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6. The medical assistant is helping a hemiplegic client get dressed. Which of the following is a correct way to help this client get dressed?
  1. Undress the client’s weak or involved extremity first.
  2. Undress the upper extremity first, then the lower extremity.
  3. Undress the client’s non-involved extremity last.
  4. Dress the weak or most involved extremity first.
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7. An elderly client is admitted to the unit for the first time. Which of the following actions ensures the safety of the client?
  1. Keep unnecessary furniture out of the way.
  2. Keep lights on all the time.
  3. Keep side rails up at all times.
  4. Keep all equipment out of view.
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8. Mrs. Sipps has a nasogastric tube in place for intermittent feedings. During feedings she should be placed in which position, unless contraindicated?
  1. Flat with head to one side
  2. Flat and supine
  3. High Fowler’s
  4. Right lateral
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9.

A client has been identified as having a very virulent bacterial infection that is spread through close physical contact. The medical assistant understands that, in order to decrease the chance of spreading these organisms, which of the following infection control precautions should be observed?

  1. Airborne precautions
  2. Droplet precautions
  3. Contact precautions
  4. Protective precautions
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10. Michelle is giving a male client a bed bath. She noticed that the Foley catheter is no longer taped on the client’s anterior thigh. Michelle obtains medical tape and secures the catheter back in place. The rationale for lateral or upward anchoring of the urethral catheter in a male is to:
  1. Prevent pressure at the penescrotal area.
  2. Promote comfort.
  3. Secure the catheter well.
  4. Provide privacy.
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