A Student Medical Assistant Doing His/her Internship in a Physician's

question 18

Multiple Choice

A student medical assistant doing his/her internship in a physician's office refuses to wipe up a spilled drink in the exam room hallway because she he/she believes housekeeping is not part of his/her job description. The student is demonstrating the absence of which quality deemed necessary for successful health care practitioners?

• A) compassion
• B) technical skill
• C) common sense
• D) courtesy
• E) etiquette

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Definitions:

Inheritance

Assets received from someone who has passed away, often as specified in their will or through the law of intestacy.

Creditor

An individual or institution that lends money or extends credit to another entity.

Settle

Completing a financial transaction by exchanging the payment of instruments between parties involved.

Discounting

The process of determining the present value of a payment or a stream of payments that is to be received in the future.