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Health Sciences 101 Midterm
chapter 1-6 29, and 34
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
03/11/2015

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common beliefs: past
Definition
herbs and plants for medication
health care professionals were never questioned and well respected
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Hippocrates
Definition
father of medicine
4 humers
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what did the father of medicine separate from medicine
Definition
religion
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present beliefs
Definition
focused on more lifestyle related diseases and emergency related injuries
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future
Definition
emphasize on wellness and prevention
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swine
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1976 no deaths
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Spanish
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1918
20 million deaths
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avian
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1997 18 dead
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HIPPA
Definition
health insurance Portability and accountability act
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Hippa
Definition
1996
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HIPPA
Definition
allows individuals to keep their insurance if they become unemployed
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HIPPA
Definition
limits the refusal of insurance or the limits caused by illness
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HIPPA
Definition
formats for electronic data
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affordable health care act
Definition
march 2010, some policies not being put into place until 2014
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affordable health care act
Definition
business get tax deductions for insuring employees
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affordable health care act
Definition
everyone has to have health insurance
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general hospital
Definition
short term, acute care, and diagnostic and rehabilitation services can be profit or non profit, teaching or non teaching
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specialty hospital
Definition
provides treatment for a specific condition, mental health disorders, or rehabilitation services
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practitioner office
Definition
provides diagnosis, simple testing, treatments, and counseling maybe group or independent practice
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long-term care center
Definition
personal care for elderly, and extended convalescent care
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out patient care facility
Definition
provides surgical, diagnostic, ambulatory care
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clinic
Definition
provides a combination of practices which may or or may not be supported by public health funding
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health maintaince
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provises health services at group rates
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home health care
Definition
provides are in the home of the patient
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hospice
Definition
medical ad psychological care for the termanilly ill. can be at home or at a hospice
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assisted living
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provides residents a wau to love alone or with someone in an apartment: provides services as needed including meals and health care
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day care
Definition
provides care for the ederly and children and may include care for illness
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public health care
Definition
provides care through the federal, state, and local agencies for those who cannot afford to pay for the health care and provides preventative services for the entire population
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voluntary organization
Definition
provides research, education, nd support for specific concerns; funded by donations and grants
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endemic
Definition
Prevalent in or restricted to a particular region, community, or group of people
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epidemic
Definition
an outbreak of a disease that affects a large number of people in one aera
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pandemic
Definition
epidemic that spreads overa wied geograghical area , affecting a large part of the population
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values
Definition
what an individual uses to measure or evaluate the worth of ideas, people and things
- hard to change
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attitudes
Definition
mental views or feeling formed by a group or individual
- formed from persanol vlaues
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behavior
Definition
ction of an individual seen by others
-can be changed if motivted
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maslow hierarchy of needs
bottom level
Definition
physiological
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maslow hierarchy of needs
second level
Definition
security and saftey
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maslow hierarchy of needs
third level
Definition
love
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maslow hierarchy of needs
fourth level
Definition
self esteem
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maslow hierarchy of needs
last level
Definition
self actualization
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maslow hierarchy of needs
physiological
Definition
food shelter air water tempaturee elimination pain avoidance rest
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maslow hierarchy of needs
security and saftey
Definition
economic secrurity protection from injury or danger
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maslow hierarchy of needs
love
Definition
meets social needs of friendship family and sense of belonging
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maslow hierarchy of needs
self esteem
Definition
responsibility for self w/ self confidence and able to help others
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maslow hierarchy of needs
self actualization
Definition
goal setting or personal growth and developing of talents and skills
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effective communication
Definition
sharing of an idea or information that results in understanding
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examples of communication
Definition
reading, writing, hearing, touching, and seeing
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2 types of communication
Definition
verbal and non verbal
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hippa
Definition
decided who they can and cant communicate medical info to ad with and how to do it securely
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character
Definition
qualities that make up an indivdual
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homeostasis
Definition
self regulating process of the bosy
the need to maintain a consistent internal enviorment
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diversity
Definition
quality of being different
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assertivet=nesd
Definition
express feelings opinions and beliefs in a respectful and appropriate manner, reduse stress of inaccurate information
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non verbal messages
Definition
body language, tone, eyes and facial expresiion, touch, spacing, pitch, volume, apperence
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infectious process
Definition
interaction of microorganisms that cause a disease w/ enviorment and host 6 elements
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infectious process 1st element
Definition
a diease microbe (agent)
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infectious process 2nd element
Definition
a reservoir where the micro organism can live
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infectious process 3rd element
Definition
a way of exit or escape from the reservior
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infectious process 4th element
Definition
a way for ransmittion or transfer to the host
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infectious process 5th element
Definition
a way of entry to the host
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Infectious orocess element 6
Definition
a susceptible host
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transmittion based precautions
Definition
applied to patients w/ a known or suspected infection
-airborn -droplet -contact
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standard precautions
Definition
applied to all patietns
-applied at all times -all bod fluids except sweat
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persanol protective equipement
Definition
gloves gown aprons masks eyewear
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nosocomial infections
Definition
infections acquired by the patient as a result of the care received or as a resut of a pathogen in the facility
Term
aspesis
Definition
absence of disease, state of cleanliness or the use of clean technique
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asepsis indicators
Definition
open wounds, urinary cathiders, or invasive procedures
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common anti biotic resistant illness
Definition
gonerrhea head lice malaria MRSA tuberculousis
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confidential
Definition
private or secret
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ethics
Definition
dealing w/ what is good or bad, determining moral duty and oligation
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informatics
Definition
study of information processing, computer science
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informed consent
Definition
agreement to surgical or medical treatments w/ knowledge or the facts and risks introduced
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jurisprudent
Definition
understandinf the science or philosophy of the law
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legal
Definition
deriving authority from a founded law
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liable
Definition
legally responsibile
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libel
Definition
communicating something untruthfuk and harful about another person in writting
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malpractice
Definition
failure of professional skills or leaning that resukts in injury loss or damage
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moral
Definition
relating to the principles of right and wrong
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negligence
Definition
failure to excute the care that a reasonable person excersises
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Slander
Definition
verbally communicating something unthruthful and harming about another persoon
Term
telehealth
Definition
use of technology to deliver health reates services and information, including telemedical
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telemedical
Definition
use of telecommunications tehnology to provide, improve, or make health care services faster
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scope of practice
Definition
only using methods and procedures of which they are trained
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who sets the limit for scope of practice
Definition
nurse practice acts (NPA)
-state laws that set which tasks burses can legally perform
Term
demograghic
Definition
study of people as a group
-statistical groupings according to age, gender, and environmental factors
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vectors
Definition
carrier that transfers an infective agent from one host to another
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communicable
Definition
capable of being transmitted from one person or animal to another
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pollution
Definition
condition of being defiled or impure
Term
immunizatations
Definition
process of becoming secure against a particular disease or pathogen
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what aeras do public health agencies focus on?
Definition
STDS, mental illness, care of the aged, addiction, chronic ad communicable dieases
Term
health agencies
Definition
local state federal
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local health agencies
Definition
KC clinic or local agencies funded by donations and federal that are there to serve the needs of the public as they change
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state health agencies
Definition
immunizations, sanitations, animal control, vital stats, public health nursing services, referral servicers, air and water pollution control, vector contril, food and dru control
Term
federak health agencies
Definition
regulation of and protection against hazards that affect all 50 states, supports the local and state agencies
Term
ecology
Definition
study of the enviorment
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biosphere
Definition
3 spheres that go into this in which organisms live and exsist
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atmosphere
Definition
air
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litmosphere
Definition
earth
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hydrosphere
Definition
water
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hygienist
Definition
identify, control and eliminate health hazards and diseases n the work place
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ancillary health care worker
Definition
create a supportive environment for the patient, a lot of behind the scenes work
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dietitian
Definition
provide nutritional counseling and many other services
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dietary technicians
Definition
plan meals and supervise prep of food
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weight reduction specialist
Definition
counsel patients to lose weight using dietary and activity guidelines
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environmental health inspectors
Definition
ensure food, water, and air meet government standards
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ecologist
Definition
analyze and regulate the quality of the environment as if is affected by living organisms
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environmental engineers
Definition
modifies facilities for environmental protections
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public health microbiologist
Definition
conduct tests and study the relationship of people to organisms hat cause pollution, disease, or epidemics to prevent fuure epidemics
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dietician
Definition
provide nutritional counseling and services
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food service worker
Definition
aka dietary assistants.
prepare and deliver the meal trays to patients also helps with menu selection
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