List several basic duties of the admitting department.
What will be an ideal response?
Interviews patient/responsible party; duplicates insurance identification cards; reviews documentation for completeness and accuracy; obtains treatment, release of information, legal affidavits for POA, DNR, and assignment of benefits forms; provides patient with an ID bracelet; distributes patient information to the appropriate departments; updates/maintains the daily census; maintains the master scheduling board.
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You have been caring for a resident for the past several weeks who has edema of his legs and is on a sodium-restricted diet and medication to reduce the swelling. Today you count his pulse and find that it is 58 and that he reports feeling weak and apathetic. What is your response to this situation?
What will be an ideal response?
All of the following are true about genital herpes, EXCEPT ________.
A. treatment includes large doses of penicillin B. lesions may reoccur during stressful situations C. the initial outbreak may be accompanied by flu-like symptoms D. the blisters may break and leave sores that may take weeks to heal