Health Care Careers
Med Term and Anatomy
Patient and Employee Safety
Infection Control
Vital Signs
Communication
Legal and Ethics
Healthcare Systems
100
HOSA and SkillsUSA are examples of what type of organizations?
Student organizations
100
Which of these planes divides the body into front and back sections?
Frontal
100
What is body mechanics?
Positioning the body in ways that prevent injury
100
What is the most important thing a healthcare worker can do to decrease the spread of infection and disease in the healthcare setting?
Perform appropriate hand hygiene.
100
Identify the pulse site #5
Radial
100
Expresses more of the true meaning of the message.
Nonverbal
100
List all of the reasons that a person would be deemed legally disable to sign a contract or consent:
Minor
Under the influence of drugs (including prescription)
Mentally incompetent
Unconscious or semi-conscious
100
What is the purpose of the Food and Drug Administration?
Regulate food and drug products that are sold in the United States.
200
What is an experience where you get to see first-hand "a day in the life" of someone working in a particular career called?
Job shadowing
200
Which of these directional terms refers to body parts toward the point of attachment?
Proximal
200
What is the most common type of injury experienced by health care workers?
Back injury
200
a federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in the United States, with the goal of improving overall public health.
CDC
200
Identify the pulse site #6 
Femoral
200
I have to choose the best drawing out of a group of boys, and my son is one of them.
Bias
200
Which type of consent would you need in the following scenarios: 14 y/o female patient needs a tonsillectomy.
Written
200
A group of individual parts that work together to form a unified whole
System
300
Which type of work has no pay, but offers valuable experience?
Volunteer work
300
Which of these planes is horizontal and divides the body into a top half and bottom half?
Transverse
300
Always bend at your ____.
hips and knees
300
is the body of the United Nations (UN) responsible for directing and coordinating health. They focus on GLOBAL health issues.
WHO
300
Identify the pulse site #7 
Popliteal
300
All tall people play basketball.
Stereotyping
300
What is the #1 rule of Documentation?
If you didn't document it, you didn't do it!
300
What is the main type of healthcare system currently used in the United States?
A private system funded by insurance and out-of-pocket payments
400
Which of these career levels generally requires the least amount of training?
Aide or Assistant
400
Which of these suffixes indicates a surgical removal?
-ectomy
400
Which two items should be used to identify a patient?
Name and birth date
400
Which class of microorganisms should be treated with antibiotics?
Bacteria
400
The patient's pulse is 86 bpm. Subjective or Objective?
Objective data
400
I don't trust Barbara because she is from Canada, and I don't like Canadians.
Prejudice
400
Providing care or administering treatment without obtaining consent
Battery
400
Which of the following indicates better healthcare systems in a country?
Fewer healthcare providers
Higher cost for care
Good public sanitation and sewage systems
Higher mortality rates
Good public sanitation and sewage systems
500
What are the several jobs that act as steps along the way to a person's ultimate career goal called?
Career path
500
The heart is approximately the size of:
Apple
500
Where should you point the nozzle of a fire extinguisher when you are putting out a fire?
The base of the fire
500
Microbes that cause infection and disease
Pathogens
500
Which patient has bradycardia?
Temp 96.2
O2 Sat 87%
BP 200/90
Pulse 45
Pulse 45
500
I am so mad about that test this morning and I'm going to be in this mood all day. Everybody better watch out.
Attitude
500
Failure to give normally expected care
Negligence
500
What is the best way to evaluate a system?
Determine if the goals were met and the mission was accomplished
600
Who is legally responsible for knowing what the state requirements are to maintain credentials for a health care career?
The worker
600
Veins and arteries come together at the:
Capillaries
600
In what position is a patient lying flat on the back?
Supine
600
When a disease can be transmitted from person to person and considered contagious.
Communicable
600
Which patient is febrile?
97.6
95.4
100.8
98.6
100.8
600
You are doing an assessment with a 5 year old child. Which of the following is appropriate communication.
A) I'm going to do a CBC, BMP, and an ABG stat and then you will be transported by MT for a CT scan.
B) I'm going to look in your ear with a little flashlight and then you will ride in a wheelchair to have a picture taken of your head.
C) Hand the patient a piece of paper with all the necessary tests and procedures. Ask them to read it and let you know if they have any questions.
B) I'm going to look in your ear with a little flashlight and then you will ride in a wheelchair to have a picture taken of your head.
600
Act passed in 1996 to maintain confidentiality of healthcare information
HIPAA
600
Which part of systems theory is the process of monitoring outputs to determine whether or not the system is working?
feedback loop
700
A student is attending the local technical college in a course of study that will take several months to two years of study. What level of education is he probably pursuing?
An Associate's Degree
700
Where is your right toe located?
RLE
700
Which tool should be used when transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair?
Transfer belt
700
An infection that is in more than one location in the body, such as an infection in the blood.
Systemic
700
Which patient has tachypnea?
Respirations - 12
Respirations - 18
Respirations - 24
Respirations - 32
Respirations - 32
700
The lab technician just called you with a critical Hemoglobin level on your patient, Mr. M. Jackson. What should you do?
Write the results down and read them back to the lab technician for confirmation. Notify the doctor of the results within 30 minutes.
700
Keeping a patient hospitalized against their will
False Imprisonment
700
Which part of systems theory is anything that pinpoints problems in a system before the output is complete?
controls
800
A worker who has skills as both a nursing assistant and a medical assistant is an example of what trend in health care careers?
Multicompetent workers
800
Where is your liver located?
RUQ
800
At what angle should a patient's hips be positioned in for mealtime?
90*
800
Type of infection that occurs when the body's defenses are weak.
Opportunistic
800
Which patient has hypertension?
BP -90/60
BP -130/70
BP - 180/90
BP - 80/40
BP - 180/90
800
You are a pharmacy technician and you received a phone message prescription from Dr. Samuel for a medicine for Mr. J. Brown. You can't be sure if Dr. Samuel said the medicine was Dopamine or Dobutamine. What should you do?
Call Dr. Samuel immediately to clarify the medication. If you still can't be sure, ask for a written prescription to be sent over.
800
Unnecessary exposure of an individual
Invasion of Privacy
800
What is the reason for using systems theory to study a healthcare facility?
It helps the facility to focus on its mission.
900
A group of ultrasound technicians who own and operate a prenatal ultrasound business together is an example of what trend in health care careers?
Entrepreneurship
900
Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the body?
Arteries
900
Assures safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
OSHA
900
An infection or disease caused by something outside the body.
Exogenous
900
Which vital sign should be reported immediately?
Respiration - 22
Temp - 97.9
Pulse - 96
BP - 80/50
O2 Sat - 96%
BP - 80/50
900
You are Mrs. C. Crawford's physician. She has some hearing loss, but is able to communicate fairly well with you. You need to tell her some important test results, and she will need to have surgery very soon. What is the BEST way to communicate this information?
Ask Mrs. Crawford to come in for an appointment with you. Explain her test results face to face and answer any questions she has. Go over the necessary surgery, and then give her a written copy of her test results and her surgery date.
900
SPOKEN false statement about a person
Slander
900
What is the goal of WHO?
To improve global health for all people
1000
Which level of education requires four or more years of study at a college or university?
Bachelor's Degree
1000
Your appendix is approximmately the size of a:
Tube of lipstick
1000
Responsible for protecting human health and the environment
EPA
1000
This type of infection is acquired by a patient while they are in the hospital. They did not have it before admission.
Nosocomial
1000
Which vital sign should be reported immediately?
Respiration - 18
Temp - 96.4
Pulse - 62
BP - 130/60
O2 Sat - 84%
O2 Sat - 84%
1000
When a person can hear the message, but cannot understand what is being said.
Receptive Aphasia
1000
Healthcare facilities MUST have this displayed and ALL healthcare workers must honor them.
Patient's Bill of Rights
1000
Which agency enforces safety standards in the workplace to protect employees from injury and illness?
OSHA