Introduction to healthcare review

Question 1

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

Question 4

The leading prevention and treatment option in the health field today

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Pharmaceuticals

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What is the effect of our aging population on healthcare today

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Inducing cost of healthcare

Question 6

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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What is the purpose of hospice

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Pallet of care and support dying patients and their families

Question 14

How are ethics in law related

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Ethics provides general on which the law is based

Question 15

List four current healthcare ethical dilemmas

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

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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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Euthanasia is another word for the term

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“Mercy killing” or “assisted suicide”

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

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False imprisonment

Question 20

How many times did you check the patience medication before administering

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Three times

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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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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

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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

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Spores

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Protective coating on bacteria

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What causes AIDs

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HIV

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When do nonsocomial infections occur

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when a patient is recieving healthcare

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Hepatitis A is spread through

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Fecal matter

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Hepatitis B spreads through

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exposure to blood and other bodily fluids

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Hepatitis C is caused by

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contact with blood of an infected person

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Hepatitis D occurs in people with

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Hepatitis B

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How are spores Killed

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In very high temperatures

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blood-borne pathogens

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pathogenic microorganisms that are spread through contact with blood

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Three ways that pathogens can be transmitted

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Airborne, droplet, and contact

Question 40

(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

Question 41

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

Question 42

seven hazards in the healthcare environment

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

Question 43

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.

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

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Any item or product that has the potential to transmit disease

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infectious waste

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Microbes or toxins used as wepons

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Bioterroism

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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

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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

Question 50

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"

Question 51

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

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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.

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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

Question 54

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.

Question 55

Class A extinguisher is used for

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

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Class C extinguisher is used for

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

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Class D extinguisher

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

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Class B extinguisher

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Flammable combustibles LIQUIDS, use class B, BC, ABC

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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

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Dosimeters

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record the amount of exposure