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Week 2 Health Care Terms Worksheet

Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course.

Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:

• In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words.
• In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following:

o How has it influenced heath care? o What role has the term played as health care developed over the years?

Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.

Submit the file to your facilitator.

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Term Definition Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Health Promotion It allows for people to take more control over their well being Patients should be taught about health promotion to encourage them to living healthier happy lives.
Disease Prevention Actions that are put into place to prevent the onset of a disease by early detection Hand washing is the number one disease prevention that can be done to avoid spreading it to other people.
Diagnosis Identifying the cause of a disease The blood work came back this morning and it confirmed the patient’s diagnosis.
Rehabilitation A place where people go to teach them the skills needed to function in a normal or close to normal life. After leaving the hospital a COPD patient can go to rehabilitation clinical for further training on doing daily activates with minimal execration.
Department of Health and Human Services This is the agency who helps provided leadership to the public health in an emergency Depart of Health Services