xvi Health Science: Concepts and Applications Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Real Life Scenario Insurance Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Choosing a Career Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Argumentative Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Assault or Proper Patient Care?. . . . . . . . . 80 Scope of Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 The New Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Acceptable Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Reporting Accidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) . . . . . . . . . . 106 Needlestick Incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Understanding Your Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Decoding a Medical Record. . . . . . . . . . . 145 Finding an Organ Donor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Depression and Suicide Threats . . . . . . . 253 Role Playing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 One Student’s Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Pregnancy Advice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Teenage Rebellion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Keeping up with Technology. . . . . . . . . . . 304 A Young Athlete Gets His Pulse Checked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Checking Blood Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Is It Poison? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 What’s in a Position? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Responding to an Unconscious Patient. . . 439 Inattention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Working with Decimal Fractions. . . . . . . . 478 Using Algebra to Calculate Vacation Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 Using Mean, Median, and Mode in Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 Converting Height and Weight to the Metric System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Understanding the Assignment . . . . . . . . 508 Using Critical Thinking at Work . . . . . . . . 516 Last-Minute Cramming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Developing Empathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Strengthening Group Dynamics in the Workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Dealing with Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Responding to Questionable Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557 Is Strong Grammar an Advantage? . . . . . 565 Testing Communication Skills in Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 Supply Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Subtraction in Everyday Life. . . . . . . . . . . 589 Multiplying on the Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Calculating Volunteer Hours and Student Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 Using Fractions in Healthcare . . . . . . . . . 595 Calculator Uses in Healthcare . . . . . . . . . 597