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Introduction to healthcare review Flashcards

1
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What does RICE mean

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Rest , Immobilize, Cold(or cool), Elevate

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What does PASS mean

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Pull, Aim, Squeez, Sweep

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What does RACE mean

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Remove, Activate, Contain, Evacuate or Extinguish

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4
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The leading prevention and treatment option in the health field today

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Pharmaceuticals

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5
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What is the effect of our aging population on healthcare today

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Inducing cost of healthcare

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The concept of wellness is ____________ it encourages patients and teaches them about the basic principles of health promotion and self-care.

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More than the absence of disease

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_______emphasizes prevention of disease and personal responsibility for health

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Holistic medicine

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Diagnosis and treatment based on a patient’s biomedical makeup

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Personalized medicine

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Diversity Services, eliminate duplication of services, merge with other hospitals, join large healthcare systems, purchased my big large corporations, are all examples of?

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Hospitals trying to control cost

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Skilled nursing facilities

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Care is given on a 24-hour basis

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Intermediate nursing care facilities

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Cares given 8 hours a day

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Adult foster homes

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Provides 24-hour personal care supervision for a small number of residents Typically five

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13
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What is the purpose of hospice

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Pallet of care and support dying patients and their families

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14
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How are ethics in law related

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Ethics provides general on which the law is based

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15
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List four current healthcare ethical dilemmas

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Priority, except responsibility for making difficult decisions, report legal behavior

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16
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_________ provide guidelines for handling difficult issues they are there to ensure high quality care

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Codes

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17
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Euthanasia is another word for the term

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“Mercy killing” or “assisted suicide”

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18
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If a minor is financially independent married or in the military or have been emancipated by court they are considered_________

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Emancipated

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19
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When a patient is held against the will unless mentally competent or danger to themselves

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False imprisonment

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20
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How many times did you check the patience medication before administering

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Three times

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21
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CDC(Cnter for disease control)

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Formulate saftey guidelines by studying epidemiology of cases

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OSHA(occupational safety and health administration)

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Established minimum health safety standards for the workplace and to enforce the standards

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Medical asepsis

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Includes procedures to decrease the number and spread of pathogens in the environment

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24
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Surgical asepsis

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a group of principles and related procedures that eliminate the presence of pathogens from objects in areas.

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Antiseptics

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Chemical agents that inhibit growth of pathogens

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Bacteriocidal

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Kills microorganisms

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Bacteriostatic

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Inhibits growth of microorganisms

28
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Disinfectants

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Chemical agents that destroy most bacteria and viruses

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Sterilization

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Agents or methods that completely destroy microorganisms

30
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Spores

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Protective coating on bacteria

31
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What causes AIDs

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HIV

32
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When do nonsocomial infections occur

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when a patient is recieving healthcare

33
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Hepatitis A is spread through

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Fecal matter

34
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Hepatitis B spreads through

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exposure to blood and other bodily fluids

35
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Hepatitis C is caused by

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contact with blood of an infected person

36
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Hepatitis D occurs in people with

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Hepatitis B

37
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How are spores Killed

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In very high temperatures

38
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blood-borne pathogens

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pathogenic microorganisms that are spread through contact with blood

39
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Three ways that pathogens can be transmitted

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Airborne, droplet, and contact

40
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(1)________should be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with infectious agents transmitted person to person. ; (2)________ precautions should be used with patients know or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by respiratory droplets that are generated by patients who is coughing sneezing or talking.; (3)_______precautions -use PPE.

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(1)- Airborne precautions; (2)-Droplet; (3)-Contact

41
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Describe how pathogens become drug resistant and the impact this has on health care.

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They have adapted to them making drugs less effective

42
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seven hazards in the healthcare environment

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Chemical, Environmental, Ergonomic (musculoskeletal), infectious, physical,psychosocial, workplace violence.

43
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Define workplace violence and discuss preventive measures.

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“violent acts (including physical assaults and threats of assaults) directed toward persons at work or on duty.

44
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Always be thoroughly familiar with any equipment, Review the instructions,if equipment is damaged don’t use it; these are all ways to avoid:

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electrical hazards

45
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Exposure to _______ cou;d put employee at risk for tissue damage, contracting cancer or becoming sterile (inability to produce children) or may lead to infants being born with a defect. in order to avoid this employees must wear “ safety monitoring film badges, called dosimeters, that record the amount of exposure.

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Radiation

46
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Any item or product that has the potential to transmit disease

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infectious waste

47
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Microbes or toxins used as wepons

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Bioterroism

48
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Explain the purpose and sample contents of an emergency preparedness plan

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To handle large numbers of people in the event of a catastrophe

49
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“Specially trained personnel follow estab-lished triage guidelines to assess patients’ conditions and determine where they should be sent and what treatment they should receive.”

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triage system

50
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Explain why it is important to measure the height of older adults over time.

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many of whom lose height over time. This is because the discs between the vertebrae in the spine dehydrate and compress”

51
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When a patient’s cardiovascular system is unable to make rapid changes to accommodate changes in position, he or she will experience a condition

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orthostatic hypotension

52
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white coat syndrome

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Blood pressure is affected by many factors, including the age of the patient, certain medications and disease conditions, physical activity, the position of patient, and emotions.

53
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the first is the _______ pressure and is the highest pressure in the cardiovascular system. The second is the ______ pressure and is the lowest pressure in the cardiovascular system

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Systolic, Diastolic

54
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State when the respiratory rate should be reported to your supervisor.

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but if the rate is outside the normal range (Table 20–3), has an irregu-lar rhythm, or is labored, report it to your supervisor.

55
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Class A extinguisher is used for

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Ordinary combustibles, put out with water class A, or ABC extinguisher

56
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Class C extinguisher is used for

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electrical fires, use class C, BC, or ABC extinguisher

57
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Class D extinguisher

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Used for burning metals, use class D or smoother w/ dry sand

58
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Class B extinguisher

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Flammable combustibles LIQUIDS, use class B, BC, ABC

59
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first step if a chemical comes in contact with skin

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Rinse under cold water for at least 5 minuets

60
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Dosimeters

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record the amount of exposure

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