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ITHS Chapter 1 Flashcards

Welcome to the Field of Health Science

1
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Roughly how long has the nursing profession existed?

A

150 years

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2
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Who established good nursing standards and practices in the 1800s?

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Florence Nightingale

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3
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Whose research proved that green tea has many antioxidant benefits?

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Benjamin Carson

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4
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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?

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western medicine

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5
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What are the healthcare practices and treatments that minimize or avoid the use of surgery and drugs?

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alternative, complementary, integrative therapies

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6
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What are the therapies that treat the patient as a whole person after assessing the individual’s physical, social, mental, and spiritual well-being?

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holistic care

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7
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What does SIDS stand for?

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sudden infant death syndrome

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8
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What does AAP stand for?

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American Academy of Pediatrics

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9
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The placing of infants to sleep on their backs declined SIDS rates by what percent?

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50 percent

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10
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Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

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Hippocrates

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11
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What trains future technologists in the use of magnetic resonance imaging during surgery?

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preceptors

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12
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What is the personalized medical care that uses a patient’s unique combination of genes and chromosomes to prevent illnesses and maintain health?

A

genomic medicine

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13
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What is the complete sequence of DNA for every chromosome in an organism?

A

genome

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14
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What arteries supply blood to the heart?

A

coronary arteries

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15
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What research focuses on identifying gene variations that produce disease, predict development of a disease and determine how quickly a disease will progress?

A

genetic research

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16
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What screenings detect developing cancer to treat it in the earliest stages?

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mammogram screenings

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17
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What involves the insertion of a new gene to replace an abnormal gene?

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gene therapy

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18
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What are the basic cells that develop into specific types of cells that are needed to create the tissue and organs of our bodes?

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stem cells

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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?

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regenerative medicine

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20
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What are the two types of stem cells?

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embryonic and adult

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21
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What does CT stand for?

A

computed tomography

22
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What does MRI stand for?

A

magnetic resonance imaging

23
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What is the procedure that examines the inner surface of the colon?

A

colonoscopy

24
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What imaging provides detailed pictures of what is occuring in the body at the molecular and cellular level?

A

molecular imaging

25
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What tool keeps arteries open?

A

stents

26
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What technology helps regulate heartbeats?

A

pacemakers

27
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What is the field of science that manipulates individual atoms and molecules to create devices thousands of times smaller than current technologies allow?

A

nanotechnology

28
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What are the tiny tubes that help repair abdominal and brain aneurysms before blood vessels burst?

A

catheters

29
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What are the operations that involve tubes with cameras and tools attached to them?

A

laparoscopic operations

30
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What are the procedures that allow patients to leave the hospital shortly after a procedure has been completed?

A

outpatient procedures

31
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What combines a reliable telephone line with robotic equipment and a skilled surgeon?

A

telesurgery

32
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What are the digitized patient records?

A

electronic health records (EHR)

33
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What does NCCAM stand for?

A

National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

34
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What are the four parts of complementary and alternative medicine?

A

mind-body medicine, natural products, manipulative and body-based practices, whole medical systems

35
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What provides lower-cost healthcare through contracts between insurance companies and healthcare providers?

A

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

36
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What requires members to choose from a select group of medical providers who agree to provide services with specific costs?

A

Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)

37
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When was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed?

A

March 23, 2010

38
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What are the groups of similar occupations and industries that share a core set of basic knowledge and skills for all workers?

A

career clusters

39
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What are the small groups of specialized occupations within a career cluster that require more specific sets of knowledge, skills, and training?

A

career pathways

40
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What service includes occupations focused on documenting patient care?

A

health informatics services

41
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What service includes occupations that change the health status of a patient over time?

A

therapeutic services

42
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What service includes occupations that create a picture of a patient’s health status at a single point in time?

A

diagnostic services

43
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What service includes occupations that create a therapeutic environment for providing patient care?

A

support services

44
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What service includes occupations involved in biotechnology research and development that applies to human health?

A

biotechnology research and development

45
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What is the education past high school known as?

A

postsecondary education

46
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What is the official recognition from a professional association that an educational program meets minimum educational standards for an occupation?

A

accreditation

47
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What are the documents proving a person’s qualifications for a particular occupation?

A

credentials

48
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What refers to the official record that a person passed an examination and qualified to perform the tasks of the occupation?

A

registration

49
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What is the sequence of job positions progressing from entry-level to higher levels of responsibility and authority based on education, experience, and performance?

A

career ladder

50
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What are the standards determined by the NCHSE that describes the skills that workers need to succeed in healthcare careers?

A

National Health Science Standards

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