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A primary care provider determines that a patient requires care from a specialist. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take?

Which of the following terms describes a closed wound caused by blunt trauma that results in swelling, ecchymosis and pain?

Which of the following is the route of transmission for syphilis?

A medical assistant sees that a patient has signed an Advance Beneficiary Notice for a test that the patient requested. After receiving a denial of payment from the insurance company, which of the following actions should the assistant take?

Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take to prepare an examination room?

A medical assistant is assisting a provider to obtain a specimen for a Papanicolaou test. Which of the following actions should the assistant take?

Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take during handwashing? 

A medical assistant obtains the following vital signs from an adult patient: heart rate 105/min, temperature 37.2C (99F), BP 94/62 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 18/mins. The assistant should document which of the following in the patient’s health record?

 A medical assistant is speaking with a patient on the phone who has billing questions. Which of the following actions by the assistant demonstrates active listening?

Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when interviewing a patient who has anxiety?