Introduction To Health Care 1
In what career do you need a working knowledge of the ICD-10-CM and CPT?
Medical Coder
Which of the following careers requires a certificate program or on-the-job training, but has no testing or licensure requirements?
Occupational therapy aide
What type of health care professional specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer?
Oncologist
Which of these listed occupations has tasks and responsibilities that are similar to those of Nursing Assistants
Patient Care Technician
Which of the following is an example of subjective data?
Patients reports about how they feel
Which of the following positions would NOT be classified as an environmental occupation?
Pharmacy Aide
Which of the following careers usually requires formal training, but is not licensed by most states?
Psychiatric Aide
Which of the following health care professionals performs X-ray procedures?
Radiologic technician
Which of the following terms describes the condition of being placed on an official list after meeting the educational and testing requirements for an occupation?
Registration
Which of the following statements about health care professional exams is TRUE?
Specific educational requirements and clinical experience must be completed before taking them.
Which of the following occupations does not require applicants to pass a national licensing or certification exam?
Home Health Aide
The fastest-growing health care career today, influenced by the increasing number of older adults, is _________.
Home health aide.
Which term is used when a health care provider offers a combination of Western medicine with complementary and alternative medicine.
Integrative medicine
Physical Therapist Assistant
A health care specialist who works with physical therapists to assist in developing treatment plans for the rehabilitation of injury.
Which of the following dental occupations requires the highest level of education?
Dentist
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of diagnostic occupations?
Determining the cause of an illness
A medical assistant who believes that a physician made an error when prescribing a treatment would demonstrate good thinking by ________.
asking the physician before giving the treatment.
Each occupational area in the health care fields positions that require different amounts of education and training. Collectively, these levels are known as career _____.
ladders
Assessment is a term used in health care to mean
gathering information
When a person is licensed in a health care profession, this means that he or she ________.
has been granted permission to legally perform specific acts.
When collecting information about a patient, which term BEST describes the results of diagnostic tests, measurements, and observations made by healthcare professionals.
signs