Vocabulary Chapter 2

Question 1

Involves the insertion of tiny needles into specific points in the body to relieve energy blocks.

Answer 1

Acupuncture

Question 2

Provides 24-hour personal care and supervision for a small number of residents in a family-type home or similar setting.

Answer 2

Adult Foster Home

Question 3

Health care systems, practices, and products that have not traditionally been performed by practitioners of Western medicine; practices used instead of conventional medicine

Answer 3

Alternative Medicine

Question 4

Progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain’s nerve cells resulting in memory loss, impaired thinking and language skills, and changes in behavior.

Answer 4

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 5

They provide diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation services for patients who do not require hospitalization

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Ambulatory services

Question 6

Provides housing, meals, and personal care to individuals who need help with daily living activities but do not need daily nursing care.

Answer 6

Assisted Living Residence

Question 7

Health care practice based on the belief that pressure on the nerves leaving the spinal column causes pain and dysfunction of the body part served by that nerve.

Answer 7

Chiropractic

Question 8

Health care practices, products, and approaches to health care that have not traditionally been performed in conventional medical offices; practices used together with conventional medicine.

Answer 8

Complementary medicine

Question 9

A condition marked by a decline in memory and/or other thinking skills, caused by damage to the nerve cells in the brain.

Answer 9

Dementia

Question 10

A theory developed by Margaret Newman, RN, to assist patients in making their lives as meaningful as possible by focusing on their possibilities rather than their limitations.

Answer 10

Expanding Consciousness

Question 11

The transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders.

Answer 11

Gene Therapy

Question 12

Differences in the health status of different groups of people.

Answer 12

Health Disparities

Question 13

The most famous Greek physician of ancient times. He stressed observation and conservative treatment.

Answer 13

Hippocrates

Question 14

A general term to designate the belief that the traditional view of medicine must be expanded.

Answer 14

Holistic Medicine

Question 15

A method of treatment developed by a German physician in the early 1800s based on the idea of stimulating the body’s own healing responses.

Answer 15

Homeopathy

Question 16

Provides palliative care and support to patients who are expected to die within 6 months and their families.

Answer 16

Hospice

Question 17

Outside of our consciousness. It helps to eliminate racism by acknowledging that it exists.

Answer 17

Implicit Racism

Question 18

Hospitalized

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Inpatient

Question 19

A health care provider offers a combination of Western Medicine with complementary and alternative medicine.

Answer 19

Integrative medicine

Question 20

Provides personal care, social services, and nursing supervision for at least 8 hours per day. Igt provides care for individuals who do not require 24-hour nursing, but are unable to care for themselves.

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Intermediate nursing care facility (INCF)

Question 21

Widely recognized, when administered by a trained practitioner, as a beneficial health practice. It involves using pressure or friction on the body.

Answer 21

Massage Therapy

Question 22

Federally funded but state-administered insurance plan for individuals who qualify due to low income.

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Medicaid

Question 23

Facilities that provide a variety of outpatient services, some of which were previously provided by the hospitals.

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Medical Malls

Question 24

Taking medications correctly: the right dosage at the right time and as often as prescribed.

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Medication Adherence

Question 25

They change in ways that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of antibiotics to destroy them.

Answer 25

Mutate

Question 26

Facilities for the care of individuals who do not require hospitalization, but who do need general nursing care and assistance performing daily living activities.

Answer 26

Nursing Homes

Question 27

Drugs that contain addictive substances, such as heroin.

Answer 27

Opioid Pain Medication

Question 28

Based on the belief that the body can protect itself against disease if the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, is in good order.

Answer 28

Osteopathy

Question 29

They are provided by the many diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation facilities that account for most patients’ care activities.

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Outpatient Services

Question 30

Relieves but does not cure

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Palliative

Question 31

Rapidly spreading diseases that attack many people at the same time.

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Pandemic

Question 32

Rather than treating diseases and conditions based on standard treatments used on all patients for the specific condition, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment will be based on each patient’s own biochemical makeup.

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Personalized medicine

Question 33

Permission is required in advance for certain procedures.

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Preauthorization

Question 34

The most significant change predicted for the way health care is practiced.

Answer 34

Precision medicine

Question 35

Offer treatment to individuals with psychiatric and behavioral disorders, including assistance with crises, medication management, counseling, and monitoring of activities of daily life.

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Psychiatric hospitals-

Question 36

Disorders caused by mental or emotional factors.

Answer 36

Psychosomatic

Question 37

Provides nursing and rehabilitation services on a 24-hour basis. Includes regular medical care for patients with long-term illnesses and those recovering from illness, injury, or surgery.

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Skilled Nursing Facility

Question 38

Treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells.

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Targeted Drug Therapy

Question 39

The number of occurrences related to a specific event for purposes of reporting.

Answer 39

Vital Statistics

Question 40

The promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health habits.

Answer 40

Wellness

Question 41

A system in which medical doctors and other healthcare professionals treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation, or surgery.

Answer 41

Western Medicine