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NCHSE Review Flashcards

To prepare for the NCHSE exam

1
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What is the function of the Lymphatic System?

A

Removes wastes and excess fluids from the tissues

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What removes wastes and excess fluids from the tissues?

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The Lymphatic System

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3
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What are the symptoms of diabetes? (3)

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Hyperglycemia, polyphagia, and polydipsia

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4
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What is Hyperglycemia?

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High blood sugar

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5
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What is Polyphagia?

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Excessive eating

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6
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Layers of skin (3)

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Epidermis, Dermis, and subcutaneous

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Epidermis

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Top layer of skin

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Dermis

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Middle layer of skin

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Subcutaneous or Hypodermis

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Lower layer of skin

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10
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What is the CNS comprised of?

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Brain and spinal cord

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11
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What is an Implied Contract?

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A contract that creates obligations without verbally expressed terms

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12
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What is Informed Consent?

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Permission granted by a person of sound mind and who is aware of all factors involved

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13
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What is permission granted by a person of sound mind and who is aware of all factors involved?

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Informed Consent

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14
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What is a contract that creates obligations without verbally expressed terms?

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Implied Contract

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15
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What does HIPPA stand for?

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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16
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What is included in HIPPA? (3)

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Federal Law, Protect patients’ rights…Privacy and protection confidentiality

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17
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What are the different leadership styles? (3)

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Democratic, Autocratic, and Laisse faire.

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18
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What does Democratic mean?

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Majority

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19
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What does Autocratic mean?

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Dictator

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20
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Laissez-faire

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Minimal rules let it resolve on its own

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21
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Regions (3)

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Midsagittal, Transverse, Frontal

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22
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Culture (5)

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Values, beliefs, ideas, customs, and characteristics passed down from one generation to the next

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23
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Dietary

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Needs

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24
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Assault

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Verbal threat (I will punch you in your head)

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25
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Battery

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Unlawful touching a person without consent…to beat or make physical contact (Tom punched a patient)

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26
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Negligence

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Failure to give care that is normally expected

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27
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Malpractice

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Providing unprofessional treatment that results in injury to another person

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28
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Tort

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A wrongful act

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29
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Managed care

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A health care delivery system designed to reduce the cost of healthcare while providing access to care through designated providers

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30
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What does HMO stand for?

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Health Maintenance Organization

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31
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What does HMO mean?

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Healthy insurance focus on preventive care

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32
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Pku

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Infant heel prick/stick to get blood (metabolic screening

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33
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Infant heel prick/stick to get blood (metabolic screening

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Pku

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34
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Healthy insurance focus on preventive care

35
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Health Maintenance Organization

36
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A health care delivery system designed to reduce the cost of healthcare while providing access to care through designated providers

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Managed care

37
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A wrongful act

38
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Providing unprofessional treatment that results in injury to another person

A

Malpractice

39
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Failure to give care that is normally expected

A

Negligence

40
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Unlawful touching a person without consent…to beat or make physical contact (Tom punched a patient)

41
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Verbal threat (I will punch you in your head)

42
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Values, beliefs, ideas, customs, and characteristics passed down from one generation to the next

43
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Minimal rules let it resolve on its own

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Laissez-faire

44
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Dictator

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Autocratic

45
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Majority

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Democratic

46
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Colonoscopy

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Image of intestines to screen for cancer

47
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Ultrasound

A

image of liver

48
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Image of intestines to screen for cancer

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Colonoscopy

49
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Image of liver

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Ultrasound

50
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Algia

51
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Pain

52
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Ooph

53
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Overies

54
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Human Organism (9)

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Simple to Complex, Atom, molecule, organelles cells, tissues, organs, organ system, organism.

55
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Chain of Infections (6)

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Infectious agent, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Mode of transmission, Portal of entry, Susceptible host.

56
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Simple to Complex, Atom, molecule, organelles cells, tissues, organs, organ system, organism.

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Human Organism

57
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Infectious agent, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Mode of transmission, Portal of entry, Susceptible host.

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Chain of Infection

58
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AED

A

Retrieve, turn on, apply…

59
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Good Samaritan

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Can begin CPR until help arrives

60
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Can begin CPR until help arrives

A

Good Samaritan

61
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911

A

When call indicate location and number of victims

62
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When call indicate location and number of victims

63
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Sick on Job

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Ask Supervisor to leave to go to appt

64
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Ask Supervisor to leave to go to appt

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Sick on Job

65
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In emergency help self then

66
Q

Tricare

A

US government insurance plan (Military Personal)

67
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US government insurance plan

68
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Military Personal

69
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Medicaid

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Insurance low income, children who qualify for assistance, disabled and or blind (federal and state funded)

70
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Insurance low income, children who qualify for assistance, disabled and or blind (federal and state funded)

71
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Medicare

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Insurance 65 and older (federal government)

72
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Insurance 65 and older (federal government)

73
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Pap Smear

A

female exam for cervical cancer

74
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female exam for cervical cancer

75
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Technician

A

associate degree

76
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Associate degree

A

Technician

77
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Electronic Record

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Health Informatics

78
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Health Informatics

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Electronic Record

79
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Bill of Rights

A

Federal law requires facility to say what the patient should expect to receive his/her rights

80
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Federal law requires facility to say what the patient should expect to receive his/her rights

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Bill of Rights

81
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cc =

82
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ml =

83
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A person needs 70 mg/ml but it comes 40mg/ml How many ml to administer

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