extended care facilities

2. extended care facilities • Provide services to patients who need rehabilitation to recover from a major illness, treatment for cancer, dialysis for kidney disease, or heart monitoring • Often deal with genetic diseases • Treat diseases and disorders of children • Provide total health care directed toward preventive health care

3. Parents of a child with Downs’ Syndrome would consider • Services to patients who need rehabilitation to recover from a major illness, treatment for cancer, dialysis for kidney disease, or heart monitoring • Meeting with a counselor who deals with genetic diseases • Meeting with an agency that can provide information on chemical abuse treatment centers • Provide total health care directed toward preventive health care

4. What is a co payment? • Insurance that covers the gap between medicare and medicaid • The specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service regardless of the total cost of that service • Program that pays for the health care of individuals with low incomes • Assists with payment for pharmaceutical (medication) expenses

5. Medicare coverage “A” covers… • Assist with payment for hospital services • Assists with payment for pharmacy services • Assists with payment for physician offices • All of the above

6. What is the purpose of an organizational chart? • provides a sliding scale of responsibilities to determine salary • encompasses a line of authority or chain of command • leads to the most efficient operation of a health care facility • identifies immediate supervisors

7. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) • identifies exclusions on certain illnesses so insurance can be discontinued • adopts electronic standards that increase the cost of health care • provides strict guidelines for maintaining confidentiality of health care information • prevents the use of medical savings accounts (MSAs) to prevent fraud

8. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA • prevents health care fraud and abuse • Contains tax-related health provisions • Contains guidelines for health care access, portability, and renewability • All of the above

9. A degree awarded by a college or university after a prescribed course of study that usually lasts four years • Associate’s degree • Bachelor’s Degree • Master’s Degree • Technician Degree

10. Continuing Education Units…. • Are additional hours of education in order to renew a license • Are additional hours of work experience needed to gain certification • Are competency tests that help an individual achieve registration • Are fees that are charged for license, certification or registration renewal

11. A process by which a government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation after the person has completed an approved education program and passed a state board test • License • Registration • Certification • Authorization

12. A medical specialist who treats diseases and disorders of children • Pediatrician • Gerontologist • Gastroenterologist • Urologist

13. A medical specialist who treats diseases and disorders of elderly • Pediatrician • Gerontologist • Gastroenterologist • Urologist

14. A medical specialist who treats diseases and disorders of the stomach and intestine • Pediatrician • Gerontologist • Gastroenterologist • Urologist

15. What is an epidemiologist? • A doctor who studies the skin • A health care professional who identifies and tracks diseases as they occur in a group of people and develops methods to prevent or control the spread of diseases • A doctor who studies diseases of the brain • A doctor who studies diseases of the mind

16. Being able to identify with and understand another person’s feelings, situation, and motives • Empathy • Tact • Patience • Responsibility

17. Ability to be tolerant, to be understanding, and to control your temper indicates • Empathy • Tact • Patience • Responsibility

18. The ability to say or do the kindest or most fitting thing in a difficult situation shows ____. • Empathy • Tact • Patience • Responsibility

19. Being willing to be held accountable for your actions is ____. • Empathy • Tact • Patience • Responsibility

20. The ability to begin or follow through with a task and to determine things that need to be done indicates ____. • Competence • Self-motivation • Responsibility • Acceptance of Criticism

21. Being qualified and capable of performing a task while striving for accuracy in all you do shows ____. • Competence • Self-motivation • Responsibility • Acceptance of Criticism

22. Showing truthfulness and integrity and being willing to admit mistakes so they can be corrected is ____. • Willingness to learn • Acceptance of criticism • Honesty • tact

23. Being prompt when reporting to work, avoiding absences, and completing assigned tasks on time demonstrates ____. • Competence • Dependability • Self-motivation • Team Player

24. The exchange of information, thoughts, ideas, and feelings is • Communication • Empathy • Listening • Team Player

25. An example of a psychological barrier to communication is • Belief in God • Foreign Language • Negative or critical viewpoint • Aphasia – inability to speak from physical injury

26. Provide emergency, prehospital care to accident victims • Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner • Certified Biomedical Technician • Emergency Medical Technician • Recreational Therapist

27. Dispense medications and provide information on drugs • Dental Hygienist • Orthodontist • Pharmacist • Certified Medical Laboratory Technician

28. Operate machine to record electrical activity in the brain • Electrocardiogram technician • Electroencephalographic technician • Emergency Medical Technician • Neurologist

29. Technician who completes recordings of the electrical activity of the heart • Electrocardiogram technician • Electroencephalographic technician • Neurologist • Cardiologist

30. Dentist specializing in alignment or straightening of the teeth • Orthodontist • Endodontist • Dental Hygienist • Phlebotomist

31. Services, supplies and certifies medical equipment for usage in medical facilities • Emergency Medical Technician • Biomedical Equipment Technician • Recreational therapist • Hospital Administrator

32. Use recreational and leisure activities as a form of treatment • Biomedical Equipment Technician • Recreational Therapist • Speech Therapist • Physical Therapist

33. Individual who organizes, manages and assumes all the risk of a business • Multi skilled worker • Entrepreneur • Technologist • Technician

34. Which of these career pathways would be of greatest interest to you? (only click if it applies to you) • Emergency Medicine • Health Information • Public Health • Pharmacy

35. Which of these career pathways would be of greatest interest to you? (only click if it applies to you) • Nursing (nurses aide, patient care technician) • Allied Health (EKG, Medical Office Assistant, Patient Care Technician) • Personal Fitness Trainer • Athletic Trainer

36. Which of these career pathways would be of greatest interest to you? (only click if it applies to you) • Phlebotomy (drawing blood) • Radiology (x-ray) • Veterinary Medicine • Bio technology