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 A medical assistant is reinforcing teaching with a patient about medication administration in the ear. Which of the following information should the assistant include?

A medical assistant is transferring a patient from his wheelchair to an examination table by herself. Which of the following actions should the assistant take?

A medical assistant is performing a pulmonary function test using spirometry. How many maneuvers are required from the patient before the assistant can calculate the average measurements and record the results?

 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?

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?

When administering CPR, how many compressions, at a minimum, should the medical assistant do in 1 min?

Ringworm belongs to which of the following disease classifications?

 Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take when performing a capillary puncture on a 10 month old patient? 

A medical assistant is reviewing the electronic health record of a patient who is scheduled for a postoperative mastectomy visit. Which of the following documents should the assistant ensure is present from the hospital prior to this visit? 

A provider is caring for a patient who has a bowel blockage and recommends a surgical procedure to reroute the colon. The medical assistant should identify that which of the following terms describes this procedure?