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Pain Management and Patient Care Quiz

Test your knowledge on effective pain management strategies and patient care techniques in various situations. This quiz covers important topics that medical assistants and healthcare professionals need to understand.

Assess cultural approaches to pain management.
Assist patients post-stroke.
Document patient complaints accurately.

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A patient uses an alternative form of pain management based on cultural beliefs, how should medical assistant respond?

The doctor doesn't agree with that management.

Prescribed medication is proven to work better.

Ask the patient to tell you more about their approach and how it has worked for them.

The patient is being seen following a stroke(CVA). The patient is demonstrating weakness on one side. How can you assist the patient?

Full weight management exercise

Cold pack

Active assist range in motion

Crutch training

What can you instruct a patient to do to help assist a patient with controlling their blood pressure at home?

Take required meds at the same time every day

Check blood sugar all the constantly

Check and record blood pressure daily

Tell the patient not to exercise because it will raise blood pressure

What are administrative duties are MA allowed to help with?

Treatment

Prescribe medication

Diagnose patient illness

Perform exams

The MA is bringing a patient with a prosthetic limb back to be vital and screened, what should the medical assistant do?

Have the patient seen right away by provider

Check their blood sugar

Give them brochures on an illness the office provides

Ask they patient if they would like some assistance

What is the role of patient navigator when assisting a doctor?

All of the above

Documenting what the provider is saying, filling forms,

Assisting with procedures

Assist with referrals, prescriptions the dr has approved,

When documenting a chief complaint, you should

Change it to med. Term wording when documenting

Document in patients words

Give your opinion on what is wrong with the patient

Document in your own words

If a patient mentions that they do not have any allergies, what should you document?

Skip the question

Enter “No known drug allergies” (NKDA)

Give an allergy screening

Document in the demographics section

What is the least important task for a medical assistant?

Work on task files

Room patient

Assist provider

Perform procedures and check out patient

What might the doctor palpate to check if the patient is having a problem with their spleen?

Middle of stomach under diaphragm

Left bottom side of stomach under diaphragm

Right side under diaphragm

Left bottom side of stomach

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