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
