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Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

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Hippocrates

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Which group of ancient people developed the first sanitation systems?

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The Romans

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Which group of ancient people believed in treating the whole body, mind, and spirit?

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The Chinese

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Who founded the American Red Cross?

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Clara Barton

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Who invented and first used disinfectants during surgeries?

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Joseph Lister

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Who invented the stethoscope?

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  • René Laennec
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Who were the earliest people to maintain accurate health records?

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The Egyptians

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Who invented the X-ray?

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  • Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
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Who made the vaccine for smallpox?

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Edward Jenner

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Who began the organized education for nurses?

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Florence Nightingale

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Who was the first female physician?

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-Elizabeth Blackwell

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What is the healthcare trend that uses audio, video, and computers, to provide healthcare services at a distance.

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Telemedicine

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What is health care that treats intellectual, physical, spiritual, and social wellness?

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-Holistic Health Care

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What are CAM Therapies?

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  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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What is Integrative Medicine?

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  • Combining conventional and alternative therapies to treat patients
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What type of care is offered by hospice?

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  • End-of-life care
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Which group helps low-income, disabled, or blind people: Medicare or Medicaid?

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Medicaid

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What act protects the privacy of our healthcare information?

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Who is concerned with the causes and control of diseases?

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Epidemiologists

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What United Nations group complies statistics on diseases and epidemics?

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Which category of healthcare careers is concerned with documentation?

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Health Information Management

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Which category of healthcare careers is concerned with a clean and safe environment and sterile equipment?

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Environmental Services/Sterile Processing

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Which category of healthcare careers is concerned with performing tests to create a picture of a patient’s health status at one point in time?

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  • Diagnostic Services
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Which category of healthcare careers is concerned with using living cells to create new products and tests in a laboratory?

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Biotechnology Research and Development

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Which category of healthcare careers is concerned with working directly with patients to change their health status over time?
Therapeutic Services
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Which career group works on teeth?
- Dentistry
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Which group works on animals?
Veterinary Medicine
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Which group works under the supervision of doctors to provide total medical care?
Physician Assistants
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Who provided urgent, prehospital care?
Paramedics/EMTs
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Who collects and prepares blood samples?
Phlebotomists
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Who runs x-rays, MRIs, and CT scanners?
Radiologic Technologists
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Who uses ultrasound for assessing the heart?
Cardiac Sonographers
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Who runs scans on the brain?
Radiologic Technologists (Neuroimaging)
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Who assigns all the codes to the patients’ healthcare records?
Medical Coders
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Who types in data dictated on recorders by physicians?
Medical Transcriptionists
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Which career involves tracking diseases, looking at risk factors, exposure, and infection control?
Epidemiologist
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Who dispenses prescription drugs?
Pharmacists
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Who studies human behavior and helps people deal with their problems?
Psychologists
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Who provides care for those with hearing loss?
Audiologists
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What kind of dentist specializes in straightening teeth?
Orthodontists
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Who works to provide mobility, flexibility, and strength to their patients?
Physical Therapists
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Who can perform eye surgeries?
Ophthalmologists
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Who specializes with the elderly?
Geriatricians
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Who specializes with skin?
Dermatologists
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Who specializes with the digestive system?
Gastroenterologists
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Who specializes in the female reproductive system?
Gynecologists
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What are you called when you assume the risks of opening your own business?
Entrepreneur
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What setting does a pathologist work in?
Laboratory
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What age group may have difficulty getting their physiological needs met?
The elderly
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What is the inability to control urination?
Incontinence
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What is the inability to swallow?
Dysphagia
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What percentage of the elderly are cared for in long-term care facilities?
Approximately 4.5%
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What is the condition in elderly people that results in increased intraocular pressure?
Glaucoma
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What is the condition in elderly people that results in brittle bones?
Osteoporosis
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Who is the representative for elderly people and their families to ensure quality care?
Ombudsman
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Kidney disease, stress, depression, and some medications can cause an elderly patient to become _.
Confused
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By 2050, it is estimated that 21% of the population will be __ or older.
65 years
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A physician fails to use a degree of skill and learning commonly expected and the person receiving care is injured. This is __________
Malpractice
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Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person is __.
Negligence
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__ is a threat or attempt to injure another individual, whereas __ includes the unlawful touching of another person without consent
- Assault; Battery
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Care that results in harm, pain, or mental anguish is called __.
Abuse
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False statements that are written are __ while false spoken statements are __. Both are forms of defamation.
Libel; Slander
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Physical restraints applied without prior authorization is __.
False imprisonment
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Sharing records or revealing a person’s body are both forms of __.
Invasion of privacy
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The ability to recognize and appreciate the personal characteristics of others is ___.
-Cultural competence
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Belief that some people are superior to others is __.
Ethnocentrism
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Assuming everyone in a category is the same is __.
Stereotyping
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Being able to identify with and understand another person’s feelings:
Empathy
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Having the ability to say or do the kindest or most fitting thing in a difficult situation shows ______.
Compassion
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Using good judgment in what you say and do and making sure that a patient’s rights are not violated demonstrates __.
Ethics
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Being qualified and capable of performing a task while striving for accuracy in all you do shows __.
Competence
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What is a psychological barrier to communication?
Prejudice
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What is the difference between a subjective and an objective observation?
- Subjective: Based on personal feelings or opinions. -Objective: Based on observable and measurable facts.
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Who created aqueducts to carry clean water to the cities?
The Ancient Romans
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Study of Medicine was prohibited;prayer & divine invention for diseases
-Dark Ages
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Black Death, Small Pox; Renewed Interest in Medicine + begin implementing in colleges/universities
Middle Ages
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Rebirth of medicine + Dissection of body
Renaissance
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Falliopian tube +successful blood transfusion
-16th and 17th century
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Who is the Father of Microbiology?
Robert Koch
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Microorganisms cause disease +pasteurizing milk
Louis Pasteur
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principles of heredity + Dom/reces patterns
Gregory Mendel
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Ways to lower cost + afford expensive health care
Cost Containment Methods
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Procedures performed on patient's admission
-Protect patient’s or resident’s possessions – Orient patient and family members to facility
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Transfers
– May be related to patient’s condition – May be requested by patient
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Discharges
- Physician’s order usually required – Leaving against medical advice (AMA)
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