RMA prep

To ensure that an accurate blood pressure measurement is taken, the medical assistant should

Use appropriate blood pressure cuff

Which of the following findings for an adults patient should the medical assistant immediately report to the nurse.

An Axillary temperature of 104.2°F (40.1°C)

What describes patient cycle time.

The length of time the average patient spends in the medical office.

What term describes the position of the Palm relative to the elbow?

Distal

A patient is scheduled for a colposcopy the medical assistant should assist the patient to which position?

Lithotomy position

When measuring a patient for crutches the top of the crutches should be how far below a standing patient's armpit?

1-2 inches

The medical assistant is speaking to a patient who has ordered to wear a holter monitor. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further patient education?

"I can wear the monitor while I shower”

The dipstick portion of a urinalysis test except?

Parasites

A patient is having tonic- clonic seizure. What should the medical assistant do first?

Provide a sate environment

Which of the following is not true about eating disorders?

• Patients with anorexia nervosa-may compensate for binges by using laxative and diuretics

• Patients with bulimia may have erosion of tooth enamel

• Bingeing and purging can occur in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia

• Extreme exercising and calorie restriction are common with anorexia nervosa

• Patients may develop eating disorders because of issue of power and and control

Patients with anorexia nervosa may compensate for binges by using laxative and diuretics

Which of the following is a disease or dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves, typically causing numbness and weakness?

• Sarcoma

• Neuropathy

• Menigitis

• Pertussis

• Tuberculosis

Neuropathy

Which body part is affected by a right tibia fracture?

• Upper arm

• Lower arm

• Upper leg

• Lower leg

• Head

Lower leg

To prevent birth defects of the brain and spine, pregnant women should take prenatal vitamin containing..

• Folic acid

• Vitamin K

• Hemoglobin

• Calcium

• Vitamin D

Folic acid

Which of the following medication is used to prevent seizures?

• Oxycodone hydrochloride (oxycondin)

• Levothyroxine sodium (synthoid)

• Prednisone

• Pregabalin

• Ariprirazole

Pregabalin

A patient shows signs of of anaphylaxis after being administered ciprofloxacin, what should the medical assistant do first?

• Induce vomiting

• Obtain the patient’s vital signs

• Complete an incident report

• Notify the healthcare provider

• Begin rescue breathing and press compressions

Notify the healthcare provider

Leukocytosis means white of the following?

• Abnormally shaped pletelets

• Abnormally shaped white blood cells

• Decrease red blood cells

• Elevated white blood cells

• Abnormal change in plasma volume

Elevated white blood cells

When removing suture , where should the suture be cut?

• Of the opposite side of the knot

• Immediately under the knot

• On the knot

• Inside the wound

• The medical assistant should decide for each patient

Immediately under the knot

Which of the following is a standardized coding system that is used primary to identify produces, supplies, and survives not included in the CPT code list, such as ambulance charges and prosthetic devices?

• ICD-10C-CM codes

• CPT modifier codes

• HCPCS modifiers codes

• HCPCS level II codes

• Supplemental service code

HCPCS level II codes

Which of the following precautions would the medical assistant expect to be in place with a patient with influenza?

• Contact precautions

• Droplet precautions

• Airborne precautions

• Contact and airborne precautions

• Protective environment

Droplet precautions

Which of the following signs are seen in a patient with cardiogenic shock?

• Hypertension; slow, labored breathing

• Decrease urine output; warm, pink skin

• Increase urine output; cool, clammy skin

• Hypotension; weak pulse; cool, clammy skin

• Hyperventilation; warm, pink skin

Hypotension; weak pulse; cool, clammy skin

The medical assistant is submitting prescription refill requests to a pharmacy. One of the medication orders is illegible. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

• Ask another medical assistant to verify the order

• Ask the prescribing physician for clarification

• Scan the order to the pharmacy and let the pharmacy decipher it

• Figure it out based on the patients diagnosis and home medication

• Call the patient to confirm the prescription details

Ask the prescribing the physician for clarification

which of the following is the very brief, preferably quoted statement of the patient that is entered into the medical record giving the purpose of the office visit or hospitalization?

• summary of origin

• - main objective

• Chief complaint personal statement

• Personal statement

• Reason summary

Chief complaint.

When changing a patient’s dressing, a medical assistant should do which of the following?

• Put on clean gloves before placing a new dressing?

• Place wet gauze at the base of all wounds

• Scrub all wounds bases vigorously

• Express out any drainage from the wound

• Place dry gauze at the base of all wounds

Put on clean gloves before placing a new dressing.

Which of the following best described bias?

• speaking loudly to ensure that you are heard

• Showing an unfair preference or dislike of a group of people

• Being passive, withdrawn, and quiet when communicating

• Being aggressive and outraged when communicating with an angry pt positive stereotyping

Showing an unfair preference or dislike of a group of people

A urea breath test is done to test for which of the following infectious agents?

• presence of helicobacter pylori

• Strep throat

• Influenza A

• Pneumonia

• Epstein- barr virus

Helicobacter pylori, is a stomach infection usually found in pts with gastric ulcers

Which of the following pt should be seen immediately by the provider?

• a forty- five- year-old female on oral contraceptives with unusually heavy menstrual bleeding

• A twenty-four-year-old with a dog bite to the leg from the family dog who is current on rabies shot

• An irritable rash and temperature of 103.4F

• A sixteen-year-old football player with a twisted ankle who has no deformity and a pedal pulse

• A forty-year-old male with a headache and no serious medical history

Rash and fever, they’re signs of meningitis which is a medical emergency especially in an infant

Which of the following conditions is characterized by a low number of platelets?

• glycolysis

• Thrombocytopenia

• Thrombocytosis

• Leukocytosis

• Anemia

Thrombocytopenia, is a deficiency in the number of platelets

The medical assistant has just administered an IM injection to a patient. How should the nurse dispose of the needle?

• re-cap the needle and discard it in the nearest puncture-resistant container

• Break the needly and discard it in the nearest puncture-resistant container

• Discard the needle in a puncture-resistant container in thee central medication area

• Discard the needle in a puncture-resistant container in the pts room

• Re-cap the needle and discard it in a trash can

Discard the needle in a puncture-resistant container in the pts room

The medical assistant should anticipate that the health care provider will order which of the following vaccination for a six-month-old pt at a wellness check?

• DTAP and MMR

• Hib and varicella

• Influenza and Dtap

• Hep A and MMR

• Hep B and Dtap

Hep b and Dtap

Where should the V1 lead should be placed?

Right upper breast

In medical coding, what do ICD codes represent?

• category codes

• Diagnosis codes

• Procedure codes

• Organizational codes

• Filing codes

ICD ( international classification of diseases, 10th revision, Clinical modification is the current version) codes are diagnosis codes used for billing purposes.

According to the scale, an infant weights 4.3 kg

1 kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds: 4.3 × 2.2= 9.46

The eating disorder anorexia nervosa is defines as:

• binge eating at least twice a week for three months

• Taking excessive actions to compensate for caloric intake, such as purging

• Not consuming enough essential nutrients to maintain healthy body fat levels

• Using laxatives to compensate for excessive calorie intake

• An uncontrollable urge to binge eat

Not consuming enough essential nutrients to maintain healthy body fat levels

Which of the following statement about a choking pt is INCORRECT?

• The Heimlich should be performed on conscious pts who are unable to speak

• A blind sweep of the airway should be done to clear the foreign body.

• The heimlich should be performed with five abdominal thrust between the rib cage and navel

• Infants should receive an alternating thrusts

• Unaddressed choking can lead to cardiac arrest

A blind sweep of the airway should be done to clear the foreign body

Which of the following describes a lithotripsy?

• surgical removal of the gallbladder

• Surgical removal of a kidney stone or gallstone

• Incision of the abdomen

• Procedure to crush a stone

• Procedure to examine the bladder

Lithotripsy is a procedure to crush a stone ex. Kidney stones

If a correction to the medical chart is necessary, what should the provider do?

• cross out the incorrect info

• Create a completely new chart

• Erase the incorrect info

• Add an addendum with a time and date stamp to the bottom of the chart

• Leave the chart alone

Any corrections to the chart will need to be done with a timed and dated addendum

Which of the following is a two-character suffix attached to a category I CPT code that provides supplemental info?

• modifier

• ICD-10-CM code

• Supplemental service code

• HCPCS level II code

• Experimental service code

Modifier is a two-character suffix attached to a category I CPT code with a hyphen. It provides supplemental info and is found in the appendix of the CPT code manual.

Which element allows hemoglobin to carry oxygen?

• iron

• Calcium

• Magnesium

• Phosphorus

• Ascorbic acid

Iron, it plays an important role in the ability of hemoglobin to carry oxygen. When a pt has iron deficiency anemia, their body cannot carry oxygen to the cells and tissues very well. This is why anemic pts often feel short of breath or chronically tired.

An autoclave sterilizes equipment using which of the following techniques?

• using a dry heat for one hour at 320F

• Soaking the equipment in closed containers of a strong disinfectant chemical

• Applying a stream heat under pressure at high temp between 250-254F

• Rinsing equipment with hot soap and water for ten min

• Wrapping equitment’s in sterile cloth to prevent contamination

An autoclave uses a steam heat at high temp and high pressure to sterilize equipment. The equipment is wrapped and closed with sterilized tape prior to sterilization

Which of the following would NOT elevate a pts BP?

• smoking

• Salt intake

• Alcohol intake

• Diuretics

• Pseudoephedrine

Diuretics medication is used to lower pts BP