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A personal qualification of being an effective and productive medical assistant is to
show respect to patients
A medical assistant working in a pediatrician's office who takes a continuing education class on child development demonstrates __________.
growth
What is the term for the ability to identify with and understand another person's feelings?
empathy
A medical assistant who completes all work and documents all of the day's activities before leaving for the day is demonstrating __________.
professionalism
When organizing tasks on a very busy day, the medical assistant is displaying which professional behavior?
prioritizing
One of the effects of good time management is __________.
eliminating the stress of work overload
The minimum proficiencies necessary to do a job are known as __________.
hard skills
Showing up for work on time every day is an example of what type of skill?
soft skill
Your work ethic is the result of your __________.
professional behaviors
Adult height should be measured to the nearest __________.
quarter of an inch
the normal range for an adult heart rate per minute?
60–100 BPM
A normal blood pressure for a healthy adult?
110/65 to 130/80
The normal adult oral temperature is __________.
98.6ºF–99.8ºF
Thermometer that provides the least accurate temperature reading?
disposable thermometers
Pulse is measured as the number of times the heart beats in __________.
1 minute
Respiration is the number of times a patient breathes in __________ seconds
60
