HPRS 1204 Fall Semester Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER person has met predetermined standards, this
usually requires certain educational requirements and passing a professional examination
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER a person whom has been granted permission to
legally perform certain acts, licenses are granted by government agencies. The specific
occupations that require licensure vary from state to state
Registration - CORRECT ANSWER being placed on an official list after meeting the
educational requirements and testing requirements for a profession
Continuing Education - CORRECT ANSWER learning experiences beyond those
needed to earn the initial certificate or degree to work in an occupation
Current trends in health care - CORRECT ANSWER specialization, aging population,
increasing costs, technological advances
Specialization - CORRECT ANSWER has caused diagnosis and treatment to improve
b/c physicians have started focusing on specific areas, have caused medical practice to be
more technical and fragmented, has caused the healthcare prices to increase,
Aging Population - CORRECT ANSWER improvements in medical care, especially
the development of new drugs and surgical techniques, have lengthened the average life span
Increasing Costs - CORRECT ANSWER cost have increased due to technological
advances, increasing number of elderly citizens, rising prices of pharmaceutical products,
increasing number of diagnostics tests and treatment options available, increasing number of
medical malpractice lawsuits, extensive use of diagnostic tests to protect physicians against
the growing number of malpractice lawsuits, lack of competition that would encourage
increased efficiency and provide incentives to lower costs, rising expectations of patients that
health care should provide more effective solutions, more effective treatments, poor
distributions of physicians and other health care providers
, Technological Advancements - CORRECT ANSWER organ transplants, microscopic
and robotic surgeries, gene therapy, and targeted drug therapy
subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER Information the patient tells the health care
professional about his or her condition; cannot be directly observed
objective data - CORRECT ANSWER direct observation made by the health care
professional to evaluate a patient's condition
PASS - CORRECT ANSWER pull, aim, squeeze, sweep
RACE - CORRECT ANSWER rescue anyone in immediate danger, activate alarm,
contain the fire, extinguish the fire (or evacuate the area)
put on PPE - CORRECT ANSWER gown, mask, gloves
take off PPE - CORRECT ANSWER gloves, mask, gown
Challenges In Healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER access to health care, social
conditions, maintaining quality of care, public health concerns
Access to Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER people who do not have health
insurance, cannot afford needed medical care, or have inadequate insurance coverage
Social Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER poverty and other social problems cause
problems for those who most need health care services because they are unable to pay for
them
Maintaining Quality Care - CORRECT ANSWER due to skyrocketing costs in
healthcare have prompted all levels of government, as well as providers of health care, to
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER person has met predetermined standards, this
usually requires certain educational requirements and passing a professional examination
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER a person whom has been granted permission to
legally perform certain acts, licenses are granted by government agencies. The specific
occupations that require licensure vary from state to state
Registration - CORRECT ANSWER being placed on an official list after meeting the
educational requirements and testing requirements for a profession
Continuing Education - CORRECT ANSWER learning experiences beyond those
needed to earn the initial certificate or degree to work in an occupation
Current trends in health care - CORRECT ANSWER specialization, aging population,
increasing costs, technological advances
Specialization - CORRECT ANSWER has caused diagnosis and treatment to improve
b/c physicians have started focusing on specific areas, have caused medical practice to be
more technical and fragmented, has caused the healthcare prices to increase,
Aging Population - CORRECT ANSWER improvements in medical care, especially
the development of new drugs and surgical techniques, have lengthened the average life span
Increasing Costs - CORRECT ANSWER cost have increased due to technological
advances, increasing number of elderly citizens, rising prices of pharmaceutical products,
increasing number of diagnostics tests and treatment options available, increasing number of
medical malpractice lawsuits, extensive use of diagnostic tests to protect physicians against
the growing number of malpractice lawsuits, lack of competition that would encourage
increased efficiency and provide incentives to lower costs, rising expectations of patients that
health care should provide more effective solutions, more effective treatments, poor
distributions of physicians and other health care providers
, Technological Advancements - CORRECT ANSWER organ transplants, microscopic
and robotic surgeries, gene therapy, and targeted drug therapy
subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER Information the patient tells the health care
professional about his or her condition; cannot be directly observed
objective data - CORRECT ANSWER direct observation made by the health care
professional to evaluate a patient's condition
PASS - CORRECT ANSWER pull, aim, squeeze, sweep
RACE - CORRECT ANSWER rescue anyone in immediate danger, activate alarm,
contain the fire, extinguish the fire (or evacuate the area)
put on PPE - CORRECT ANSWER gown, mask, gloves
take off PPE - CORRECT ANSWER gloves, mask, gown
Challenges In Healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER access to health care, social
conditions, maintaining quality of care, public health concerns
Access to Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER people who do not have health
insurance, cannot afford needed medical care, or have inadequate insurance coverage
Social Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER poverty and other social problems cause
problems for those who most need health care services because they are unable to pay for
them
Maintaining Quality Care - CORRECT ANSWER due to skyrocketing costs in
healthcare have prompted all levels of government, as well as providers of health care, to
