Basic Healthcare Worker test lesson 1-4

cycle of violence

tension build-up, battering incident, aftermath or period of calm

criminal

acts against safety and welfare of society

wellness

condition of good physical and mental health, especially when maintained by a proper diet and exercise; result of homeostasis

dysphasia

difficulty speaking

advance directives

documents of a person's health care decisions if they cannot express these choices later

living wills

documents to describe decisions for treatment of a terminal illness

terminal illness/injury

end stage of a disease or multiple injuries with low chance for recovery

stages of grief

- denial - anger - bargaining - depression - acceptance

AHCA

Agency for Health Care Administration; FL agency that regulates, investigates, and monitors all health care standards of care for licensed and certified health care providers

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services; branch of US government; primary agency to protect American Health; Divisions are: - Social Security Administration - Health care financing administration - office of human development - public health services - family support administaration

HIPPA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; governs patient privacy

JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization; conducts quality assessment and issues a report card or accreditation

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration; standards for protection of health care workers related to personal protective equipment in caring for blood and body fluids

OBRA

Ombudsman Budget Reconciliation Act; a bill creating a set of standard of care and rights of residents in nursing homes

disease

abnormal changes in structure or function of body or mind

Marchment Act

allows any on family member or three non-family members to file a petition to commit a person needing alcohol or drug treatment

homeostasis

balance between internal body and its response to its external environment

Incapacitated Persons Act

explains how to seek medical care for a person in need who in uncooperative and refuses treatment. Documents mjust have authorized signature

proprietary hospital

for profit; owned by corporations

non-fluent aphasia

frontal lobe damage; speak in short phrases without "is" and "the"; understand speech of others; often have right side weakness or paralysis of the arm and leg

stages of human development

infancy (birth-1yr), toddlerhood (1-3yrs), preschool (3-5yrs), school age (6-11yrs), adolescence (12-about 18yrs), young adulthood (18-35yrs), middle adulthood (35-50yrs), maturity (50+)

Myers Act

like Bakers Act but for people needing alcohol or drug treatment

self-concpet

mental image of oneself as a whole

fluent aphasia

mostly left temporal lobe damage; speak in long, meaningless sentences, and unnecessary words, and create made up words; difficulty understanding speech

intentional tort

outcome is planned although the person may not have expect to harm someone

tort

part of civil law; an act committed against another person or person's proerty

sub-acute care facility

patients are transferred there for extended medical care after a hospital stay

Baker Act

procedure for admitting a person in need of mental health treatment when they refuse or are unable to agree. The document that admits the patient must be signed by an authority person and law enforcement must help enforce the document

Good Samaritan Act

protects health care workers from civil liability when providing aid at scene of emergency

civil law

relationships between private citizens and damages usually settled with money.

illness

response a person has to a disease; abnormal process where a person's level of functioning changed

non-profit hospital

run by a small group of people or religious group

communication process

sender, message, reciever, feedback

partial dyshpasia

slow speech

substitute dysphasia

speaker substitutes words

health

state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being

acute illness/injury

sudden onset with expected recovery

assault

threatening a person/ attempting to touch them without consent

aphasia

unable to speak

battery

unlawful and unwanted touching or striking with intention of harmful contact