HOSA Human Growth and Development
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behaviors
Ans: individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external
conditions
biology
Ans: individual's genetic makeup
determinants of health
Ans: range of social, economic, and environmental factors that
influence health status
health status
Ans: evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
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Healthy People 2020
Ans: an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care
accomplishments within the United States from the years 2000 to 2010
infant mortality rate
Ans: number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live
births
Leading Health Indicators
Ans: selected high priority issues
life expectancy
Ans: average number of years a person born in a given year is expected
to live
physical environment
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Ans: thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled,
and tasted
social environment
Ans: interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the
community
accreditation
Ans: process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific
predetermined standards of care
Federal Register
Ans: federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and
published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
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Ans: provide care for prepaid members
homeopathy
Ans: the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for
their healing power
informed consent
Ans: 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)
Ans: attempt to standardize and control costs of health care
Medicaid
Ans: benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty