HOSA Human Growth and Development/209
Questions and Answers/2023
behaviors - -individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external
conditions
-biology - -individual's genetic makeup
-determinants of health - -range of social, economic, and environmental
factors that influence health status
-health status - -evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
-Healthy People 2020 - -an evidence based 10 year report card describing
health care accomplishments within the United States from the years 2000
to 2010
-infant mortality rate - -number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age
per 1000 live births
-Leading Health Indicators - -selected high priority issues
-life expectancy - -average number of years a person born in a given year is
expected to live
-physical environment - -thought of as that which can be seen, touched,
heard, smelled, and tasted
-social environment - -interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and
others in the community
-accreditation - -process by which an institution is recognized as meeting
specific predetermined standards of care
-Federal Register - -federal legislation concerning health care which is
recorded and published
-health maintenance organizations (HMOs) - -provide care for prepaid
members
-homeopathy - -the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring
chemicals for their healing power
, -informed consent - -the nurse is responsible to sign as a witness that a
patient has received info regarding risks, advantages, and alternatives
available for a planned procedure in a language understood by the patient
-managed care organizations (MCOs) - -attempt to standardize and control
costs of health care
-Medicaid - -benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
-Medicare - -benefits are received after contributions are maid through
payroll deductions
-nurse practice acts - -defines the scope of practice for nurses within that
state
-Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) - -enables traveling nurses to function in
multiple states
-Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) - -requires standards of safety
to be maintained by employers to protect the health and safety of
employees and mandates the reporting of injuries sustained by workers
-plan of care - -developed as a tool for multidisciplinary communication and
can be an individual patient plan of care, a family plan of care, or a hospital
care path
-political action committees (PACs) - -influence legislation by offering
monetary contributions to legislators who support their needs and by
providing lobbying efforts to create and awareness of needed legislation
-preferred provider organizations (PPOs) - -contract with professionals to
provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on fee-for-service
rate
-scope of practice - -identification of and legal limitations to the usual and
customary skills practiced by a professional
-standards of practice - -foundations of laws related to consumer protection
-acculturation - -adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in
practice within the same cultural group
-alternative medicine - -therapies that are used instead of Western medical
care
Questions and Answers/2023
behaviors - -individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external
conditions
-biology - -individual's genetic makeup
-determinants of health - -range of social, economic, and environmental
factors that influence health status
-health status - -evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
-Healthy People 2020 - -an evidence based 10 year report card describing
health care accomplishments within the United States from the years 2000
to 2010
-infant mortality rate - -number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age
per 1000 live births
-Leading Health Indicators - -selected high priority issues
-life expectancy - -average number of years a person born in a given year is
expected to live
-physical environment - -thought of as that which can be seen, touched,
heard, smelled, and tasted
-social environment - -interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and
others in the community
-accreditation - -process by which an institution is recognized as meeting
specific predetermined standards of care
-Federal Register - -federal legislation concerning health care which is
recorded and published
-health maintenance organizations (HMOs) - -provide care for prepaid
members
-homeopathy - -the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring
chemicals for their healing power
, -informed consent - -the nurse is responsible to sign as a witness that a
patient has received info regarding risks, advantages, and alternatives
available for a planned procedure in a language understood by the patient
-managed care organizations (MCOs) - -attempt to standardize and control
costs of health care
-Medicaid - -benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
-Medicare - -benefits are received after contributions are maid through
payroll deductions
-nurse practice acts - -defines the scope of practice for nurses within that
state
-Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) - -enables traveling nurses to function in
multiple states
-Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) - -requires standards of safety
to be maintained by employers to protect the health and safety of
employees and mandates the reporting of injuries sustained by workers
-plan of care - -developed as a tool for multidisciplinary communication and
can be an individual patient plan of care, a family plan of care, or a hospital
care path
-political action committees (PACs) - -influence legislation by offering
monetary contributions to legislators who support their needs and by
providing lobbying efforts to create and awareness of needed legislation
-preferred provider organizations (PPOs) - -contract with professionals to
provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on fee-for-service
rate
-scope of practice - -identification of and legal limitations to the usual and
customary skills practiced by a professional
-standards of practice - -foundations of laws related to consumer protection
-acculturation - -adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in
practice within the same cultural group
-alternative medicine - -therapies that are used instead of Western medical
care
