HCS 120 Vocabulary Week 1
University of Phoenix Material
Weekly Vocabulary Exercise: Basic Health Care Language
Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:
In the space provided, write each term’s definition as used in health care. You must define the term in your own words; do not simply copy the definition from a textbook.
In the space provided after each term’s definition, provide an explanation that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, organization, or tool to which the term refers. In your explanation, you may wish to consider the following:
How has it influenced health care? Medical terminology has influence how professionals communicate effectively and timely with their patients, insurance carriers.
Why is it important to understand the appropriate application of the term or concept? It is extremely important to understand the appropriate application and concept because it could make a huge difference of what type of treatment and prevention you’re providing the patient. The cost of patients out of pocket expense. And the type of facility the patient would need to be admitted for certain procedures to be executed.
Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.
Submit the file to your facilitator.
Note. You must define 10 basic health care terms in this worksheet. Therefore, in addition to the terms provided for you below, finish the additional spaces on the worksheet with terms from your reading or discussion you were not previously familiar with and had to research.
Submitted by: [Blanca Cross]
Term
Definition in your own words
Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Treatment
Is basically the care provide to the patient that is assess by the provider (Doctor, Nurse).
An example of Treatment if a patient who has bronchitis and the provider prescribes antibiotics in order to cure the viral infection.
Prevention
It is forestalling or to avoid further
Weekly Vocabulary Exercise: Basic Health Care Language
Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:
In the space provided, write each term’s definition as used in health care. You must define the term in your own words; do not simply copy the definition from a textbook.
In the space provided after each term’s definition, provide an explanation that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, organization, or tool to which the term refers. In your explanation, you may wish to consider the following:
How has it influenced health care? Medical terminology has influence how professionals communicate effectively and timely with their patients, insurance carriers.
Why is it important to understand the appropriate application of the term or concept? It is extremely important to understand the appropriate application and concept because it could make a huge difference of what type of treatment and prevention you’re providing the patient. The cost of patients out of pocket expense. And the type of facility the patient would need to be admitted for certain procedures to be executed.
Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.
Submit the file to your facilitator.
Note. You must define 10 basic health care terms in this worksheet. Therefore, in addition to the terms provided for you below, finish the additional spaces on the worksheet with terms from your reading or discussion you were not previously familiar with and had to research.
Submitted by: [Blanca Cross]
Term
Definition in your own words
Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Treatment
Is basically the care provide to the patient that is assess by the provider (Doctor, Nurse).
An example of Treatment if a patient who has bronchitis and the provider prescribes antibiotics in order to cure the viral infection.
Prevention
It is forestalling or to avoid further