Question

Antonia is a general healthcare practitioner. Her patient has described her signs and symptoms, and Antonia has performed a physical examination and analyzed the information from tests she has ordered. Antonia knows that the problem is with her patient’s heart, but she does not have enough knowledge about the heart to make a precise diagnosis. What should Antonia do in this situation? 1. explain to the patient that she has a heart problem, but it is unclear exactly what it is 2. read books about the heart to see if she can come up with an accurate diagnosis 3. make her best guess based on the information she has 4.consult a heart specialist to help with the diagnosis

Answer 1

4 they need to come up with the diagnosis