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 a sentence 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?
Why is it important to understand the appropriate application of the term or concept?
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: Porsche Piggie
Term
Definition in your own words
Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Treatment
A solution for patients with disorders, diseases, and injuries. That will help cure, prevent or maintain the disease, disorder or injury. It can also be define as therapy such as a psychology or mental behavior therapy session.
Many researchers are coming up with several cancer treatments to help advance healthcare. Is important to understand the importance of treatments because they are helping human’s live better lives. For example, the doctor prescribed the little girl to take an albuterol treatment when needed.
Prevention
Is the ability to forestall, avoid or stop something from happening. To manage factors that may lead to diseases, illnesses or injuries.
Prevention has influenced healthcare by helping professionals find ways to stop