HOSA Human Growth and Development Actual
Questions And Well Explained Answers With
Verified Solutions Grade 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
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
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
standards of practice - ANSWER: foundations of laws related to consumer protection
acculturation - ANSWER: adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice
within the same cultural group
alternative medicine - ANSWER: therapies that are used instead of Western medical care
beliefs - ANSWER: cultural teachings of practice and values that are handed down for
generations; deep
complementary medicine - ANSWER: therapies that are used together with Western
therapies
cultural awareness - ANSWER: recognizing the history of patients' ancestry or culture and
how their customs influence the handling of problems, issues, or teachings
cultural care - ANSWER: consists of health-promotion activities initiated by a culturally
competent health-care worker
Questions And Well Explained Answers With
Verified Solutions Grade 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
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
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
standards of practice - ANSWER: foundations of laws related to consumer protection
acculturation - ANSWER: adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice
within the same cultural group
alternative medicine - ANSWER: therapies that are used instead of Western medical care
beliefs - ANSWER: cultural teachings of practice and values that are handed down for
generations; deep
complementary medicine - ANSWER: therapies that are used together with Western
therapies
cultural awareness - ANSWER: recognizing the history of patients' ancestry or culture and
how their customs influence the handling of problems, issues, or teachings
cultural care - ANSWER: consists of health-promotion activities initiated by a culturally
competent health-care worker
