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chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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who was the first women to complete medical school in the us | Elizabeth Blackwell |
what is one of the 20th century's greatest killers | polio |
who found the American Red Cross in 1881 | Clara Barton |
what did C. Walton Lillehei do and what was his invention. | he preformed open heart surgery successfully and invented the the first heart and lung machine. |
when discovering the CT scan what all can it show a doctor | tumors , cysts and inflammations |
MRI are a magnetic field what are they used for | they are used to detect bleeding and tumors |
what is called the map of the body and what is it used for | PET scan, used for to see the tissues and can see where cancer is in the body |
what does HMO stand for | health maintenance organization |
define trauma | limited to correcting traumatic wounds |
describe vascular | repairs disorders of blood vessels |
what are some administrative duties | bookkeeping, medical reports, handling calls, scheduling appointments |
what are some clinical duties | measuring height and weight, documenting medical records, sterilizing instruments |
what is self boundaries | setting limits on the relationship between yourself and your pt |
what are three adaptive coping behavior | identifying ways to modify the stressor, reframing the situation, creating boundaries |
what are some coping mechanisms you can do | take a bath, hangout with friends, clean, go out bowling |
nurse practitioners are trained to do what | diagnose pt and treat illness |