health science theory test

Pathologists

These doctors do not treat patients, but instead conduct laboratory tests to diagnose diesases in the patients of other doctors

Cardiologist

A medical doctor who specializes in treating diseases and condition of the heart.

do not resuscitate (DNR)

A legal document made by a patient, which states that CPR or other advanced cardiac life support should not be performed if a patient stops breathing or a patient's heart stops.

durable power of attorney

A legal document that grants another person, or agent, the authority to make legal decisions for you.

Psychonalysis, a method of treating mental and emotional disorders is based on the concepts and theories of who?

Sigmund Freud

Discrimination

If you refused to hire and office manager because or their sex, religion, color, age among other things, you may be charged with?

At one time, barbers were also practicing surgery

True

The following are important to consider when researching a career you would like to pursue except??

Which career others believe you should pursue

OSHA

A government agency that creates regulations to help prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.

Yersinia Pestis

The Bubonic Plague is caused by a bacterium called?

Standards concerend with whether a healthcare provider's actions are right or wrong is termed medical ethics

True

Paramedics

Along with EMT's this profession usually depends on quick reaction and competent care of emergency medical situations such as car wrecks, heart attacks, slips and falls etc.

Vaccination

The administration of dead or weakened microorganisms of a disease that increases a person's immunity, or resistance, to a particular disease.

Battery

A doctor performing an operation on a patient without their informed consent may be considered?

job shadowing

A job exploration tool that involves following an employee while the complete the tasks of a job.

diagnostic services

A healthcare pathway offering careers in implementing procedures to determine causes of diseases or disorders.

Worker's Compensation

A form of government insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits for employess injured at work.

George Washington

A famous president who died from bloodletting is?

A raiologic technician who tells a patien they have a torn meniscus in their knee is not considered practicing outside their scope of practice

False

statute of limitations

The amount of time during which any legal action may be taken; after such time a lawsuit may not be filed.

Assault

If your ex-boyfriend threatens you with words or actions and you fear you might be harmed, they can be charged with?

Confidentiality

protects a patient's personl information by ensuring that only certain individuals have access ot it.

Dentistry

The study, diagnosis, prevention, and t reatment of diseases, disorder, and conditions of the oral cavity and nearby structures.

Medicaid

A program jointly funded by state and federal taxes that provides medical aid for individuals with a low income of all ages; managed by the states.

Neurologist

A medical doctor who specilizes in treating diseases of the nerves.

Hippocrates

He was considered the "Father of Medicine" and he had the Oath that doctors take.

slander and invasion of privacy

If you're a doctor and you tell your neighbors that one of your patients has and STD and it is not true, what 2 things might you be chared with?

Values

The concepts, ideas, and beliefs that are important and meaningful to a person

Defamation

Damaging someones reputation with something that is not true may be construed as?

Negligence

If a person walking down your sidewalk trips over a hose that you left out across the sidewalk, falls and cuts their head open, you may be charge with?

Medicare

A federal health insurance program for persons 65 or older and individuals with disabilities.

informed consent

A form given to a patient by a doctor, explaining the benefits and risks of a procedure; the patient accpts the risk by signing this form.

Doctorate

A degree awarded after two to six years of education beyond the bachelor's degree; available in many disciplines.

Opticians

Not an optometrist or ophthalamologist but these individuals fit and dispense glasses and contact lenses after receiving a prescription written by other professionals.

Patient's bill of rights

A list a guarantees for those receiving medical care.

North Korea made great advancements in the field of acupuncture

False

Florence Nightingale

She laid the foundation for professional nursing.

false imprisonment

A doctor refusing to let a patient (who is mentally competant) leave the hospital may be charged with?

HIPAA

Passed in 1996, the act resulted in the creation of a law that included a privacy provision for patient health records to be fully enforced in 2006. Under this law, patients must be aware of this privacy policy and be notified when their information is shared.

Malpractice

A doctor who messes up an operation and causes harm to a patient, even though they have signed their informed consent may be sued for this tort law.

Oncologist

A medical doctor who specializes in treating cancers.

Arbitration is not a way of resolving disputes outside the courtroom

False

Radiologists

Midical doctors who specialize in the use of diagnostic imaging to diagnose and treat disease.

Endocrinologist

A doctor who treats diseases and disorders of our glands.

Edward Jenner

Who gets the most credit for creating vaccines?

medical law

Standards concerned with whether a healthcare provider's actions are legal or illegal is termed?

sexual harassment

Unwanted sexual advanced and other forms of offensive sexual behavior.