HOSA Human Growth and Development
behaviors -
☑️ individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions
biology -
☑️ individual's genetic makeup
determinants of health -
☑️ range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
health status -
☑️ evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
Healthy People 2020 -
☑️ an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care accomplishments within the
United States from the years 2000 to 2010
infant mortality rate -
☑️ number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births
Leading Health Indicators -
☑️ selected high priority issues
life expectancy -
☑️ average number of years a person born in a given year is expected to live
physical environment -
☑️ thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted
social environment -
☑️ interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community
accreditation -
☑️ process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined
standards of care
Federal Register -
☑️ federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs) -
☑️ provide care for prepaid members
homeopathy -
☑️ the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for their healing power
informed consent -
☑️ 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) -
☑️ attempt to standardize and control costs of health care
Medicaid -
☑️ benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
Medicare -
☑️ benefits are received after contributions are maid through payroll deductions
nurse practice acts -
☑️ defines the scope of practice for nurses within that state
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) -
☑️ enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) -
☑️ 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 -
☑️ 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) -
☑️ 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) -
☑️ contract with professionals to provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on
fee-for-service rate
scope of practice -
☑️ identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills practiced by a
professional
standards of practice -
☑️ foundations of laws related to consumer protection
acculturation -
☑️ adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice within the same cultural
group
alternative medicine -
☑️ therapies that are used instead of Western medical care
beliefs -
☑️ cultural teachings of practice and values that are handed down for generations; deep
complementary medicine -
☑️ therapies that are used together with Western therapies
behaviors -
☑️ individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions
biology -
☑️ individual's genetic makeup
determinants of health -
☑️ range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
health status -
☑️ evaluating specific details of the determinants of health
Healthy People 2020 -
☑️ an evidence based 10 year report card describing health care accomplishments within the
United States from the years 2000 to 2010
infant mortality rate -
☑️ number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births
Leading Health Indicators -
☑️ selected high priority issues
life expectancy -
☑️ average number of years a person born in a given year is expected to live
physical environment -
☑️ thought of as that which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, and tasted
social environment -
☑️ interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community
accreditation -
☑️ process by which an institution is recognized as meeting specific predetermined
standards of care
Federal Register -
☑️ federal legislation concerning health care which is recorded and published
health maintenance organizations (HMOs) -
☑️ provide care for prepaid members
homeopathy -
☑️ the use of minute proportions of naturally occurring chemicals for their healing power
informed consent -
☑️ 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) -
☑️ attempt to standardize and control costs of health care
Medicaid -
☑️ benefits are provided on a basis of need or poverty
Medicare -
☑️ benefits are received after contributions are maid through payroll deductions
nurse practice acts -
☑️ defines the scope of practice for nurses within that state
Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) -
☑️ enables traveling nurses to function in multiple states
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) -
☑️ 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 -
☑️ 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) -
☑️ 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) -
☑️ contract with professionals to provide care to a specific group of patients at an agreed-on
fee-for-service rate
scope of practice -
☑️ identification of and legal limitations to the usual and customary skills practiced by a
professional
standards of practice -
☑️ foundations of laws related to consumer protection
acculturation -
☑️ adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice within the same cultural
group
alternative medicine -
☑️ therapies that are used instead of Western medical care
beliefs -
☑️ cultural teachings of practice and values that are handed down for generations; deep
complementary medicine -
☑️ therapies that are used together with Western therapies
