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The ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures.
What is cultural competence?
An infection that is not present when a patient is admitted to a hospital or healthcare facility but develops 48 hours or more after admission
What is a healthcare-associated infection?
Term used to describe the act of showing a caring attitude toward patients without trying to become friends
What is professional distance?
What is differential diagnosis?
Term for the reasonable expectation for contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials during the performance of job duties.
What is occupational exposure?
What are soft skills?
A determination made by a doctor that identifies the cause of a patient's illness
What is medical diagnosis?
Term for the hospital department responsible for receiving, storing, cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing, and distributing medical/surgical supplies and equipment.
What are central services?
What is technical writing?
What is nursing diagnosis?
The hospital department responsible for housekeeping, laundry, and facility maintenance.
What are environmental services?
A skill used to comprehend science, business, or technology publications.
What is technical reading?
Practices used by healthcare professional's to maintain a pathogen-free environment and prevent the spread of disease.
What are aseptic techniques?
The career pathways that focuses on creating a therapeutic environment for providing patient care.
What are support services?
A belief in the benefits of working hard,demonstrating initiative, and being personally accountable for the work you do.
What is work ethic?