Ch 1/2/4 Flashcards
Health care environment where services are provided on an outpatient basis
Ambulatory care setting
Process whereby recognition is granted to an educational program for maintaining standards that qualify its graduates for professional practice
Accreditation
Inherent characteristic
Attribute
A state of fatigue or frustration brought about by a devotion to a cause, a way of life, or a relationship that failed to produce the expected reward
Burnout
Illegally qualified or adequate
Competency
Temperament, character, personality
Disposition
Ability to be objectively aware of and have insight into another’s feelings, emotions, and behaviors, and to be aware of the significance and meaning of these to the other person
Empathy
Transition stage between the classroom and actual employment
Externship
Result or achievement toward which effort is directed
Goal
People who decide for themselves what they want to do with their lives
Inner-directed people
Bringing together of two or more treatment modalities so they function as a harmonious whole, as seen in alternative forms of health care
Integrative medicine
Achievements that may take three to five years to accomplish
Long-range goals
Any health care settings or delivery system that is designed to reduce the cost of care while still providing access to care
Managed care operations
People who let events, other people, or environmental factors, dictate their behavior
Outer-directed people
Part of the autonomic nervous system that returns the body to its normal state after stress has subsided
Parasympathetic nervous system
