Deck 1: Evolution of Modern Healthcare

Question 1

"Medically indigent" refers to one who:

A) Refuses to purchase health insurance
B) Has no knowledge of health care
C) Qualifies for government assistance
D) Cannot afford private insurance

Answer 1

Cannot afford private insurance

Question 2

A new specialist on the healthcare scene is the "hospitalist," a physician who:

A) Becomes director of a hospital or clinic
B) Practices exclusively in the hospital setting
C) Cares for the patients in both the office and hospital settings
D) Assumes responsibility for rules,regulations,and protocols in the hospital

Answer 2

Practices exclusively in the hospital setting

Question 3

The earliest recorded hospital/hotel (6th century)with continuing excellent service to this day is the:

A) Des Invalides,Paris
B) Hotel Dieu,Paris
C) Queen's Hospital,London
D) Heidelberg Hospital,Germany

Answer 3

Hotel Dieu,Paris

Question 4

The first hospital known as a healing temple was named after the Greek god of healing in 500 BCE.The healing temple was called:

A) Asclepeion
B) Hygieneon
C) Hippocratic Temple
D) Galen Institute

Question 5

Burn centers strive to prevent the number one cause of death secondary to burns,which is:

A) Vitamin D deficiency
B) Dehydration
C) Anemia
D) Infection
Completion
Complete each statement.

Question 6

The practice of physicians making house calls came to an end when:

A) Physician caseloads increased
B) Healthcare insurance became available
C) Transportation became less of a concern
D) Malpractice issues transpired

Question 7

The healing temple was based on which of the following concepts?

A) Sanitation,fresh air,pure water
B) Play therapy,exercise,prayer
C) Hydrotherapy,music therapy,psychotherapy
D) Wine,dancing,relationships

Question 8

St.Jude's Medical Center and Shriner's Hospital both provide care for _____________.

Question 9

Rehabilitation centers provide the services of which of the following groups?

A) Nurses (RNs)
B) Physicians (MDs)
C) Physician Assistants (PAs)
D) Occupational Therapists (OTs)

Question 10

Algorithms are being adopted for health care to:

A) Establish life expectancy statistics
B) Maintain record keeping regarding infant mortality rates
C) Compare and contrast male/female morbidity
D) Establish an explicit protocol to solve healthcare problems ("if/then")

Question 11

Florence Nightingale is credited with establishing this in England:

A) Nursing school
B) Maternity hospital
C) Medical school
D) Community nurse association
E) All of the above

Question 12

The Romans (ca.300)were the first to institute the basic health belief of:

A) Sanitation
B) Isolation
C) Vaccination
D) Hospitalization
E) Pasteurization

Question 13

In 1929,the first prepaid hospital insurance plan in the United States was promoted by a group of:

A) Teachers from Dallas,TX
B) Farmers from the Midwest
C) Politicians from Washington,D.C.
D) Steel workers from Bethlehem,PA

Question 14

During the early Christian Era (600-700 CE)health care began to include the need for:

A) Caretakers
B) Physician training
C) Expansion of knowledge
D) Surgical procedures
E) All of the above

Question 15

The electronic health record (EHR)will be a government mandate by 2014.The EHR has many positive features,but the one most negative feature is the:

A) High cost
B) Potential loss of confidentiality
C) Storage space issue
D) Lack of availability

Question 16

Which of the following healthcare techniques might a neurologist use?

A) Electroencephalogram (EEG)
B) Sonogram
C) Electrocardiogram (ECG)
D) X-ray

Question 17

The Hippocratic Oath is based on the principle of:

A) Maintaining respect
B) Allowing privacy
C) Protecting confidentiality
D) Promoting the "harm not" principle
E) Providing care regardless of ability to pay

Question 18

Teaching hospitals provide:

A) A lower quality of care than regular hospitals
B) Hands-on training for medical students,interns,and residents
C) Care for veterans only
D) Training for nursing students only

Question 19

Group practice includes all of the following except:

A) Initiating their own private hospital
B) Using nurse practitioners
C) Dividing "on-call" time equitably
D) Multiple physicians in the same specialty

Question 20

The first major push for American hospitals,nurses,and physicians occurred:

A) During the Civil War
B) After World War I
C) During the flu outbreak of 1919
D) Throughout the time of the bubonic plague

Question 21

___________was introduced in 1939 to treat bacterial infections.

Question 22

The largest organ of the body is the _______________.

Question 23

___________provides nutritional support for low-income mothers.

Question 24

Minor surgery is performed in _______________.

Question 25

Doctors who practice independent of others are engaged in ___________practice.

Question 26

The care of seriously injured patients takes place in ___________centers.

Question 27

Nurse midwives provide care for their patients in ___________centers.

Question 28

In 1967,___________performed the first successful heart transplant surgery.

Question 29

Psychiatric care facilities were once referred to as _______________.

Question 30

Patients with cancer attend ___________centers for their care.