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HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
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
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 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
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Federal Register Ans: federal legislation concerning health care which is
recorded and published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs) 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
Medicare Ans: benefits are received after contributions are maid through
payroll deductions
nurse practice acts Ans: defines the scope of practice for nurses within
that state
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) Ans: enables traveling nurses to
function in multiple states
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Ans: 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 Ans: 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) Ans: influence legislation by offering
monetary contributions to legislators who support their needs and by
providing lobbying efforts to create and awareness of needed legislation
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preferred provider organizations (PPOs) Ans: contract with professionals
to provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on fee-for-
service rate
scope of practice Ans: identification of and legal limitations to the usual
and customary skills practiced by a professional
standards of practice Ans: foundations of laws related to consumer
protection
acculturation Ans: adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in
practice within the same cultural group
alternative medicine Ans: therapies that are used instead of Western
medical care
beliefs Ans: cultural teachings of practice and values that are handed
down for generations; deep
complementary medicine Ans: therapies that are used together with
Western therapies
cultural awareness Ans: recognizing the history of patients' ancestry or
culture and how their customs influence the handling of problems, issues,
or teachings
cultural care Ans: consists of health-promotion activities initiated by a
culturally competent health-care worker
cultural competence Ans: awareness of, acceptance of , and respect for
beliefs, values, traditions, and practice that are different form one's own
cultural interventions Ans: achieved when health-care info is presented
in a way that includes specific cultural styles, colors, pictures, symbol,
and so forth, that add credibility to the content by reflecting cultural
values
cultural sensitivity Ans: observing and demonstrating knowledge or
culturally appropriate verbal language, body language, use of personal
space, and gestures of respect towards family members
HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
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
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 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
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Federal Register Ans: federal legislation concerning health care which is
recorded and published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs) 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
Medicare Ans: benefits are received after contributions are maid through
payroll deductions
nurse practice acts Ans: defines the scope of practice for nurses within
that state
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) Ans: enables traveling nurses to
function in multiple states
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Ans: 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 Ans: 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) Ans: influence legislation by offering
monetary contributions to legislators who support their needs and by
providing lobbying efforts to create and awareness of needed legislation
, Page | 3
preferred provider organizations (PPOs) Ans: contract with professionals
to provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on fee-for-
service rate
scope of practice Ans: identification of and legal limitations to the usual
and customary skills practiced by a professional
standards of practice Ans: foundations of laws related to consumer
protection
acculturation Ans: adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in
practice within the same cultural group
alternative medicine Ans: therapies that are used instead of Western
medical care
beliefs Ans: cultural teachings of practice and values that are handed
down for generations; deep
complementary medicine Ans: therapies that are used together with
Western therapies
cultural awareness Ans: recognizing the history of patients' ancestry or
culture and how their customs influence the handling of problems, issues,
or teachings
cultural care Ans: consists of health-promotion activities initiated by a
culturally competent health-care worker
cultural competence Ans: awareness of, acceptance of , and respect for
beliefs, values, traditions, and practice that are different form one's own
cultural interventions Ans: achieved when health-care info is presented
in a way that includes specific cultural styles, colors, pictures, symbol,
and so forth, that add credibility to the content by reflecting cultural
values
cultural sensitivity Ans: observing and demonstrating knowledge or
culturally appropriate verbal language, body language, use of personal
space, and gestures of respect towards family members
