probably changed the orders verbally.
d. vital signs were not completed. Correct Answers d. vital
signs were not completed.
(202) The most common forms that a medical technician will be
responsible for completing are the
a. Intake and Output flow sheet and the Vital Signs Record.
b. Blood Transfusion record and Doctors Orders.
c. Vital Signs Record and Progress Notes.
d. Progress Notes and Doctors Orders. Correct Answers a.
Intake and Output flow sheet and the Vital Signs Record.
(202) Verbal orders must be countersigned by the physician
within
a. 4 hours.
b. 8 hours.
c. 12 hours.
d. 24 hours. Correct Answers d. 24 hours.
(202) What is the proper method of annotating shift change
totals on the DD Form 792, Intake and Output Worksheet?
a. No documentation is required at shift change.
b. Document all totals in the Remarks section.
c. Document in the Grand Total block.
d. Circle the last accumulated total. Correct Answers d. Circle
the last accumulated total.
(203) Relative to the nursing process, what is a client goal?
a. An observable change in patient behavior.