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| What are the three types of hospitals? |
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| Private, public, government |
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| What is a hospital that provides service for elders, people with disabilities, handicaps, people with chronic illnesses, and long term illnesses? |
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| What type of hospital provides you with the minimum amount of care? |
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| What type of office provides service to all types of illnesses and age groups? |
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| What type of office works on teeth? |
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| What are specialized offices? |
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| Where do you go for blood, broken bones, or chest pain? |
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| Center for Disease Control |
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| When a large number of people pay and a small number of people claim |
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| What type of health insurance provides total health care directed toward preventive health care? |
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| HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) |
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| What is the main goal of HMO's? |
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| Cost control and prevention |
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| What type of health insurance has a contract with a provider? |
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| PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) |
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| What type of health insurance is given by the government to people 65 or older? |
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| What type of health insurance is given by the government to people who cant pay (poor), disabled people, or blind people? |
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| What is a type of health insurance where employers pay or the insurance? |
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| What is an insurance company where there is a careful control of costs? |
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| What are ways to control costs? |
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| PPO's, managed care, and DRG |
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| What are six reasons health insurance costs increase? |
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1. Increase in technology
2. Aging population
3. People not dying
4. Long term care
5. Increase in medications
6. Malpractice |
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| What are seven ways to control health insurance costs? |
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1. DRG's HMO's PPO's
2. Combination of services
3. Out patient
4. Bulk purchases
5. Prevention of diseases
6. Energy conservation
7. Home health |
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| Who started milk pasteurization? |
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| What type of doctor is holistic? |
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| DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) |
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| How long does it take to get an associates degree? |
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| How long does it take to get a bachelors degree? |
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| How long does it take to get a masters degree? |
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| How long does it take to get a P.H.D.? |
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| What do organizations and the government issue? |
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| Certifications and Registrations |
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| What is legally required by the government to work? |
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| Continuing education units (required for most jobs) |
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| Doctors, nurses, bachelors, and anyone certified, registered, or licensed |
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| What does a cardiovascular technician do? |
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| Medical lab technologist (bachelors degree) |
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| Medical lab technician-work under MT's |
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| Emergency medical technician-9 levels |
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| What is the most trained EMT? |
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| What is allied health personnel? |
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| Anyone except doctors and dentists |
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| Doctor of Medicine (treats symptoms) 12 years |
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| Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (holistic) 8-12 years |
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| Doctor of podiatric medicine (podiatrist) 4-6 years |
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| Doctor of chiropractic medicine (chiropractor) 4-6 years |
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| Physicians assistant 4-6 years |
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| Medical assistant 2 years |
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| Doctor of dental medicine |
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| What is the order of suffixes on medical personnel? |
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| Aide-ist-ician-ologist (BSN and RN's)-PHD=-DR (MD,DO)-PA-DC (Podiatrists,Optometrists) |
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| What are the three types of leaders in the medical field? |
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| Autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire |
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| What type of leader controls everything and is efficient? |
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| What type of leader asks for opinion in control options? |
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| What type of leader says "go with the flow"? |
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| What are four qualities of a healthcare worker? |
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| Empathy, patience, tact, and competence |
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| What are relations between peoples rights? |
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| What are wrongs against people, property, or society? |
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| Criminal law - leads to jailtime |
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| What are legal problems in health care? |
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| What are the rights of patients? |
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| Medical decisions, refuse treatment/refuse food, right to die (without help) |
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| What are terms that are just understood and not written? |
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| What is a clear and distinct language of terms that are written and spoken? |
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| What are the three parts of an expressed contract? |
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| Offer (between competent individuals), acceptance, consideration (money) |
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| What is it called where you only have to talk with authorized people? |
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| Privileged communications |
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| What is a contract that is written while you are alive but used in you are incapacitated? |
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| What is it called where the only thing your representative is write the will? |
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| What is it called where your representative has medical control over you? |
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| Medical power of attorney |
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| What is failure to do something? |
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| What is restraining or restricting an individuals freedom? |
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| What are wrongful acts where the contract is lacking? |
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| What is a bad action or act? |
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| What is it called when something is explained in terms that can be understood? |
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| What are choices with no options you can win? |
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| What is an organized record of information on education, employment experience, special skills, and activities? |
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| What is a bried synopsis of your background, education, and goals? |
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| Who should you use in references? |
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| Instructors, guidance counselors, supervisors, community members, advisors, and presidents |
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| Amount of money available after payroll deductions |
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| Total amount of money you earn |
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| What are the four vital signs? |
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| Blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respirations |
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| What is the normal temperature orally? |
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| What is the normal temperature rectally? |
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| What is the normal temperature axillary? |
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| What is the normal temperature aurally? |
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| What is the outer covering of a thermometer made of? |
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| What is inside thermometers? |
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| Mercury or red-dyed alcohol |
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| A ___ tip denotes rectal and a ____ tip denotes oral temperatures? |
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| What kind of thermometer is used on ears? |
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| Aural or tympanic thermometer |
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| What does each line on a clinical thermometer indicate? |
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| What is the normal amount of respirations? |
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| What is the normal pulse pressure in adults? |
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| What is the normal pulse in adults? |
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| What is the normal pulse in men? |
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| What is the normal pulse in women? |
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| What is the normal pulse in infants? |
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| What is the normal pulse in children over seven? |
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| What is the normal pulse in children one to seven? |
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| What is the normal number of child respirations? |
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| What is the normal number of infant respirations? |
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| Cardio pulmonary resuscitation |
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| Cerebral vascular accident |
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| What does C & S represent? |
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| What does Dx,dx represent? |
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| What does D/C or dc represent? |
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