Esmerelda is in a play group with a child that has chicken pox. Esmerelda’s father does not have to worry about his daughter contracting chicken pox because she had a vaccine when she was a baby. How was biotechnology involved in Esmerelda’s preventative health?
A patient care technician (PCT), Marc, who is like a nurse’s assistant, is in a patient’s room. The intravenous (IV) machine starts to beep because the IV line gets tangled. The PCT helps the patient to untangle the line, but the beeping continues. Only nurses are trained to work with IV machines, but the nurse, Aerin, is busy with another patient. Marc knows that since the line is now clear, all Aerin will need to do is hit a button to stop the beeping . What should Marc do?
A baby needs an X-ray of his skull, so the X-ray technician places a lead shield over the baby’s body to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure. The baby needs to be still for the X-ray but does not like the lead shield and keeps moving to try to get out from under it. What would be best for the technician to do in this case?
When a medical device malfunctions or is suspected to have a defect, a healthcare worker is required to
Javier is a new nurse who is testing a blood glucose monitor to make sure that it is giving accurate results. What would be best for Javier to do when he is done?
A nurse used a 0.02-mg/L solution of disinfectant to clean a patient’s wound. What is the concentration of the solution expressed as a percentage?
Urine, blood, or tissue samples that are going to be analyzed are called
A medical student is in a class about specimen analysis. The instructor asks how a lab technician should look for a viral infection in a patient, and the student answers that molecular testing might be helpful. Which would be the best response from the instructor?
A nurse used a 0.02-mg/L solution of disinfectant to clean a patient’s wound. What is the concentration of the solution expressed as a percentage?
Only a small drop of blood is needed for testing blood sugar. Which is the best method to collect the specimen for this test?
Which is an appropriate use of technology in a healthcare field?
Which is the most likely reason for storing patient information in a database?
Which is the main reason that hospitals prohibit employees from downloading software onto hospital computers?
After meeting with a patient, Dr. Cedar reads several scholarly articles online about her patient’s symptoms. In this case, is Dr. Cedar using technology appropriately?
Which is the best example of medical forensics?
Dr. Fern is a doctor that works in the ER. A patient, Hunter, comes in with chest pains. Dr. Fern asks the patient his family history and then asks questions about his symptoms, such as how long they have been occurring. Dr. Fern takes Hunter’s blood pressure and runs an EKG, which is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heart and then uses software to show the results. Dr. Fern then diagnoses that Hunter has an issue with his heart’s rhythm and prescribes a medication. What technical information is being used in this scenario?
When is a verbal report usually needed?
Nichole has a heart arrhythmia, which means that her heart does not beat to the correct rhythm. She has a pacemaker, a machine that connects to the heart and helps it beat at a regular rhythm and pace. What kind of medical equipment is Nichole using?
Remi, a nurse in charge of checking patient blood sugar levels, notices that all of his patient blood sugars are abnormally high. He goes back and checks them all again with a new glucose monitor, and only a few of the patients have high blood sugar this time. He tests them again with the first machine and they are all high again. What should Remi do next?
Cindy goes into the ER with a broken leg, and her doctor orders an X-ray. At the X-ray, Cindy meets the technician, who is wearing a medical scrub uniform. The X-ray technician places a lead vest on Cindy and has her lie down to position the leg for the image. The X-ray technician then goes into another room and takes the image. Which accurately describes the radiographic safety measures that were taken for Cindy and the technician?
An employee at a hospital accidentally emails several patients’ records to a medical supplier. This type of security breach is called
What are the advantages of electronic reports over written reports?
Derek, a lab technician, is looking at a blood specimen under a microscope. While completing a CBC (complete blood count), he notices that the red blood cell count is normal but that the white blood cell count is high. According to this specimen, what is most likely occurring in the patient?
Which can be seen during a microscopic analysis of body fluids?
A healthcare worker is looking at a biopsy of the liver and notices clumps of abnormal-looking liver cells. What will most likely happen next?
A patient asks her doctor to send a copy of her records to another medical office. However, the records are not transmitted because her doctor’s electronic patient database is malfunctioning. This type of security failure is called
A company trains dolphins to be gentle enough to swim with people. The company prefers female dolphins and can use biotechnology to be sure that female dolphins are born during breeding. This gender-selection technology would be almost identical in humans. Why is this technology most likely not available to people?
Javier is a new nurse who is testing a blood glucose monitor to make sure that it is giving accurate results. What would be best for Javier to do when he is done?
Carson accidentally leaves a patient record open on his computer when he goes home. Several people in the office read his screen, including the janitor, a medical supplier, and other patients. Has Carson committed a HIPAA violation?
A burglar breaks into a store through a window and sets off the alarm. A raccoon injures his foot on the glass and leaves some blood on the sidewalk. When the police get there, they collect the sample and decide to analyze the blood to see if it comes from the burglar. During the test, rabbit antibodies are mixed with the blood. What is most likely to be the outcome of this test?
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