Health Science I – Final Exam – Comprehensive Study Guide & Practice
Questions
What are some reasons to work in health care? - correct answer ✔✔Job Stability
Increased Need
Well-Paid
Diverse
Opens Many Options
What are some traits needed to work in health care? - correct answer ✔✔People Person
Help People
Intelligent
Problem-Solving
What are some different options in health care? - correct answer ✔✔Technicians
Dentists
Optometrists
Sports Medicine
Alternative Medicine
Emergency Medicine, etc...
What is a residency? - correct answer ✔✔When person works with and follows doctors to gain
experience (understudy)
Examples of doctors (MD/DO) - correct answer ✔✔Surgeons, radiology, oncology, OBGYN,
family medicine, etc
,What are the educational requirements to be a doctor? - correct answer ✔✔8+ years of school
(college and medical school)
2-14 year residency
What is the duty of doctors? - correct answer ✔✔To treat and prevent illness, injury, or disease
Examples of nurses - correct answer ✔✔Registered nurse, nurse practitioner, etc
What are the educational requirements to become a nurse? - correct answer ✔✔4 years (to
work at hospital)
2 years (to work at nursing home)
What are the duties of nurses? - correct answer ✔✔To treat patient under doctor's
recommendation
Examples of technicians - correct answer ✔✔Surgical tech (1 year), radiology tech, ER tech,etc
What are the educational requirements for technicians? - correct answer ✔✔1-2 year training
What is the duty of a technician? - correct answer ✔✔Tend to have one specific function in
workplace, limited duties
What is the duty of dentists? - correct answer ✔✔Preventative healthcare and treatment
dealing with mouth, teeth, tongue, and gums
How long do dental assistants, dental hygienists, and lab technicians go to school? - correct
answer ✔✔2 years
,How many years does a dentist go to school? - correct answer ✔✔8 years or more
What does an optometrist deal with? - correct answer ✔✔Deals with eyes
How many years does an athletic trainer go to school? - correct answer ✔✔4-6 years
How many years does a physical therapist go to school? - correct answer ✔✔6-9 years
Examples of sports medicine - correct answer ✔✔Athletic trainer and physical therapist
What is the duty in sports medicine? - correct answer ✔✔Treat athletes to improve their range
of motion or aid recovery
How many years of of school does an EMT need? - correct answer ✔✔1 year
How many years of school does a paramedic need? - correct answer ✔✔2 years
What is the duty in emergency medicine? - correct answer ✔✔Treat patients requiring
immediate medical attention in/on the way to the hospital
Examples of emergency medicine - correct answer ✔✔EMT and paramedic
What is the duty in alternative medicine? - correct answer ✔✔Treat the whole person rather
than the single symptom
Examples of alternative medicine - correct answer ✔✔Chiropractors, accupuncturist, massage
therapist, craniosacral therapist, naturopath, etc
, What is registration? - correct answer ✔✔Process whereby a regulatory body in a given health
care administers examinations and/or maintains a list of a qualifies personnel
What is licensure? - correct answer ✔✔Process by which a government agency authorizes
individuals to work in a given occupation
What are types of subsystems - correct answer ✔✔Acute care
Extended care
Home care
Ambulatory care
What is acute care? - correct answer ✔✔Short duration and round the clock care
What are some examples of acute care? - correct answer ✔✔ER
Birthing Center
Hospital
Hospice
What is extended care? - correct answer ✔✔Somewhere to continue to get better
What are some examples of extended care? - correct answer ✔✔Rehab center, residential care,
nursing homes, hospice
What type of patient goes to extended care? - correct answer ✔✔Patient who is not critically ill
Patient who is getting bettere but not 100%
Questions
What are some reasons to work in health care? - correct answer ✔✔Job Stability
Increased Need
Well-Paid
Diverse
Opens Many Options
What are some traits needed to work in health care? - correct answer ✔✔People Person
Help People
Intelligent
Problem-Solving
What are some different options in health care? - correct answer ✔✔Technicians
Dentists
Optometrists
Sports Medicine
Alternative Medicine
Emergency Medicine, etc...
What is a residency? - correct answer ✔✔When person works with and follows doctors to gain
experience (understudy)
Examples of doctors (MD/DO) - correct answer ✔✔Surgeons, radiology, oncology, OBGYN,
family medicine, etc
,What are the educational requirements to be a doctor? - correct answer ✔✔8+ years of school
(college and medical school)
2-14 year residency
What is the duty of doctors? - correct answer ✔✔To treat and prevent illness, injury, or disease
Examples of nurses - correct answer ✔✔Registered nurse, nurse practitioner, etc
What are the educational requirements to become a nurse? - correct answer ✔✔4 years (to
work at hospital)
2 years (to work at nursing home)
What are the duties of nurses? - correct answer ✔✔To treat patient under doctor's
recommendation
Examples of technicians - correct answer ✔✔Surgical tech (1 year), radiology tech, ER tech,etc
What are the educational requirements for technicians? - correct answer ✔✔1-2 year training
What is the duty of a technician? - correct answer ✔✔Tend to have one specific function in
workplace, limited duties
What is the duty of dentists? - correct answer ✔✔Preventative healthcare and treatment
dealing with mouth, teeth, tongue, and gums
How long do dental assistants, dental hygienists, and lab technicians go to school? - correct
answer ✔✔2 years
,How many years does a dentist go to school? - correct answer ✔✔8 years or more
What does an optometrist deal with? - correct answer ✔✔Deals with eyes
How many years does an athletic trainer go to school? - correct answer ✔✔4-6 years
How many years does a physical therapist go to school? - correct answer ✔✔6-9 years
Examples of sports medicine - correct answer ✔✔Athletic trainer and physical therapist
What is the duty in sports medicine? - correct answer ✔✔Treat athletes to improve their range
of motion or aid recovery
How many years of of school does an EMT need? - correct answer ✔✔1 year
How many years of school does a paramedic need? - correct answer ✔✔2 years
What is the duty in emergency medicine? - correct answer ✔✔Treat patients requiring
immediate medical attention in/on the way to the hospital
Examples of emergency medicine - correct answer ✔✔EMT and paramedic
What is the duty in alternative medicine? - correct answer ✔✔Treat the whole person rather
than the single symptom
Examples of alternative medicine - correct answer ✔✔Chiropractors, accupuncturist, massage
therapist, craniosacral therapist, naturopath, etc
, What is registration? - correct answer ✔✔Process whereby a regulatory body in a given health
care administers examinations and/or maintains a list of a qualifies personnel
What is licensure? - correct answer ✔✔Process by which a government agency authorizes
individuals to work in a given occupation
What are types of subsystems - correct answer ✔✔Acute care
Extended care
Home care
Ambulatory care
What is acute care? - correct answer ✔✔Short duration and round the clock care
What are some examples of acute care? - correct answer ✔✔ER
Birthing Center
Hospital
Hospice
What is extended care? - correct answer ✔✔Somewhere to continue to get better
What are some examples of extended care? - correct answer ✔✔Rehab center, residential care,
nursing homes, hospice
What type of patient goes to extended care? - correct answer ✔✔Patient who is not critically ill
Patient who is getting bettere but not 100%
