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Christian Barnard

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Performed the first successful heart transplant

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Edward Jenner

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Developed the small pox vaccine

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Gregor Mendel

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Developed the laws of heredity

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Rachel Carson

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Described poisoning of the environment with pesticides

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Jonas Salk

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Developed a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis

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William Harvey

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Described the circulation of blood

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What is team work

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Working side by side a doctor or nurse

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Health maintenance practice

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Rest, exercise, and good nutrition

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Legal responsibility

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Performing duties according to laws and regulations

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Safety practices

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Hand washing

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Ethics

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Dealing with what is good or bad, determining moral duty and obligation

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q4h

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Every 4 hours

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q15m

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Every 15 minutes

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qd

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One time a day

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qid

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Four times a day

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tid

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Three times a day

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bid

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Two times a day

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Axillary

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Armpits

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Oral

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Mouth

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Rectum

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Rectal

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Temporal

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Ear

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Infrared

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Without touching the patient

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Apical pulse

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Pertaining to the pointed end of the heart

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Diastolic

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Blood pressure during the hearts ventricular relaxation

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Systolic

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Blood pressure during the hearts ventricular contraction

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Palpation

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Using hands to feel size, location, texture, etc. of body parts

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Auscultation

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Act of Listening to sounds within the body

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Blood pressure

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Pressure of circulating blood against the walls of the arteries

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Jurisprudent

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Understanding the philosophy of the law

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Confidential

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Private or secret

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Malpractice

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Failure of professional skill or learning that results injury, loss or damage

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Informed consent

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Agreement to surgical or medical treatment with knowledge of the facts and risks involved

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32
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What are signs of a local infection

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Redness, pain in womb, swelling

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MRSA

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Methicillin- resistant staphylococcus aureus

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Aphasia

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A person who lacks the ability of language

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35
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How long should your résumé be?

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Limited to 1 page

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How many times do you read a label before using it ?

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At least 3 times

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Negligence

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Failure to execute care that a reasonable person exercises

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Diagnostic service career

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Radiology, medical and dental lab tests

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Therapeutic services

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Doctors, nurses, veterinarians

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Support service career

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Dietary needs, therapy, administration, engineering

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Biotechnology research and development career

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Biochemists, biotaticism, lab technician

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Fire safety training

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RACE (rescue, alarm, contain, extinguish)

PASS (pull, aim, squeeze, sweep)

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Libel

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Communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person in writing

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Slander

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Verbally communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person

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DNR

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Do nut resuscitate

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If care is not recorded, ___________

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It has not been done

47
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Do you use your thumb to feel your pulse?

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MSDS

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Material safety data sheet

49
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Breaking confidentiality will be a legal violation when……

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A doctor is being sued for malpractice

50
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How should you chart ?

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In chronological order

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Matriarchal

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Society or group with a female as head of the family or tribal line

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Patriarchal

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Society or group with a male as head of the family or tribal line

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that ones own culture is superior to another

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Assimilation

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The merging of cultural traits from different cultural groups

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Ethnography

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A branch of anthropology that studied and records various human culture

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WHO

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World health organization

It is a non- governmental agency that is organized to protect the world community

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FDA

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Food and Drug administration

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Hippocrates

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Father of western medicine

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Lister

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He was the pioneer of anti septic surgery

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Louis pastor

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Pasteurized milk

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Difference between subjective and objective

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Subjective: based on opinions
Objective: based on facts

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Difference between hospice and rehabilitation

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Hospice: for the terminally ill
Rehabilitation: for after surgery or injury

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Portfolio

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An evaluation tool to measure you

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NIH

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National institute of health

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DHS

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Department of Health and Servics

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Caduceus

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Medical insignia. Looks like a snake

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Difference between Medicare and Medicaid

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Medicare: care for people who are 65 and older
Medicaid: financial aid for people with low income

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Ether ( anastetic)

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Industrial revolution

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Historical period for antibiotics

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Modern time

70
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Historical period for Catscanned, MRIs, ultrasounds

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Modern time

71
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When did physicians get formal training

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Middle Ages

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Medical asepsis

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Clean technique

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Surgical asepsis

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Sterile technique

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Order of vital signs

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Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure

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A normal pulse rhythm is called ?

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Regular pace

76
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If someone is drinking hot tea, best course of action is to?

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Wait 15 minutes

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You must be ___________ for legal informed consent

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21 years or older

78
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What is the best color to document?

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What is nonverbal communication

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Pointing to where the pain is

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What is a good course of continuing education?

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Educational conferences, magazines, taking extra courses

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PPE

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Personal protective equipment

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Contact precautions

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Private room, gloves, gowns, hands washing with anti- microbial soap after removal of gloves

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Airborne

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Private room, respiratory protection mask, special air handling and ventilation

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Droplet

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Private room, patients positioned at least 3 feet apart

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Who are evacuated first in a hospital in case of a fire

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Ambulatory patients

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OSHA

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Federal agency that establishes and enforces standards of safety for the workplace
Occupational safety and health administration

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Rhythm pulse

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Number of beats times 4

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How do you correct a mistake on a medical record

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Cross it out and replace it

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How do you answer the phone while working in a hospital

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Give hospital name and identify yourself

90
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Attire to job interviews?

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Neutral colors and skirt just above or below the knee

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