NCHSE End-of-Pathway Assessment (EOPA) Practice Exam

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• Which action helps communication with individuals who require assistance such as a sign-language interpreter or closed-captioning?
• Lower on the body, farther from the head
• Which term describes a federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older?
• Encourage patient and let them know they can take their time to respond, use pictures that they can point at to answer, etc.
• Occlusion of one or more coronary arteries caused by plaque buildup (heart attack).
• Which branch of medicine deals with the straightening of teeth?
• Which term describes an infection acquired in a healthcare setting?
• Which term refers to the ability to understand and share the feelings of others?
• Which condition occurs when a coronary artery is blocked, leading to heart muscle death?
• Which term describes communication strategies used for individuals with hearing loss, including arranging for sign-language interpreters or captioning?
• Use of basic cells for research?
• A federal agency that administers benefits provided by law for veterans of the armed forces.
• Left ovary is located in which quadrant?
• Which facility offers surgical services on an outpatient basis?
• Which level of organization encompasses all the organ systems working together to maintain life?
• Which term is the report given by the pathologist who studies tissue removed from the patient?
• Which term best describes a structure consisting of two or more tissues performing a common function?
• Which term refers to personnel involved in bioscience research and development that applies to human health?
• A disease characterized by inflammation of a joint
• Authorizes someone else to make health care decisions on your behalf.
• The study of ethics related to issues in health care?
• Inflammation of the liver, usually viral, with fever, loss of appetite, jaundice, fatigue.
• Which section of the medical record records procedures, medications, and observations by nursing staff?
• A spoken false statement about a person that harms reputation.
• Which term describes a willingness to get things done and take responsibility?
• Which term describes the ability to understand and share the feelings of another?
• Which term describes the results of all diagnostic tests performed on the patient, from lab tests to medical imaging?
• Which federal agency regulates food and drug safety?
• In terms of room setup for communication, what should you do?
• Information not to be disclosed because it is shared in a confidential professional relationship.
• A chronic allergic disorder characterized by episodes of severe breathing difficulty, coughing, and wheezing
• Which term is used to classify hospitals that focus on specialized patient populations or diseases?
• Which term refers to surgical procedures used for cosmetic purposes only, such as eye lifts or liposuction?
• Which term describes a plan in which private companies or government programs pay for part or all of a person's medical costs?
• Which term describes the process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores?
• Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
• A document indicating wishes about life-sustaining treatments.
• Which term describes reports from various treatments and therapies a patient has received, such as rehabilitation, social services, or respiratory therapy?
• Which document is written or dictated by the admitting physician and includes the patient's history, exam results, initial diagnoses, and plan of treatment?
• Which term is defined as an ethical principle that individuals of sound mind should be able to make their own healthcare decisions after being fully informed of the risks and benefits?
• Which document is typically created at admission and includes the patient's history and initial evaluation?
• What term describes a willingness to wait for someone or something without complaining?
• In the Right Upper Quadrant, which organ is found in majority?
• The primary federal agency that conducts and supports public health activities in the United States
• Which term describes a process that eliminates many or all microorganisms, with the exception of spores, from inanimate objects?
• Which level is defined as all the organ systems of the body working together to maintain life and health?
• Which term describes empathetic listening where the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies?
• Which medical specialty deals with disorders of the lungs?
• A patient's right to accept or refuse medical treatment after being informed of risks and benefits.
• Which term is defined as a tiny, nonliving particle that requires a host cell to reproduce?
• Which term best fits the concept of integrity—honesty and ethical conduct?
• Which term refers to the act of ending life to relieve suffering when the patient is terminal, typically framed as legal or ethical debate in many places?
• In anatomical terms, which direction indicates toward the back of the body?
• Which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?
• Right ureter is located in which quadrant?
• Which term refers to microscopic organisms that are typically single-celled and lack a nucleus?
• Eastern medicine is a system that places greater emphasis on prevention and natural healing. Which term describes this concept?
• Which service provides nursing, therapy, personal care, or housekeeping services in the patient's own home?
• Which term refers to a deliberate act of harming someone physically or emotionally?
• Which organization is a global health agency under the United Nations?
• Which record lists the care, medications, tests, and treatments ordered by the physician?
• Which term describes organisms capable of causing disease?
• Which federal agency is primarily concerned with workplace safety?
• Which term expresses great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause?
• The act of revealing private patient information without consent.
• Contains digestive organs
• Which medical term describes a bruise-like injury of the brain?
• Spleen is located in which quadrant?
• Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism?
• An abnormal condition of the eye characterized by clouding of the lens
• Which federal program provides medical benefits for low-income persons?
• Which process would completely destroy all microbial life, including spores, on instruments?
• Which service describes care that does not require an overnight hospital stay?
• Which service provides nursing, therapy, or housekeeping in the patient's home?
• Failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise.
• A written false statement about a person that harms reputation.
• A leader that holds all power and doesn't take other team members' opinions into consideration
• Which term relates details of drugs given to the patient, the response to anesthesia, and vital signs during surgery?
• Which term describes single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus?
• Which field studies the distribution and determinants of diseases in populations?
• What acronym stands for the act enacted in 1996 to protect the privacy of patient information?
• Which facility focuses on outpatient therapy services such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy?
• Which term denotes honesty and high moral standards?
• A legal document granting authority to act on another's behalf in medical decisions.
• An abnormal condition marked by multiple cognitive defects including memory impairment.
• Which federal agency enforces regulations against adulterated, misbranded, or hazardous food and drug products?
• Which cost-sharing feature is the small fixed fee paid at the time of an office visit?
• Which process involves creating a genetically identical copy of DNA or an organism?
• Which term means threat or attempt to injure?
• What is the medical term for a stroke?
• Which term refers to the complete set of physician orders for the patient?
• Which term provides long-term care for patients needing extra time to recover from illness or injury before returning home, or for persons who can no longer care for themselves?
• Which term describes microorganisms that are capable of causing disease?
• Acupuncture is traditionally described as what practice?
• Which UN agency is responsible for human health, including combating infectious diseases and health issues related to natural disasters?
• Which plane divides the body into superior/upper and inferior/lower sections?
• Which term describes personnel who facilitate the delivery of health care by maintaining the care setting?
• Which branch focuses on using stem cells for research?
• Law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
• Which term describes organisms that require oxygen to live?
• An oral false statement that harms someone's reputation.
• Which level is defined as two or more tissues working together to perform a specific function?
• Hands-off leadership
• Which term describes a healthcare pathway offering careers in implementing procedures to determine causes of diseases or disorders?
• Which term describes the record that documents drug administration, patient response to anesthesia, and vital signs during a surgical procedure?
• Which nonprofit focuses on raising money for research into heart disease and educating the public about cardiac health?
• Higher on the body, nearer to the head
• Which term refers to the act of threatening to injure someone or causing fear of harm?
• Ulcer located in the stomach, characterized by pain in the stomach.
• Which term refers to the plan type that covers medical costs and may be purchased privately to provide coverage?
• Stomach is located in which quadrant?
• In fire safety, what does the PASS acronym stand for when using a fire extinguisher?
• The order of authority within a facility is called?
• Which term refers to the application of computer and information science to facilitate the acquisition, processing, interpretation, optimal use, and communication of health-related data?
• The grouping of two or more tissues to perform a particular function defines which level of organization?
• Which infectious disease may affect nearly all tissues, especially the lungs?
• Which term is the report produced by the professional responsible for anesthesia during surgery?
• Which term refers to CDC precautions used in the care of all patients regardless of infection status; combines universal and body substance precautions?
• A legal document that guides medical decisions if a patient becomes unable to communicate.
• A document that outlines a person's preferences for medical treatment in case they cannot speak for themselves.
• Which infection precaution type is applied based on the specific infection a patient has or is suspected to have?
• Which term refers to the body cavity that houses digestive organs?
• Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people?
• Which statement best describes a PPO's provider network and cost-sharing flexibility?
• Which term describes an organism that does not require oxygen?
• Which term describes nearer to the trunk of the body?
• Which term describes the quality of being trustworthy and reliable?
• Which term is the practice of using antiseptics to eliminate disease-causing microorganisms?
• Which term is defined as honesty among traits such as sincerity and trust?
• Which term would most likely be used to summarize a patient’s stay and outline follow-up plans after discharge?
• Which term describes saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts are called which term?
• What is information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs?
• Which term refers to giving or donating one's organs and/or tissues after death?
• Which term refers to facilities that provide services to diagnose and treat diseases for a short period of time, including emergency and obstetrical care?
• A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics is called?
• Which term denotes great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause?
• Which section documents nursing procedures, medications, and observations?
• An individual or group of doctors providing diagnostic and treatment services in an office setting best describes which term?
• Which term best describes a progressive brain disorder characterized by memory loss and cognitive decline?
• What is the term for a microbial infection of the urinary tract?
• What term denotes the amount paid periodically to maintain health coverage?
• Which term best describes the field focusing on the organization, analysis, and communication of health information to improve patient care?
• Which plane divides the body into front and back?
• What should you do to get clients' attention before speaking?
• Which term describes a social grouping based on shared traditions, language, and ancestry within a broader society?
• A genetic disorder present at birth affecting respiratory and digestive systems.
• What term describes away from the midline of the body?
• Which term describes a care program focused on comfort and relief from pain for terminally ill patients?
• Which term refers to a health insurance plan providing treatment for workers injured on the job?
• A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race is called?
• Acupuncture originated as a practice from which culture?
• Which term describes providing a therapeutic environment for the delivery of health care?
• What is the name of a committee composed of healthcare practitioners, family members, clergy, and others that reviews ethical issues in difficult cases?
• Which term describes inflammation of the liver commonly caused by a viral infection?
• Which nonprofit has the goal of preventing birth defects?
• Which process reduces microbial load on objects to a safe level?
• Amount you pay monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually to purchase different types of insurance.
• What is the transplantation of normal genes into cells to replace missing ones called?
• What term describes toward the midline of the body?
• Which organization works with other agencies to provide relief after a disaster?
• Which document is the daily progress record kept by the physician?
• Which reports are provided by specialists whom the physician has asked to evaluate the patient?
• Which term describes a microscopic organism that does not cause infection?
• What term describes the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease, which is not legal in most places in the United States?
• Which term means physical or emotional harm to someone?
• Which term describes being nearer to the head?
• Which term describes mild or severe brain injury resulting from a violent impact to the head?
• Which term denotes a genetic disease affecting mainly muscles?
• What term refers to Protected Health Information, the data that can be linked to an individual?
• Which facility provides outpatient support for therapy services such as speech, occupational, or physical therapy?
• Which term means lowering the number of germs to a safe level?
• What is the name of the most common assisted reproduction procedure in which eggs are fertilized with sperm in a culture dish and then implanted into the uterus?
• Which report is produced by specialists asked to evaluate the patient?
• What care program focuses on reducing pain, symptoms, and stress during the last stage of terminal illnesses?
• Which term is used for the most common assisted reproduction procedure, where eggs and sperm are combined outside the body?
• Which term documents a surgery in detail?
• Which plane divides the body into right and left portions?
• A leadership style that promotes the active participation of workers in taking decisions
• Which inherited disease causes thick secretions in the lungs and digestive system and is typically diagnosed in childhood?
• Which term describes the culturally defined expectations and roles for men and women?
• Which term describes an infection transmitted through sexual contact?
• Which quadrant contains the appendix?
• Which level of organization includes related organs with a common function, such as the digestive system?
• Which term signifies a willingness to get things done and take responsibility?
• Which plane is defined as being parallel to the floor?
• Which tool is used to provide text displays of speech for those with hearing impairment?
• Health insurance that can be purchased from private insurance companies to provide coverage for health care expenses
• Which term denotes disruption of blood supply to the brain, producing a stroke?
• Which setting is described as providing diagnostic and treatment services by doctors in an office or clinic?
• What describes therapies in which the health care practitioner considers the person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics?
• Which type of consent is defined as the type given when a patient unable to give consent is treated under the legal assumption that they would want treatment?
• Which setting provides care for patients who are not admitted to the hospital?
• Which medical test identifies changes in chromosomes, genes, or proteins?
• Which organization provides disaster relief and emergency services through volunteers?
• Which practice involves modifying genes to treat disease?
• Which term describes microscopic, one-celled animals often found in decayed materials and contaminated water?
• A managed care organization of doctors, hospitals, and other providers who have an agreement with an insurer to provide health care at reduced rates to subscribers. PPO clients do not pay deductibles when using the preferred providers, but can use other providers and pay a higher co-payment as well as a deductible.
• Which term is most commonly defined by state law and outlines the care a professional is allowed to provide to patients?
• Which organ is located primarily in the Right Upper Quadrant?
• Which term best describes a social group defined by inherited physical traits and genetic patterns?
• Which term is defined as the use of antiseptics to eliminate disease-causing microorganisms?
• Which term refers to personnel involved in changing the health status of the patient and other clients over a period of time?
• What term means near the surface?
• Which term describes the group of organisms that are eukaryotic, often decomposers, and lack chlorophyll?
• A computer record of an individual's medical file that may be shared across multiple healthcare settings is called what?
• Atoms and molecules belong to which level of organization?
• Which physician-record contains the daily assessment, exam results, and plans for patient care?
• A written statement that damages a person's reputation.
• A term describing a group distinguished by inherited physical traits is called?
• Which system collects and monitors patient physiological data and records the information?
• Which category of technology includes devices like Fitbits and smartwatches designed to collect personal health data?
• A request for payment by the healthcare provider to the insurance company.
• Which term denotes discretion—knowing when and what to share and not share?
• Which quadrant contains the left kidney?
• What term describes remote consultation by patients with physicians or other health professionals via telephone, closed-circuit television, or the Internet?
• Which term provides a comprehensive outline of the patient's entire hospital stay, including condition at admission, admitting diagnosis, test results, treatments and response, final diagnosis, and follow-up plans?
• Which term best describes a holistic approach to care that considers multiple aspects of a person?
• A group of metabolic disorders characterized by hyperglycemia due to defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both.
• Which is the list of rights that every patient can expect while under care?
• Wearable technology in healthcare includes electronic devices worn by consumers to collect data about health and exercise. What is this category called?
• Which term describes a position away from the surface; more internal?
• An infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving health care is called?
• Which quadrant contains the appendix and right ovary (female)?
• Which term denotes the quality of being qualified and capable of performing a task?
• Which term means the ability to wait calmly for something desirable?
• Which term means skill in dealing with people in difficult situations?
• Which term would be used to describe reports that detail laboratory results and imaging findings?
• What is the information that the person says about himself or herself during history taking?
• In anatomical terms, which direction means toward the midline of the body?
• What term describes toward the back of the body?
• Which level describes the smallest living units in the body?
• Which condition is primarily a lung infection caused by a bacterium?
• Which organization is known for preventing birth defects and newborn health?
• Away from the body surface; more internal
• Which medical practice treats disease by administering minute doses of a remedy?
• Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.
• Which term refers to a digital record of a patient's medical data that may be shared across multiple healthcare settings?
• Which term refers to being discrete, knowing when and what to share and not share?
• Which facility offers outpatient surgical services with discharge on the same day?
• In communication, what is recommended to ensure you are understood?
• Which statement about Electronic Health Records is true?
• Which term refers to communication for individuals with impaired vision?
• A small fixed fee paid by the patient at the time of an office visit is called
• What is the amount you must pay before you begin receiving any benefits from your insurance company?
• Group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness.
• Which statement describes the cost-sharing arrangement typical of a PPO when using non-preferred providers?
• What term describes a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and reproduces inside a living cell?
• Which term applies to practices used with all patients to prevent infection, regardless of diagnosis?
• The unauthorized disclosure or exposure of a patient's personal information.
• Which term describes toward the front of the body?
• In anatomical terms, which direction indicates away from the midline?
• Which term refers to the specific ways microorganisms travel from reservoir to susceptible host?
• Which term means unlawful touching of another person without consent?
• What term denotes the formal line of authority and communication within an organization?
• Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards of care.
• Which term describes the social division based on nationality, language, and related characteristics?
• Which term describes facilities that provide care for very specific types of diseases, such as a psychiatric hospital?
• Which term describes the intentional physical contact that is harmful or offensive and occurs without consent?
• Which term refers to the percentage of costs of a covered health care service you pay after you've paid your deductible?
• The socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female are called?
• What term describes farther from the trunk of the body?
• The most serious form of skin cancer.
• Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
• Which sequence is correct for the RACE fire response in healthcare settings?
• What term means lower on the body, farther from the head?
• Which data type is information that is observed rather than reported by the patient?
• Which term refers to a clouding of the lens in the eye?
• Which organization is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer?
• Which term means being willing to accept criticism and learn from it?
• The pancreas is primarily located in which quadrant?