Psychosocial Final| 507 Questions| With Complete Solutions

What is a PA? correct answer: Graduate from an accredited PA program who is nationally certified and state licensed to practice medicine with the supervision of a physician PAs need to recertify every ______ years correct answer: 10 years What are some of the things a PA can do? correct answer: Obtain medical histories, perform physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, perform procedures, assist in surgery, provide patient education and counseling, make rounds in hospitals and nursing homes, and prescribed medications During PA school, we get trained as what type of PAs? correct answer: Primary care PAs What state is the only state in the US which does NOT allow their PAs permission to prescribe controlled substances? correct answer: Kentucky Originated in the European Military in the 17th and 18th century correct answer: Feldshers in Russia Feldshers in Russia were introduced into the Russian military system by whom? correct answer: Peter the Great Why did a large number of Russian troops rely on feldshers for medical care? correct answer: Because there was a shortage of physicians After feldshers retired from the military where did they settle to continue their practice of healthcare? correct answer: small rural communities Experienced feldspars had full authority to do what? correct answer: diagnose, prescribe, and institute emergency treatment How long did Felshers have to train for and where were the programs located? correct answer: 2.5 years long and were located in nursing schools According to the WHO, what is a feldsher? correct answer: A healthcare professional who provides various medical services limited to emergency treatment and ambulance practice. In Russia and in other countries of the former Soviet, Union, feldspars provided primary, obstetric, and surgical care services in many rural medical centers and clinics Are feldshers still in practice? correct answer: Yes, feldshers are still in practice When did China's Barefoot Doctors originate? correct answer: During the 1965 Cultural Revolution as a physician substitute Farmers who received minimal basic medical and paramedical training and worked in rural villages in China. correct answer: China's barefoot doctors How long is the training to be a China barefoot doctor? correct answer: 2-6 month training course in regional hospitals and health centers In the U.S. during the 1930's, former military corpsmen received on the job training from the correct answer: Federal Prison System to extend the services of prison physician How did bare foot doctors get their name? correct answer: They were farmers working in small villages bare-foot on the rice paddy's and they were able to spring into action when needed Today, China's barefoot doctors are still in existence. In fact, they are even able to do what? correct answer: To take an examination to become a "village doctor." U.S. Coast Guard trained how many purser mates in a 4 month program during WWII to provide health care on merchant ships? correct answer: 800 purser mates Who developed a program to extend the capabilities of nurses at Duke University? correct answer: Eugene Stead, MD Why was the Nurse Practitioner movement opposed by the National League of Nursing? correct answer: They didn't want to teach the medical model Every purser corpsman was trained to do what? correct answer: To act alone, to rely on his own knowledge and experience to handle every situation that arises on the ship. He was responsible for the health, hygiene and sanitation for his vessel. Preventative as well as emergency treatment is part of the corpsman's duties. Purser corpsman ship's crew is checked for what? correct answer: immunization at the beginning of every voyage and if typhoid, smallpox, tetanus and typhus inoculations are needed,