HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions - ANS behaviors
individual's genetic makeup - ANS biology
range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status -
ANS determinants of health
evaluating specific details of the determinants of health - ANS health status
an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care accomplishments within the
United States from the years 2000 to 2010 - ANS Healthy People 2020
number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births - ANS infant mortality
rate
selected high priority issues - ANS Leading Health Indicators
average number of years a person born in a given year is expected to live - ANS life
expectancy
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,thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted - ANS physical
environment
interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community - ANS social
environment
process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined standards of
care - ANS accreditation
federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and published - ANS Federal
Register
provide care for prepaid members - ANS health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for their healing power -
ANS homeopathy
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 - ANS informed consent
attempt to standardize and control costs of health care - ANS managed care organizations
(MCOs)
benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty - ANS Medicaid
benefits are received after contributions are maid through payroll deductions -
ANS Medicare
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, defines the scope of practice for nurses within that state - ANS nurse practice acts
enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states - ANS Nursing Licensure Compact
(NLC)
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 - ANS Occupational
Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
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 - ANS plan of care
influence legislation by offering monetary contributions to legislators who support their needs
and by providing lobbying efforts to create and awareness of needed legislation -
ANS political action committees (PACs)
contract with professionals to provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on fee-
for-service rate - ANS preferred provider organizations (PPOs)
identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills practiced by a
professional - ANS scope of practice
foundations of laws related to consumer protection - ANS standards of practice
adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice within the same cultural group -
ANS acculturation
therapies that are used instead of Western medical care - ANS alternative medicine
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DEVELOPMENT EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions - ANS behaviors
individual's genetic makeup - ANS biology
range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status -
ANS determinants of health
evaluating specific details of the determinants of health - ANS health status
an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care accomplishments within the
United States from the years 2000 to 2010 - ANS Healthy People 2020
number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births - ANS infant mortality
rate
selected high priority issues - ANS Leading Health Indicators
average number of years a person born in a given year is expected to live - ANS life
expectancy
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,thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted - ANS physical
environment
interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community - ANS social
environment
process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined standards of
care - ANS accreditation
federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and published - ANS Federal
Register
provide care for prepaid members - ANS health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for their healing power -
ANS homeopathy
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 - ANS informed consent
attempt to standardize and control costs of health care - ANS managed care organizations
(MCOs)
benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty - ANS Medicaid
benefits are received after contributions are maid through payroll deductions -
ANS Medicare
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, defines the scope of practice for nurses within that state - ANS nurse practice acts
enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states - ANS Nursing Licensure Compact
(NLC)
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 - ANS Occupational
Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
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 - ANS plan of care
influence legislation by offering monetary contributions to legislators who support their needs
and by providing lobbying efforts to create and awareness of needed legislation -
ANS political action committees (PACs)
contract with professionals to provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on fee-
for-service rate - ANS preferred provider organizations (PPOs)
identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills practiced by a
professional - ANS scope of practice
foundations of laws related to consumer protection - ANS standards of practice
adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice within the same cultural group -
ANS acculturation
therapies that are used instead of Western medical care - ANS alternative medicine
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