Law & Ethics
What is the difference between Assault and Battery?
Assault: Verbalizing/Threats
Battery: The act of harming
What groups of people are affected by medicare, medicaid, and tricare?
Medicare: Ages 65 up
Medicaid: Low-Income
Tricare: active-duty military, retirees, and their families
What is the function of the integumentary system?
First line of defense against bacteria and helps to protect you from injury and sunlight.
What are the sections of vertebrae and how many are in each section?
Cervical: 7
Thoracic: 12
Lumbar: 5
What do you use to identify a stroke? Name all parts
F: Face
A: Arm
S: Speech
T: Time
What are Advance Directives?
Legal document that outlines your preferences for medical treatment if you become unable to communicate or make decisions due to serious illness or injury.
Ex. Living Will, DNR, DNI
What are the five stages of grief?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
What are the components of blood?
Plasma, Leukocytes, Platelets, Erythrocytes
What are the types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac
What should you do when you discover a fire? Name all parts
R: Rescue
A: Alert/Alarm
C: Contain
E: Evacuate
What are Ethics and Morals?
How may this present in healthcare?
Ethics: rules of conduct within a group
Morals: personal beliefs and principles
Ex. A doctor will not euthanize a patient due to personal beliefs (morals)
What are the steps to active listening?
Restatement, reflection, and clarification
What are the four valves in the heart? List them in order of blood flow through the heart
T: Tricuspid
P: Pulmonary
M: Mitral/Bicuspid
A: Aortic
What is the "Master Gland"?
Pituitary
What is the first thing you should do if you discover an unresponsive person?
Call 911
1) A pt needs to get blood work done. While the nurse is setting up, the pt rolls up a sleeve for the nurse to find a vein.
2) A pt discovers that they have a condition that can be treated with surgery. Before they schedule an appointment, the doctor describes what the procedure is and the affects that will occur after.
Which is implied consent? Which is informed consent?
2) Informed Consent
Name the five stages of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
Physiological Needs, Safety Needs, Love and Belonging Needs, Esteem Needs, and Self-Actualization Needs
Where do most nutrients get absorbed?
Small Intestine
What is the strongest muscle in the body?
Masseter (jaw muscle)
What is assessed in vital signs?
What are pulse points?
BONUS (+100): What pulse point do you use for a baby?
Assessment: Pulse Rate and Respiration Rate
Pulse Point: areas where major arteries pass close to the skin's surface
BONUS: Brachial Artery
What is Tort?
Tort is a civil wrongdoing—whether intentional or negligent, where an individual suffers a loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the act.
What are the steps of the problem solving method?
Step 1 – Define the problem
Step 2 – Diagnose the root cause
Step 3 – Identify and implement a solution
Step 4 – Sustain the results
What are the stages of pregnancy? (Include fetal age)
First trimester (week 1–week 12)
Second trimester (week 13–week 28)
Third trimester (week 29–week 40)
Pt has recently suffered unexplained weight-loss, fatigue, extreme nervousness, irritability, goiter, and bulging eyeballs.
Which gland causes these symptoms? (Metabolism)
Thyroid Gland
What is medical asepsis and why is it different from surgical asepsis?
Medical: Technique used to reduce the number and spread of microorganisms (washing hands)
Surgical: Eliminates all microorganisms (using sterile instruments, proper PPE)