Critical+Thinking+Questions

= Chapter 1 = ** Carol wants to become a medical assistant. She is wondering why it is necessary to spend the time learning the roots, suffixes, and prefixes of medical terms when it is faster to simply memorize the actual medical terms. She commented to you that she was studying to be a medical assistant, not an English teacher, and that learning all the word components seemed like a waste of time. How would you respond? **

Chapter 2
** Judy walks stiffly into the medical office and says she has severe back pain. She wants to know whether she has injured her spinal cord. What should the nurse tell Judy? **

Chapter 3
** Dr. Reilly has a patient who asks her a question about atherosclerosis, since his brother was diagnosed with this condition. How would she describe what atherosclerosis is? **

Chapter 4
** What is an ectopic pregnancy? Where does implantation of the fertilized egg usually occur? Where does the remainder of ectopic pregnancies occur? What are the treatment options for ectopic ** ** pregnancies? **

Chapter 5
** Ms. Sessions has had //dysmenorrhea// and //menorrhagia// for several months. She is also //anemic//. Because of the presence of large //fibroids//, as seen on a pelvic //ultrasound// exam (//sonogram//), a //hysterectomy// is recommended. After it was removed, the uterus was opened to reveal fibroids (//leiomyomas//) bulging into the uterine cavity and displaying a firm, white appearance. Ms. Sessions is concerned over this latest finding//.// What should the physician tell her about //leiomyomas//? **