Health Care History
American Red Cross founder
Clara Barton
These careers are involved with creating a therapeutic environment for patient care
support services
an example is performing a procedure after a patient has refused to give permission
assault and battery
What is the FIRST step you should take when using a fire extinguisher?
pull the pin
Stage of development from birth to 1 year of age
infancy
Founder of modern nursing
Florence Nightingale
These careers perform tests or evaluations that create a picture of the health status of a patient at a single point in time
diagnostic services
The procedures, processes and actions that health care providers are legally permitted to perform in keeping with the terms of their professional license
scope of practice
This refers to the way in which the body moves and maintains balance, involving the most efficient use of all body parts
body mechanics
Creator of the hierarchy of needs pyramid
Maslow
"Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
These careers are involved with using living cells and their molecules to make useful products
biotechnology
information must be kept private and shared only with other members of the patient’s health care team
confidentiality
Recommendations that must be followed to prevent transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids.
standard precautions
Lowest level of the hierarchy of needs
physiological needs
Smallpox vaccine inventor
Edward Jenner
These careers in health care are directed toward changing the health status of the patient over time
therapeutic services
A legal document designed to indicate a person’s wishes regarding care in case of a terminal illness or during the dying process
advance directives
Factors that lead to the transmission or spread of disease.
chain of infection
Highest level on the hierarchy of needs
self-actualization
Morphine is made from these flowers
Poppies
These careers are involved with documentation of patient records and health information
health informatics
Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and aware of all factors involved
informed consent
Disease-producing organisms
pathogens
Values, beliefs, ideas, customs, and characteristics passed from one generation to the next
culture