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Having certain beliefs and feelings, usually negative, about a person because he or she belongs to a specific group or has certain characteristics. (Also known as prejudice.)
Biases
The correct positioning of the body for a given task, such as lifting a heavy object or typing
Body Mechanics
Molecules that are the building blocks of protein.
Amino Acids
The values, shared beliefs and attitudes, social organizations, family and personal relationships, language, everyday activities, religious practices, and concepts of time and space of a given group of people.
Culture
Employment resume that emphasizes work experience; the employment history section describes previous jobs in some detail.
Chronological Resume
The various levels within an occupational area that require different amounts of education and training.
Career Ladder
Compression of the median nerve as it travels through the wrist at the carpal tunnel.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Measurement of the relationship of weight to height using a mathematical formula.
BMI (body mass index)
An individual’s opinion of himself or herself.
Self-esteem
Developing relationships with individuals who might help you meet your professional goals or secure job leads.
Networking
The process of determining whether a person has met predetermined standards.
Certification
A disease that occurs when an HIV-positive person develops signs and symptoms of a weakened immune system.
AIDS
An approach to working with others that encourages people to work together and do their best to achieve common goals.
Leadership
Listening characterized by focusing fully on what a speaker is saying.
Active Listening
Job-interview questions that request information that cannot legally be used to make a hiring decision.
Illegal Questions
A personal characteristic reflected as honesty; choosing the right rather than the easy way; conducting oneself honestly and morally.
Integrity
Defines the six criteria that must be present for an infection to develop.
Chain of Infection
A set of characteristics and behaviors that enables one to do the best job possible to provide and maintain high-quality service to patients and employers.
Professionalism
Process in which messages are exchanged and meanings interpreted between a sender and a receiver.
Communication
An organized collection of written documents to show to employers to support claims about a job applicant’s qualifications.
Portfolio
Physician in ancient Greece, often referred to as the Father of Medicine.
Hippocrates
Policy and procedures to be followed when an event occurs that has the potential to kill or injure a group of people.
Emergency Preparedness Plan
Learning experiences beyond those needed to earn the initial certificate or degree to work in an occupation.
Continuing Education
A set of rules that determines proper word order, sentence construction, punctuation, and capitalization.
Grammar
A source of employment policies.
Employee handbook