COPE HEALTH SCHOLAR WRITTEN EXAM
2026 HOSPITAL PROTOCOLS REVIEW
QUESTIONS ANSWERS VERIFIED GUIDE
◉ Scope of Practice
-Define.
Answer: The duties or services that a particular health care
practitioner is authorized to perform
(Limited based on education, clinical experiences, and verification of
competency)
◉ What is the Scope of Practice for a Health Scholar?.
Answer: DO:
- Assist the nurse in transporting, repositioning, or toileting tasks
- Assist the unit secretary with paperwork, telephones, or call lights
- Assist hospital staff and physicians as requested
- Assist the patient and family
- Engage in basic patient care tasks and gain invaluable experience in
communicating with patients and interacting with the patient care
team
,- Gain solid understanding of desired profession and demonstrate
commitment and dedicated to career goals
- ** Help provide better patient care! :) **
DONT:
- Chart vital signs
- Read patient charts
- Enter restricted isolation rooms
- Transport certain patients alone
- Handle narcotics or medications
(These are only a few examples)
◉ Allied Health
- Define.
Answer: - Mid-level health care professionals who support,
complement, or supplement the work done by physicians and
nurses
- 'Allied Heath' is a broad term used to identify a cluster of health
care professionals of over 100 occupational titles
◉ Nursing
,- Define.
Answer: The use of clinical judgement to
- Enable people to improve, maintain, or recover health
- Help patients cope wth health problems and to achieve the best
possible quality of life
◉ Physician Extenders
- Define.
Answer: - Health care professionals who carry out certain duties
typically associated with a physician
- Usually a Physician's Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
- Not only filling the gap but adding genuine value
- Provide increased access to medical care (important for the *Triple
Aim*)
◉ What is the Triple Aim?.
Answer: Cost
Quality
Access
Cost - Reduce the amount of money required for health care
, Quality - Increase the quality of customer service and
PERFORMANCE (i.e. Successful surgery, etc.) that a patient receives
Access - Make health care more accessible (i.e. More affordable and
more resources available, more hospitals/community clinics, etc).
◉ Anatomical Position
-Define.
Answer: - Patient's body is erect
- Head, eyes, toes, and palms are directed forward with the limbs at
sides of the body
◉ Medial and Lateral
-Define.
Answer: Medial
- Toward the midline of the body
Lateral
- Away from the midline of the body
◉ Anterior/Ventral and Posterior/Dorsal
2026 HOSPITAL PROTOCOLS REVIEW
QUESTIONS ANSWERS VERIFIED GUIDE
◉ Scope of Practice
-Define.
Answer: The duties or services that a particular health care
practitioner is authorized to perform
(Limited based on education, clinical experiences, and verification of
competency)
◉ What is the Scope of Practice for a Health Scholar?.
Answer: DO:
- Assist the nurse in transporting, repositioning, or toileting tasks
- Assist the unit secretary with paperwork, telephones, or call lights
- Assist hospital staff and physicians as requested
- Assist the patient and family
- Engage in basic patient care tasks and gain invaluable experience in
communicating with patients and interacting with the patient care
team
,- Gain solid understanding of desired profession and demonstrate
commitment and dedicated to career goals
- ** Help provide better patient care! :) **
DONT:
- Chart vital signs
- Read patient charts
- Enter restricted isolation rooms
- Transport certain patients alone
- Handle narcotics or medications
(These are only a few examples)
◉ Allied Health
- Define.
Answer: - Mid-level health care professionals who support,
complement, or supplement the work done by physicians and
nurses
- 'Allied Heath' is a broad term used to identify a cluster of health
care professionals of over 100 occupational titles
◉ Nursing
,- Define.
Answer: The use of clinical judgement to
- Enable people to improve, maintain, or recover health
- Help patients cope wth health problems and to achieve the best
possible quality of life
◉ Physician Extenders
- Define.
Answer: - Health care professionals who carry out certain duties
typically associated with a physician
- Usually a Physician's Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
- Not only filling the gap but adding genuine value
- Provide increased access to medical care (important for the *Triple
Aim*)
◉ What is the Triple Aim?.
Answer: Cost
Quality
Access
Cost - Reduce the amount of money required for health care
, Quality - Increase the quality of customer service and
PERFORMANCE (i.e. Successful surgery, etc.) that a patient receives
Access - Make health care more accessible (i.e. More affordable and
more resources available, more hospitals/community clinics, etc).
◉ Anatomical Position
-Define.
Answer: - Patient's body is erect
- Head, eyes, toes, and palms are directed forward with the limbs at
sides of the body
◉ Medial and Lateral
-Define.
Answer: Medial
- Toward the midline of the body
Lateral
- Away from the midline of the body
◉ Anterior/Ventral and Posterior/Dorsal
