DYNAMICS OF HEALTH CARE IN SOCIETY
RUTGERS EXAM 2025
Prehistoric times: small pox not spread because... - Precise Answer ✔✔they were far away from each
other
1800s improvements made by nursing - Precise Answer ✔✔sanitation and hygiene
Microbiology - Precise Answer ✔✔The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects
on humans
Assisted Living - Precise Answer ✔✔A facility that generally provides housing, group meals, personal
care, support services and social activities in a community setting.
Factors relating to the growth of Home Health Care - Precise Answer ✔✔services that can be given in
your home for an illness or injury
General Practitoner - Precise Answer ✔✔A physician who diagnoses and treats a variety of common
health problems
Medical Assistant - Precise Answer ✔✔Assists nurses and physicians in an office with procedures and
front office work
Front Office Assisitant - Precise Answer ✔✔A position of this nature is typically entry-level, providing an
opportunity to get a foot in the door with a sales office, doctor's office, accounting firm, hotel or other
type of company
Greek and Roman: ancient cultures medical care - Precise Answer ✔✔
,Chiropractic - Precise Answer ✔✔A person who practices chiropractic, specializing in the diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the effects of these
disorders on general health
Rehabilitation Center - Precise Answer ✔✔A place that specializes in services for patients needing
restoration, after a disease or injury, of the ability to function in a normal or near normal manner
Hospice - Precise Answer ✔✔A care program focused on reducing pain, symptoms and stress during the
last stage of terminal illnesses
Clinical Laboratory - Precise Answer ✔✔where tests are done on clinical specimens in order to get
information about the health of a patient as pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
disease.
Sphygmomanometer - Precise Answer ✔✔An instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially
arterial blood pressure.
Managed Care - Precise Answer ✔✔A type of health insurance plan that establishes predetermined rates
for services with health care providers such as doctors and hospitals and puts providers in the position of
managing patients use of health care.
Health Care Reform - Precise Answer ✔✔A general name used for discussing major health policy
creation or changes—for the most part, governmental policy that affects health care delivery in a given
place. Obamacare
Health Care Coverage - Precise Answer ✔✔health insurance
Resource Utilization - Precise Answer ✔✔Making better use of healthcare resources to cut costs
Private Insurance - Precise Answer ✔✔An employer based health insurance system
Out of Network Benefits - Precise Answer ✔✔Benefits paid to a provider not within the patients
insurance network
,Constitutional Rights - Precise Answer ✔✔The rights afforded to all US citizens through the US
Constitution
Civil Rights - Precise Answer ✔✔The rights of personal liberty held by all US Citizens and guaranteed by
the 13th and 14th amendments to the constitution and by acts of congress.
Human Rights - Precise Answer ✔✔The fundamental rights of all people
Ethics - Precise Answer ✔✔Sets of guidelines set by professional organizations that determine right or
wrong behavior
Civil Law - Precise Answer ✔✔A body of law, sometimes referred to as private law, that focuses of issues
between private citizens, such as medical malpractice
Compensatory Law - Precise Answer ✔✔Damages are paid by the defendant to the victim to
compensate them for losses caused by the personal injury
Negligence - Precise Answer ✔✔Careless or senseless behavior by a practioner that results in harm
Implied Consent - Precise Answer ✔✔When a patient gives permission for his or her care without a
formal written agreement
Informed Consent - Precise Answer ✔✔When a patient is presented with information regarding his or
her care and voluntarily consents to particular treatments or procedures
Good Samaritan Law - Precise Answer ✔✔Legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to
those who are injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. The protection is intended to reduce
bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful
death
Healthy diet= ? - Precise Answer ✔✔Decreased Stresses=?
, Sociability - Precise Answer ✔✔the quality of being sociable
Values - Precise Answer ✔✔Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional
investment (either for or against something).
Advance Directive - Precise Answer ✔✔A living will allows you to document your wishes concerning
medical treatments at the end of life
Benefits of Good Nutrition - Precise Answer ✔✔Help your perform your best. Help you look your best.
Describe the Communication Process - Precise Answer ✔✔Sender, Message, Receiver
Message - Precise Answer ✔✔In oral communication, the idea formulated and encoded by the source
and sent to the receiver
Telemedicine - Precise Answer ✔✔Remote consultation by patients with physicians or other health
professionals via telephone, closed-circuit television, or the Internet.
Active Listening - Precise Answer ✔✔This is necessary to ensure messages are correctly received and
interpreted
Nonverbal Cues - Precise Answer ✔✔Eye contact, gestures, physical proximity, or touching used to
communicate without interrupting verbal discourse.
Paraphrasing - Precise Answer ✔✔Using one's own words or phrases to repeat what was heard,
restating
Personal Space (and culture) - Precise Answer ✔✔the physical space immediately surrounding someone,
into which any encroachment feels threatening to or uncomfortable for them
Culture - Precise Answer ✔✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
RUTGERS EXAM 2025
Prehistoric times: small pox not spread because... - Precise Answer ✔✔they were far away from each
other
1800s improvements made by nursing - Precise Answer ✔✔sanitation and hygiene
Microbiology - Precise Answer ✔✔The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects
on humans
Assisted Living - Precise Answer ✔✔A facility that generally provides housing, group meals, personal
care, support services and social activities in a community setting.
Factors relating to the growth of Home Health Care - Precise Answer ✔✔services that can be given in
your home for an illness or injury
General Practitoner - Precise Answer ✔✔A physician who diagnoses and treats a variety of common
health problems
Medical Assistant - Precise Answer ✔✔Assists nurses and physicians in an office with procedures and
front office work
Front Office Assisitant - Precise Answer ✔✔A position of this nature is typically entry-level, providing an
opportunity to get a foot in the door with a sales office, doctor's office, accounting firm, hotel or other
type of company
Greek and Roman: ancient cultures medical care - Precise Answer ✔✔
,Chiropractic - Precise Answer ✔✔A person who practices chiropractic, specializing in the diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the effects of these
disorders on general health
Rehabilitation Center - Precise Answer ✔✔A place that specializes in services for patients needing
restoration, after a disease or injury, of the ability to function in a normal or near normal manner
Hospice - Precise Answer ✔✔A care program focused on reducing pain, symptoms and stress during the
last stage of terminal illnesses
Clinical Laboratory - Precise Answer ✔✔where tests are done on clinical specimens in order to get
information about the health of a patient as pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
disease.
Sphygmomanometer - Precise Answer ✔✔An instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially
arterial blood pressure.
Managed Care - Precise Answer ✔✔A type of health insurance plan that establishes predetermined rates
for services with health care providers such as doctors and hospitals and puts providers in the position of
managing patients use of health care.
Health Care Reform - Precise Answer ✔✔A general name used for discussing major health policy
creation or changes—for the most part, governmental policy that affects health care delivery in a given
place. Obamacare
Health Care Coverage - Precise Answer ✔✔health insurance
Resource Utilization - Precise Answer ✔✔Making better use of healthcare resources to cut costs
Private Insurance - Precise Answer ✔✔An employer based health insurance system
Out of Network Benefits - Precise Answer ✔✔Benefits paid to a provider not within the patients
insurance network
,Constitutional Rights - Precise Answer ✔✔The rights afforded to all US citizens through the US
Constitution
Civil Rights - Precise Answer ✔✔The rights of personal liberty held by all US Citizens and guaranteed by
the 13th and 14th amendments to the constitution and by acts of congress.
Human Rights - Precise Answer ✔✔The fundamental rights of all people
Ethics - Precise Answer ✔✔Sets of guidelines set by professional organizations that determine right or
wrong behavior
Civil Law - Precise Answer ✔✔A body of law, sometimes referred to as private law, that focuses of issues
between private citizens, such as medical malpractice
Compensatory Law - Precise Answer ✔✔Damages are paid by the defendant to the victim to
compensate them for losses caused by the personal injury
Negligence - Precise Answer ✔✔Careless or senseless behavior by a practioner that results in harm
Implied Consent - Precise Answer ✔✔When a patient gives permission for his or her care without a
formal written agreement
Informed Consent - Precise Answer ✔✔When a patient is presented with information regarding his or
her care and voluntarily consents to particular treatments or procedures
Good Samaritan Law - Precise Answer ✔✔Legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to
those who are injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. The protection is intended to reduce
bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful
death
Healthy diet= ? - Precise Answer ✔✔Decreased Stresses=?
, Sociability - Precise Answer ✔✔the quality of being sociable
Values - Precise Answer ✔✔Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional
investment (either for or against something).
Advance Directive - Precise Answer ✔✔A living will allows you to document your wishes concerning
medical treatments at the end of life
Benefits of Good Nutrition - Precise Answer ✔✔Help your perform your best. Help you look your best.
Describe the Communication Process - Precise Answer ✔✔Sender, Message, Receiver
Message - Precise Answer ✔✔In oral communication, the idea formulated and encoded by the source
and sent to the receiver
Telemedicine - Precise Answer ✔✔Remote consultation by patients with physicians or other health
professionals via telephone, closed-circuit television, or the Internet.
Active Listening - Precise Answer ✔✔This is necessary to ensure messages are correctly received and
interpreted
Nonverbal Cues - Precise Answer ✔✔Eye contact, gestures, physical proximity, or touching used to
communicate without interrupting verbal discourse.
Paraphrasing - Precise Answer ✔✔Using one's own words or phrases to repeat what was heard,
restating
Personal Space (and culture) - Precise Answer ✔✔the physical space immediately surrounding someone,
into which any encroachment feels threatening to or uncomfortable for them
Culture - Precise Answer ✔✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
