Health Career Planning Study Guide Chapter 7

Kenny willaims

Which area of health care is expected to experience the greatest increase in jobs for healthcare workers over the next decade?

Home healthcare services

Which of the following is the state’s way of protecting the public from unqualified health practitioners?

Licensure

The American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and the National Foundation-March of Dimes are all examples of what type of organization?

Voluntary health agencies

Specialty hospitals are identified as which of the following because their patients are usually hospitalized for several weeks to months before they are well enough to return to their homes?

Long-term care facilities

The majority of healthcare employees work in offices of physicians, __________________, or other health practitioners.

dentists

__________________ care facilities provide inpatient nursing, rehabilitation, and health-related personal care to those who need continuous nursing care, but do not require medical or surgical treatment.

nursing

__________________ health care is expected to grow faster than any other healthcare industry in the next decade.

home

In some parts of the country, new health workers are finding it difficult to obtain jobs, while other communities cannot find enough workers to fill existing healthcare jobs. This national problem is often referred to as the __________________of health personnel.

maldistribution

Career exploration can be a learning experience as you make new discoveries about the world of work and yourself. The reality of the work world is always different from what you learn in school or from research in books. One good way to gain firsthand information is to visit several __________________.

workpfacilitieslaces

Some professions stipulate that students have some __________________ in the field before they are considered for admission to an academic program.

experience