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Introduction to Health Science
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Skills and Procedures
The skills and procedures listed below represent entry-level tasks performed by healthcare workers
in each of the fi ve health science career pathways. Practice these skills to strengthen your health science fi
knowledge and skills, and to help identify your preferred career pathway.
Addressing Privacy in
Electronic Health Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Adjusting Recipe Yields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Analyzing Research Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Autoclaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648
Charting Height, Weight, and BMI. . . . . . . . . . . 402
Checking an Injured or Ill Adult. . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Cleaning and Disinfecting the
Healthcare Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Cleaning and Sterilizing Equipment . . . . . . . . . 647
Communicating by Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Communicating with Coworkers. . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Completing a Bank Deposit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Completing an Insurance Claim Form. . . . . . . . 103
Converting Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Converting Temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Correcting Errors in an
Electronic Health Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Costing Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Documentation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Ergonomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Feeding Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Finding Reliable Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Graphing Vital Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Hand Massage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Interpreting Statistical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Interviewing a Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Laboratory Safety Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Making a Hospital Bed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Measuring and Recording Food Intake . . . . . . . 545
Measuring and Recording Intake and Output . . 547
Measuring Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Measuring Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Measuring Height and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Measuring Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
Measuring Vital Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Measuring Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Medical Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Operating a Fire Extinguisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation . . 365
Positioning a Patient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Pre- and Postprocedure Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Preparing a Medication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Preparing Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Preventing Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Providing First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Providing Wheelchair Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Range-of-Motion Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Receiving and Recording Offi Payments. . . . 107 fice
Reporting and Recording Observations . . . . . . 384
Responding to a Stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Responding to Lab Emergencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
Making a Sales Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Screening Vision and Hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Standard Precautions
Hand Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Using Personal Protective Equipment . . . . . 197
Respiratory Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Additional Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Treating a Choking Victim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Using an Automated External Defibrillator . . . 365 fi fi
Using E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using Fax Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using Good Body Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Using Healthcare Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Proper Food Handling Techniques. . . . . 494
Using the 24-Hour Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Using Transmission-Based Precautions. . . . . . . 431
Writing Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Writing Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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