Cctc Diversified Health Occupations Chapter 1

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Alternative therapies

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Methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies

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Complementary therapies

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Methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies.

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Cost containment

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A term meaning trying to control the rising cost of healthcare and achieving the maximum benefit for every dollar spent

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Diagnostic related groups (DRGs)

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A system of classifying any inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. The DRG classification system divides possible diagnosis into more than 20 major body systems and subdivide them into almost 500 groups for the purpose of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

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Energy conservation

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Monitoring the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources

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Geriatric care

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Care for the elderly

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Holistic health care

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Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind, and spirit.

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Home health care

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Any type of health care provided in a patient's home environment.

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Integrative health care

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A form of health care that uses both mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative therapies to treat a patient.

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Omnibus budget reconcilliation act (OBRA)

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Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistants

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Outpatient services

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Medical procedures or tests that can be done in a medical center without an overnight stay.

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Pandemic

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An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic

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Telemedicine

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The remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology

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Wellness

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State of being in good health

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Joseph lister

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Started using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection in 1865

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Florence nightingale

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Founder of modern nursing

Established efficient and sanitary nursing units during Crimean War in 1854

Opened nightingale school and home for nurses at St Thomas Hospital in London in 1860

Began the professional education of nurses

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

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Became the first female physician in Britain in 1870 and the first woman member of the British Medical Association in 1873

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Paul Ehrlich

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A German bacteriologist, develop methods of detecting and differentiating between various diseases, develop the foundation for modern theories of immunity, and use chemicals to eliminate microorganisms

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Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster

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Patented the first electrical hearing aid in 1880

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Clara Barton

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Founded the American Red Cross in 1881

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Robert Koch

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Another individual who is also called the father of microbiology, developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and in 1882 isolated the bacteria that causes tuberculosis

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Louis Pasteur

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Proved that microorganisms cause disease

Pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

created a vaccine for rabies in 1885

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Gregory Mendel

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Established principles of hereditary and dominant/recessive patterns

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Dimitri Ivanofski

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Discovered viruses in 1892

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Lillian Wald

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Established the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in 1893 (the start of public health nursing)

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Dr. Emile Roux

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Developed a vaccine for diphtheria in 1894

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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Discovered xrays in 1895

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Almroth Wright

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Developed a vaccine for typhoid fever in 1897

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Bayer

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Introduce aspirin in powder form in 1899

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In what century was the bacteria causing gonorrhea and leprosy discovered?

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The 19th century

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What was the average lifespan in the 19th century?

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40 to 60 years

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Walter Reed

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Demonstrated that mosquitoes carry yellow fever in 1900

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Carl Landsteiner

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Classified the ABO blood groups in 1901

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What century was the female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization?

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The 20th century

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Miller Reese

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Patented the battery driven hearing aid in 1901

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Dr. Harry Plotz

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Developed a vaccine against typhoid in 1903

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Dr. Elie Metchnikoff

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Identified how white blood cells protect against disease

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Marie Curie

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Isolated radium in 1910

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Sigmund Freuds

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Had studies that formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry

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What pandemic killed more than 21 million people in the 20th century?

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Influeza (flu)

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Frederick Banting and Charles Best

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Discovered and use insulin to treat diabetes in 1922

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When were health insurance plans and social reforms developed?

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In the 20th century (1920s)

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Mary Breckinridge

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Founded frontier nursing service in 1925 to deliver health care to rural Kentuckians

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John Enders and Frederick Robbins

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Develop method to grow viruses in cultures in the 1930s

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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Discovered penicillin in 1928

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Buddy the German Shepherd

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Became the first guide dog for the blind in 1928

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Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson

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Founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935

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President Franklin Roosevelt

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Established the March of Dimes to fight poliomyelitis in 1937

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Gerhard domagk

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Develop sulfa drugs to fight infections

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Dr. George Papanicolaou

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Developed the Pap test to detect cervical cancer in females in 1941

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In what century was the first kidney dialysis machine developed?

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In 1944, the 20th century

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Jonas Salk

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Develop the polio vaccine using dead polio virus in 1952

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Francis Crick and James Watson

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Describe the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information in 1953

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In what year was the first heart lung machine used for open heart surgery?

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1953

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When was the first coin conjoined twins separated successfully for the first time?

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In the 20th century, 1953

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Joseph Murray

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Performed the first successful kidney transplant in humans in 1954

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Albert Sabin

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Developed an oral live virus polio vaccine in the mid-1950s

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Thomas Starzl

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Performed the first liver transplant

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James Hardy

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Performed the first lung transplant