Infection Control and Safety
Precautions used on ALL patients when there is a risk of coming into contact with body fluids are called..
Standard Precautions
The tympanic thermometer measures temperature where in the body?
Ear
In the communication process, information conveyed by a sender to a receiver is the....
Message
The term pneumo refers to what part of the body
Lung
Belief that one's own cultural group is superior to others is called...
Ethnocentrism
The first thing you do if you discover a fire in the health care facility is....
Remove (Rescue) patient to a safe area
Pain that occurs constantly over a long period of time is called ______ pain
Chronic
The first step in problem solving is....
Identifying the problem
Which vessels carry blood towards the heart?
Veins
Culture where the eldest female makes decisions
Matriarchal
An example of a multi-drug resistant bacteria is...
MRSA or VRE
The piece of equipment used to measure blood pressure is called...
Sphygmomanometer
The ability to influence others while working toward a common goal is called....
Leadership
This plane is created by an imaginary horizontal line dividing the body into upper and lower sections
Transverse Plane
Identifying with a group based on physical traits such as hair color, skin color, and facial features is called your.....
Race
The agency that sets safety standards in the workplace and enforces those standards is....
OSHA
The highest blood pressure, recorded as the top number is the.....
Systolic pressure
Briefly reviewing the main points of information that was previously stated is called what?
Summarizing
Wasting away of muscle tissue is called..
Atrophy
People who are members of a larger cultural group but who share beliefs and values of a smaller group within that culture belong to a....
Subculture
A secondary disorder that develops as a result of being treated in a health care facility is called a...
Nosocomial Infection
A life-threatening condition that involves a sudden interruption or insufficient blood supply to the heart is called a
Myocardial Infarction or Heart Attack
A patient's right to self-determination, including their right to make their own health care decisions, is called
Autonomy
Caring for a person's body after death is called ____________ care
Postmortem
When members of a minority group adopt the values attitudes, and behaviors of the dominant group, it is called...
Cultural Assimilation