ITHS Chapter 1 Flashcards
Welcome to the Field of Health Science
Roughly how long has the nursing profession existed?
150 years
Who established good nursing standards and practices in the 1800s?
Florence Nightingale
Whose research proved that green tea has many antioxidant benefits?
Benjamin Carson
What is the most common form of medical care in the US, and uses medication and surgery to treat the signs and symptoms of illness?
western medicine
What are the healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs?
alternative, complementary, integrative therapies
What are the therapies that treat the patient as a whole person after assessing the individual’s physical, social, mental, and spiritual well-being?
holistic care
What does SIDS stand for?
sudden infant death syndrome
What does AAP stand for?
American Academy of Pediatrics
The placing of infants to sleep on their backs declined SIDS rates by what percent?
50 percent
Who is known as the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates
What trains future technologists in the use of magnetic resonance imaging during surgery?
preceptors
What is the personalized medical care that uses a patient’s unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illnesses and maintain health?
genomic medicine
What is the complete sequence of DNA for every chromosome in an organism?
genome
What arteries supply blood to the heart?
coronary arteries
What research focuses on identifying gene variations that produce disease, predict development of a disease and determine how quickly a disease will progress?
genetic research
What screenings detect developing cancer to treat it in the earliest stages?
mammogram screenings
What involves the insertion of a new gene to replace an abnormal gene?
gene therapy
What are the basic cells that develop into specific types of cells that are needed to create the tissue and organs of our bodes?
stem cells
What is the form of medical care that creates living tissue to replace tissue/organ functions lost due to age, disease, injury, or birth disorder?
regenerative medicine
What are the two types of stem cells?
embryonic and adult
What does CT stand for?
computed tomography
What does MRI stand for?
magnetic resonance imaging
What is the procedure that examines the inner surface of the colon?
colonoscopy
What imaging provides detailed pictures of what is occuring in the body at the molecular and cellular level?
molecular imaging
What tool keeps arteries open?
stents
What technology helps regulate heartbeats?
pacemakers
What is the field of science that manipulates individual atoms and molecules to create devices thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow?
nanotechnology
What are the tiny tubes that help repair abdominal and brain aneurysms before blood vessels burst?
catheters
What are the operations that involve tubes with cameras and tools attached to them?
laparoscopic operations
What are the procedures that allow patients to leave the hospital shortly after a procedure has been completed?
outpatient procedures
What combines a reliable telephone line with robotic equipment and a skilled surgeon?
telesurgery
What are the digitized patient records?
electronic health records (EHR)
What does NCCAM stand for?
National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
What are the four parts of complementary and alternative medicine?
mind-body medicine, natural products, manipulative and body-based practices, whole medical systems
What provides lower-cost healthcare through contracts between insurance companies and healthcare providers?
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
What requires members to choose from a select group of medical providers who agree to provide services with specific costs?
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)
When was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed?
March 23, 2010
What are the groups of similar occupations and industries that share a core set of basic knowledge and skills for all workers?
career clusters
What are the small groups of specialized occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training?
career pathways
What service includes occupations focused on documenting patient care?
health informatics services
What service includes occupations that change the health status of a patient over time?
therapeutic services
What service includes occupations that create a picture of a patient’s health status at a single point in time?
diagnostic services
What service includes occupations that create a therapeutic environment for providing patient care?
support services
What service includes occupations involved in biotechnology research and development that applies to human health?
biotechnology research and development
What is the education past high school known as?
postsecondary education
What is the official recognition from a professional association that an educational program meets minimum educational standards for an occupation?
accreditation
What are the documents proving a person’s qualifications for a particular occupation?
credentials
What refers to the official record that a person passed an examination and qualified to perform the tasks of the occupation?
registration
What is the sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and performance?
career ladder
What are the standards determined by the NCHSE that describes the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers?
National Health Science Standards
