CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING NR 446
CAPSTONE REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
A 26 yr old woman has swallowed an overdose of prescribed
sleeping pills. She is now unresponsive. When you open her
airway, you find that she is gasping for breath and is not
breathing normally at all. Using a pocket mask, you provide two
rescue breaths and check for signs of circulation, including her
pulse, which is rapid but weak. What should you do next?
Correct Answers Provide rescue breathing at a rate of one
breath every 5 seconds
A daysheet provides complete and up-to-date information about:
Correct Answers Accounts Receivable
A medical assistant is paid biweekly and earns a regular rate of
$10.50/hour. Her employer pays 1.5 times the regular rate for
any hours exceeding 80 within a two-week time period. During
the past two weeks, she worked 82 hours. Which of the
following represents her gross earnings for this biweekly time
period? Correct Answers $871.50
Solution: $10.50 X 80= $840.00
plus time and 1/2 $15.75 X 2= $31.50
so $840.00+$31.50= $871.50
A medical assistant should do all of the following when
answering the telephone, except?
A) Give the caller the medical assistants name first then the
name of the office.
B) Identify the caller
, C) Hold the phone mouthpiece an inch away from the mouth
D) Use words appropriate to the situation, but avoid using
technical terms Correct Answers A) Give the caller the medical
assistants name first then the name of the office
A patient has a sudden decrease in blood pressure after an acute
hemorrhage. The primary cause is a decrease in what? Correct
Answers Blood Volume
A patient should be advised to bring a insurance card to each
appointment for which of the following reasons? Correct
Answers To identify changes in the patients employment
A patient with Addison's disease should be examined by which
of the following types of specialists? Correct Answers
Endocrinologist
A synapse is Correct Answers The junction between two
neurons
A telephone feature that answers calls and has a recording that
identifies services available by pressing a specific number is
known as which of the following? Correct Answers Automated
routing unit
All but which of the following are characteristics of the
endocrine system? Correct Answers It is responsible for many
conscious and unconscious activities (The endocrine is NOT
responsible for many conscious and unconscious activities; that
is the nervous system)
CAPSTONE REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
A 26 yr old woman has swallowed an overdose of prescribed
sleeping pills. She is now unresponsive. When you open her
airway, you find that she is gasping for breath and is not
breathing normally at all. Using a pocket mask, you provide two
rescue breaths and check for signs of circulation, including her
pulse, which is rapid but weak. What should you do next?
Correct Answers Provide rescue breathing at a rate of one
breath every 5 seconds
A daysheet provides complete and up-to-date information about:
Correct Answers Accounts Receivable
A medical assistant is paid biweekly and earns a regular rate of
$10.50/hour. Her employer pays 1.5 times the regular rate for
any hours exceeding 80 within a two-week time period. During
the past two weeks, she worked 82 hours. Which of the
following represents her gross earnings for this biweekly time
period? Correct Answers $871.50
Solution: $10.50 X 80= $840.00
plus time and 1/2 $15.75 X 2= $31.50
so $840.00+$31.50= $871.50
A medical assistant should do all of the following when
answering the telephone, except?
A) Give the caller the medical assistants name first then the
name of the office.
B) Identify the caller
, C) Hold the phone mouthpiece an inch away from the mouth
D) Use words appropriate to the situation, but avoid using
technical terms Correct Answers A) Give the caller the medical
assistants name first then the name of the office
A patient has a sudden decrease in blood pressure after an acute
hemorrhage. The primary cause is a decrease in what? Correct
Answers Blood Volume
A patient should be advised to bring a insurance card to each
appointment for which of the following reasons? Correct
Answers To identify changes in the patients employment
A patient with Addison's disease should be examined by which
of the following types of specialists? Correct Answers
Endocrinologist
A synapse is Correct Answers The junction between two
neurons
A telephone feature that answers calls and has a recording that
identifies services available by pressing a specific number is
known as which of the following? Correct Answers Automated
routing unit
All but which of the following are characteristics of the
endocrine system? Correct Answers It is responsible for many
conscious and unconscious activities (The endocrine is NOT
responsible for many conscious and unconscious activities; that
is the nervous system)
