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HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT EXAM 2025-2026
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
Terms in this set (209) Q & A
behaviors
- answer- individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions
biology
- answer- individual's genetic makeup
determinants of health
- answer- range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
health status
- answer- evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
Healthy People 2020
- answer- an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care accomplishments
within the United States from the years 2000 to 2010
infant mortality rate
- answer- number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births
Leading Health Indicators
- answer- selected high priority issues
life expectancy
- answer- average number of years a person born in a given year is expected to live
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physical environment
- answer- thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted
social environment
- answer- interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community
accreditation
- answer- process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined
standards of care
Federal Register
- answer- federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
- answer- provide care for prepaid members
homeopathy
- answer- the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for their healing
power
informed consent
- answer- 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)
- answer- attempt to standardize and control costs of health care
Medicaid
- answer- benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
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Medicare
- answer- benefits are received after contributions are maid through payroll deductions
nurse practice acts
- answer- defines the scope of practice for nurses within that state
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC)
- answer- enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- answer- 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
- answer- 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)
- answer- 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)
- answer- contract with professionals to provide care to a specific group of patients at an
agreed-on fee-for-service rate
scope of practice
- answer- identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills practiced by
a professional
HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT EXAM 2025-2026
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
Terms in this set (209) Q & A
behaviors
- answer- individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions
biology
- answer- individual's genetic makeup
determinants of health
- answer- range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
health status
- answer- evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
Healthy People 2020
- answer- an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care accomplishments
within the United States from the years 2000 to 2010
infant mortality rate
- answer- number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births
Leading Health Indicators
- answer- selected high priority issues
life expectancy
- answer- average number of years a person born in a given year is expected to live
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physical environment
- answer- thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted
social environment
- answer- interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community
accreditation
- answer- process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined
standards of care
Federal Register
- answer- federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
- answer- provide care for prepaid members
homeopathy
- answer- the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for their healing
power
informed consent
- answer- 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)
- answer- attempt to standardize and control costs of health care
Medicaid
- answer- benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
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Medicare
- answer- benefits are received after contributions are maid through payroll deductions
nurse practice acts
- answer- defines the scope of practice for nurses within that state
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC)
- answer- enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- answer- 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
- answer- 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)
- answer- 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)
- answer- contract with professionals to provide care to a specific group of patients at an
agreed-on fee-for-service rate
scope of practice
- answer- identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills practiced by
a professional