HSA 3111 UPDATED TEST PAPER ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔registration - ✔✔mechanism to facilitate contacts and relationships among members
of a profession, potential employers, and the public
✔✔government regulation - ✔✔protects public from incompetent and unethical
providers
✔✔dentistry - ✔✔- doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S.)
- doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.)
- diagnose/treat problems related to teeth, gums, and mouth tissues
- 82% general practitioners, 17% specialists (ortho, periodontics, oral surgery)
- pass national written exam and clinical exam by licensed dentists
✔✔optometrists - ✔✔- OD
- trained/licensed by state to examine, diagnose, treat eye/vision conditions
- prescribe/fit glasses, contacts, aids
- vision therapy
✔✔opthalmologist - ✔✔- MD or DO
- med school and residency to treat complex eye diseases
- perform medical/surgical interventions
✔✔Occupational Therapy - ✔✔- OTD
- improve independence and quality of life by addressing physical, mental, and
environmental factors that impact person's ability to engage in desired activities
- fine motor skills and ADLs
✔✔podiatrist - ✔✔- DPM: doctor of podiatric medicine
- diagnose/treat deformities of feet
- foot surgery and some prescriptions
✔✔physical therapists - ✔✔- DPT
, - improve movement, restore function, manage pain, prevent injury/disability
- gross motor skills
✔✔audiologist - ✔✔- AUD
- evaluate, diagnose, and manage hearing and balance disorders
✔✔chiropractors - ✔✔- doctor of chirpractic (D.C.)
- treat illness with chiropractic manipulation, physiotherapy, dietary counseling
- mostly adjustments of spinal column or extremeties
✔✔veterinarian - ✔✔- DVM or VMD
- medical care of non-human patients
✔✔psychologists - ✔✔- PhD or D. Psy
- mental health care
✔✔doctor of pharmacy - ✔✔- preps individuals to become licensed pharmacists
- enable work in various settings
✔✔future healthcare projections - ✔✔- physician shortage with aging population
- physicians expected to age out of workforce and need care
✔✔registered nurses (RNs) - ✔✔- most abundant
- florence nightingale est. field
- caregivers of sick/injured addressing physical, mental, and emotional needs
- "hearts and hands"
- largest of licensed professional groups and can be found in nearly every aspect of US
system
- work in hospitals (60%), nursing homes, private practice, ambulatory care, community,
depts. of health
- # expected to grow 12% 2012-2028 bc need of services for seniors
✔✔nurse education - ✔✔- multiple entry points: 2 year licensing program, 2 year
associate degree, 3 year diploma program, 4 year baccalaureate program (RN-BSN)
- two levels of nursing practice: professional (holding bacc. degree) and technical
(associate degree)
✔✔nurse licensure - ✔✔- degree from accredited program
- pass national exam to become RN
- Nurse compact license: state requires license for practice
✔✔Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - ✔✔trained to provide care to non-acutely ill
patients and work under RN supervision
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔registration - ✔✔mechanism to facilitate contacts and relationships among members
of a profession, potential employers, and the public
✔✔government regulation - ✔✔protects public from incompetent and unethical
providers
✔✔dentistry - ✔✔- doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S.)
- doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.)
- diagnose/treat problems related to teeth, gums, and mouth tissues
- 82% general practitioners, 17% specialists (ortho, periodontics, oral surgery)
- pass national written exam and clinical exam by licensed dentists
✔✔optometrists - ✔✔- OD
- trained/licensed by state to examine, diagnose, treat eye/vision conditions
- prescribe/fit glasses, contacts, aids
- vision therapy
✔✔opthalmologist - ✔✔- MD or DO
- med school and residency to treat complex eye diseases
- perform medical/surgical interventions
✔✔Occupational Therapy - ✔✔- OTD
- improve independence and quality of life by addressing physical, mental, and
environmental factors that impact person's ability to engage in desired activities
- fine motor skills and ADLs
✔✔podiatrist - ✔✔- DPM: doctor of podiatric medicine
- diagnose/treat deformities of feet
- foot surgery and some prescriptions
✔✔physical therapists - ✔✔- DPT
, - improve movement, restore function, manage pain, prevent injury/disability
- gross motor skills
✔✔audiologist - ✔✔- AUD
- evaluate, diagnose, and manage hearing and balance disorders
✔✔chiropractors - ✔✔- doctor of chirpractic (D.C.)
- treat illness with chiropractic manipulation, physiotherapy, dietary counseling
- mostly adjustments of spinal column or extremeties
✔✔veterinarian - ✔✔- DVM or VMD
- medical care of non-human patients
✔✔psychologists - ✔✔- PhD or D. Psy
- mental health care
✔✔doctor of pharmacy - ✔✔- preps individuals to become licensed pharmacists
- enable work in various settings
✔✔future healthcare projections - ✔✔- physician shortage with aging population
- physicians expected to age out of workforce and need care
✔✔registered nurses (RNs) - ✔✔- most abundant
- florence nightingale est. field
- caregivers of sick/injured addressing physical, mental, and emotional needs
- "hearts and hands"
- largest of licensed professional groups and can be found in nearly every aspect of US
system
- work in hospitals (60%), nursing homes, private practice, ambulatory care, community,
depts. of health
- # expected to grow 12% 2012-2028 bc need of services for seniors
✔✔nurse education - ✔✔- multiple entry points: 2 year licensing program, 2 year
associate degree, 3 year diploma program, 4 year baccalaureate program (RN-BSN)
- two levels of nursing practice: professional (holding bacc. degree) and technical
(associate degree)
✔✔nurse licensure - ✔✔- degree from accredited program
- pass national exam to become RN
- Nurse compact license: state requires license for practice
✔✔Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - ✔✔trained to provide care to non-acutely ill
patients and work under RN supervision
