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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Provider

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A person or organization that provides health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics, and agencies

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Facility

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A place where health care is delivered or administered; may be a hospital, doctor’s office, clinical lab, treatment center, etc

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Payer

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A person or organization paying for healthcare; includes insurance and medicare

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Diagnose

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To make a medical determination of illness

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Inpatient

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A type of medical care provided to patients who stay at a facility overnight

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Outpatient

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A type of medical care that does not require an overnight stay

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Acute

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Describing an illness that is short-term and requires immediate care

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Discharge

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To release a patient from a medical facility

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Admit

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To check a patient in to a medical facility for inpatient care

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Long-term care facility

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A center that provides skilled care 24 hours a day to residents who live there

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Clinical laboratory

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A facility that collects and analyses specimens from patients in order to provide doctors and other healthcare professionals with information

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Specimen

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A portion or sample of something larger, collected for study or analysis

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Reference laboratory

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Facility that primarily analyzes specimens sent from other places

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CLIA

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Federal regulations regarding the operation and staffing of clinical labs

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Accredit

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Officially approve through a specific process

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Joint Commission

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An independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates and accredits

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Chemistry

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In a clinical laboratory, the department concerned with analyzing specimens for the presence of particular chemicals

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Hematology

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In a clinical lab, the department concerned with analyzing specimens to study properties, diseases, or disorders of the blood

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Coagulation

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The process of blood clotting

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Microbiology

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In a clinical lab, the department concerned with the study of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms

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Culture

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In medicine, to cause any microorganisms present to multiply

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Immunology

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In a clinical lab, the department concerned with analyzing specimens to study the body’s response to disease

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Antibody

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A protein made by the body to protect against foreign substances

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Blood bank

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A facility or department within a facility concerned with collecting and preparing blood for transfusion

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Pathology

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In a clinical lab, the department concerned with the study of the causes and effects of disease

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Cytology

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In a clinical lab, the department concerned with the examination of the structure and function of cells in specimens

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Urinalysis

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The visual, microscopic, and chemical testing of urine specimens

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Stat

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In medical facilities, a designation of urgency (ex: stat test)

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Licensure

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A legally required process that must be completed to practice a profession

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Scope of practice

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The range of tasks a healthcare worker is allowed to perform according to state or federal law or to a facility policy

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Chain of command

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The line of authority at a facility that helps ensure that patients get proper health care, and protects employees from liability

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Liability

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A legal term regarding the ability to be held responsible for harming someone

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Venipuncture

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The puncture of a vein with a hollow needle for the purpose of extracting a blood specimen

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Vein

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A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart

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Capillary

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The smallest blood vessels; they carry oxygen and nutrients to the cells and remove carbon dioxide and wastes from cells throughout the body

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Capillary puncture

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The puncture of a patient’s skin for the purpose of collecting a blood specimen from the capillaries beneath the puncture site; also called dermal puncture

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Policy

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A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation happens

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Procedure

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A method, or way, of doing something

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Requisition

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An order for diagnostic tests to be completed

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Quality assurance

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In health care, practices that seek to make care better in a way that can be measured

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Quality control

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In health care, processes put into place to document that standards are being met

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CLSI

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A nonprofit organization that develops standards are being met

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Certification

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A process used in healthcare to ensure skills are mastered for particular positions

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Clinical experience

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Experience working with patients in a healthcare facility

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Continuing education

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In health care, education intended to keep healthcare workers up to date on changes in medicine that affect their jobs; it can also address new equipment, procedures, policy changes, or provide a review of important topics

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Professional

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Having to do with work or a job

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Personal

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Regarding life outside a job

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Professionalism

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Behaving properly when on the job

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Empathy

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Identifying with the feelings of others

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Tactful

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Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others

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Conscientious

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Careful and guided by a sense of what’s important and right

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Stress

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A state of being overwhelmed by mental or emotional demands

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Stressor

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Something that causes stress

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