Introduction to Healthcare Systems

According to the World Health Organization, smallpox is a widespread disease in many countries.

• True

• False

Clara Barton laid the foundation for professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St. Thomas' Hospital in London in 1860.

• True

• False

Genomic medicine studies a person's DNA sequences.

• True

• False

Healthcare workers must follow rules and regulations that cover ______________.

• patient's rights

• reporting communicable diseases

• maintaining confidentiality

• all of the above

In the fourteenth century, the bubonic plague killed approximately 25 million Europeans.

• True

• False

Louis Pasteur, a French chemist, carried out experiments that helped develop the modern science of microbiology.

• True

• False

Drugs that slow the growth of or destroy bacteria

• antiviral

• anesthesia

• pathogens

• antibiotics

A general term for any healthcare plan that emphasizes wellness and provides healthcare through a network of healthcare providers.

• caduceus

• quarantine

• managed care

• hospice

An individual's ability to effectively communicate, convey, negotiate, or assert his or her own interests, desires, needs and rights.

• self-advocacy

• caduceus

• epidemic

• managed care

An instrument that uses a lens to magnify objects too small to be seen with the naked eye.

• pathogen

• stethoscope

• microscope

• telescope