To identify a patient, a health-care professional should ask for: (TEKS 3a)

• Patient’s name

• Patient’s name and DOB

• Patient’s room number

• Hospital bed number

If a fire broke out at the hospital you work at, what are some appropriate guidelines to follow? (TEKS 12c)

• panic, run out, and scare the patients

• remain calm, remove patients from danger

• remain calm, leave the premises and go home

• remove patients and continue to remove them once firefighters arrive

A 76 year old female patient is able to make decisions for herself, but she always wants the healthcare workers and her family to decide for her. She is denying herself the right of: (TEKS 5c)

• Informed consent

• Advance Directives

• Patient Autonomy

• Ethical guidelines

Nonverbal communication that expresses a variety of feelings, such as contempt, hostility, approval, and affection is often shown in: (TEKS 4b)

• Posture

• Gestures

• Eye contact

• Body language

What is NOT acceptable to do if a patient refuses treatment? (TEKS 10b)

• Tell the physician what the patient said

• Try to explain the procedure again

• Do not perform treatment

• Perform treatment anyway

A new employee who continues to look at her phone to text or look at social media is sending the message that she is not listening. (TEKS 4c)

• True

• False

What are some potential aspects of careers in health science? (TEKS b2)

• All of these answer choices are correct.

• Working directly with people

• Research into diseases

Which branch of science involves the study of the human body and the relationships between body parts? (TEKS 2h)

• Anatomy

• Physiology

• Astronomy

• Physics

North, south, east and west are directional terms that easily apply to the human body. (TEKS 2b)

• True

• False

Body temperature that is too high or too low is considered a (a)   when it triggers the negative feedback loop. (TEKS 2e)

• Stimulus

• Set point

• Target value

• Sensor