Skills & Patient Care
List 1 example of positive body language.
open stance
smiling
eye contact
What is a positive approach to conflict resolution?
a. stubbornness
b. compromise
c. superiority
b. Compromise
This career pathway focuses on patient data and information
Health Informatics
The single best way to prevent the spread of infection.
Handwashing
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How should a patient be seated when you are feeding them and why?
Upright to prevent aspiration
What is the purpose of HIPAA?
Keep patient information private.
This career pathway focuses on bioscience research and development.
Biotechnology Research and Development
This precaution reduces the spread of infection of particles LARGER than 5 microns
Droplet Precaution
Define Inferior
Below or in a low position (ususally in reference to the umbilicus)
When providing denture care, what must you do at the sink to prevent damage if the dentures are dropped?
Place a washcloth in the sink or basin with water to protect the dentures if they're dropped.
Stephanie works somewhere where red shoes are required. She doesn't have red shoes. What should she do?
a. Buy red shoes so she is prepared for work
b. Where whatever color she has
c. Quit
d. Bring a petition to her boss to change the uniform
a. Buy red shoes so she is prepared for work
This pathway focuses on detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases
Diagnostic Pathway
Which type of precaution reduces the risk of transmission through direct or indirect contact?
Contact precautions
Define Superior
Above or higher than (usually in reference to umbilicus)
What is important to remember when transferring a patient from bed to a wheelchair?
a. Proper body mechanics
b. Keep the patients legs dangling
c. Keep their shoes off to prevent tripping
a. Proper body mechanics
What is an effective trait of a leader?
Open-Mindedness
This pathway focuses on the environment for the delivery of healthcare
Support Services Pathway
Define Standard Precautions
Primary practice of preventing hospital acquired infections any time you come into contact with body fluid (proper ppe and handwashing)
Define Anterior
Located on the front
You have to take a temperature on your patient who has ear pain and is confused. Which is the best method to take their temperature and why? (Oral, Rectal, Temporal, Tympanic)
Temporal (least invasive, the patient doesn't have to follow direction, won't cause them pain.
Define empathy and active listening?
Empathy: The ability to understand and share what another person is thinking or feeling is:
Active Listening: listen attentively to a speaker, understand what they're saying, respond and reflect on what's being said, and retain the information for later
This pathway focuses on changing the health status of patients.
Therapeutic Pathway
Reduces the spread of pathogens 5 microns or SMALLER
Airborne Precautions
Define Posterior
Located on the back