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Medical Assistant NCMA Practice Test - Question List

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21. Which of the following statements is correct about ostomy care?
  1. It is done under sterile technique.
  2. A doctor’s order is needed for changing of ostomy pouches.
  3. Able clients can perform this procedure by themselves after a thorough health teaching.
  4. The client can still defecate normally.
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22.

Tina informed the staff nurse that she’ll take her 30-minute break. After a short snack in the cafeteria, she then went into the nurses’ lounge and talked with her sister who came in to visit her. Which of the following statements best describe the situation?

  1. Tina should be aware that this is not allowed. Entertaining visitors during duty hours is not appropriate.
  2. Tina should inform the nurse of her sister’s visit.
  3. Tina should entertain her sister. She is on her break time and she can do anything she wants.
  4. Tina should bring her sister to the locker room and converse with her there. The nurse’s lounge is not the appropriate place to entertain visitors.
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23.

Ms. Julia Jacobs is diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. She appears depressed and has verbalized concerns about impending hair loss. How should the medical assistant deal with this?

  1. Discuss hair loss as it occurs.
  2. Provide reading material about chemotherapy.
  3. Acknowledge that hair loss may be a difficult side effect, and explore the client’s feelings about this.
  4. Give the client information about head scarves, hats, or wigs.
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24. Which of the following clients needs to be attended to first by the medical assistant?
  1. Mr. Tomm - 72 years old, with left-sided paralysis, confined on bed - calls for a change in his diaper.
  2. Mrs. Smith - 80 years old, recently lost her husband - requests the medical assistant accompany her in the garden.
  3. Mr. Brown - 69 years old, constantly asks for your company - calls you as he finishes his 3000-piece jigsaw puzzle.
  4. Mr. Chin - 65 years old with Parkinson’s disease - is scheduled for his bed shampoo today.
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25. A client is admitted to the unit with an order for hourly monitoring of blood pressure. The medical assistant finds that the cuff is too small. This will cause the blood pressure reading to be:
  1. Inconsistent.
  2. Low systolic and high diastolic.
  3. Higher than what the reading should be.
  4. Lower than what the reading should be.
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