ITHS Chapter 1

Question 1

Roughly how long has the nursing profession existed?

Answer 1

150 years

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Florence Nightingale

Question 3

Whose research proved that green tea has many antioxidant benefits?

Answer 3

Benjamin Carson

Question 4

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?

Answer 4

western medicine

Question 5

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

Answer 5

alternative, complementary, integrative therapies

Question 6

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

Answer 6

holistic care

Question 7

What does SIDS stand for?

Answer 7

sudden infant death syndrome

Question 8

What does AAP stand for?

Answer 8

American Academy of Pediatrics

Question 9

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

Answer 9

50 percent

Question 10

Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

Answer 10

Hippocrates

Question 11

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

Answer 11

preceptors

Question 12

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

Answer 12

genomic medicine

Question 13

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

Answer 13

genome

Question 14

What arteries supply blood to the heart?

Answer 14

coronary arteries

Question 15

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

Answer 15

genetic research

Question 16

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

Answer 16

mammogram screenings

Question 17

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

Answer 17

gene therapy

Question 18

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

Answer 18

stem cells

Question 19

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?

Answer 19

regenerative medicine

Question 20

What are the two types of stem cells?

Answer 20

embryonic and adult

Question 21

What does CT stand for?

Answer 21

computed tomography

Question 22

What does MRI stand for?

Answer 22

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 23

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

Answer 23

colonoscopy

Question 24

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

Answer 24

molecular imaging

Question 25

What tool keeps arteries open?

Answer 25

stents

Question 26

What technology helps regulate heartbeats?

Answer 26

pacemakers

Question 27

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

Answer 27

nanotechnology

Question 28

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

Answer 28

catheters

Question 29

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

Answer 29

laparoscopic operations

Question 30

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

Answer 30

outpatient procedures

Question 31

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

Answer 31

telesurgery

Question 32

What are the digitized patient records?

Answer 32

electronic health records (EHR)

Question 33

What does NCCAM stand for?

Answer 33

National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Question 34

What are the four parts of complementary and alternative medicine?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)

Question 37

When was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed?

Answer 37

March 23, 2010

Question 38

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

Answer 38

career clusters

Question 39

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

Answer 39

career pathways

Question 40

What service includes occupations focused on documenting patient care?

Answer 40

health informatics services

Question 41

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

Answer 41

therapeutic services

Question 42

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

Answer 42

diagnostic services

Question 43

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

Answer 43

support services

Question 44

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

Answer 44

biotechnology research and development

Question 45

What is the education past high school known as?

Answer 45

postsecondary education

Question 46

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

Answer 46

accreditation

Question 47

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

Answer 47

credentials

Question 48

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

Answer 48

registration

Question 49

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

Answer 49

career ladder

Question 50

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

Answer 50

National Health Science Standards