A Patient Is Scheduled for an Arthrocentesis

question 133

Multiple Choice

A patient is scheduled for an arthrocentesis. This means the patient will have a (n)

• A) surgical repair of the joint.
• B) puncture of the joint.
• C) removal of the joint.
• D) suture of the joint.
• E) opening into the joint.

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WPA

The Works Progress Administration, an American New Deal agency, providing jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression by carrying out public works projects.

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A period marked by significant global events including the latter years of the Great Depression, the build-up to World War II, and early years of the conflict.

Social Security Act

A law enacted in 1935 in the United States to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.