Healthcare Workforce Exam Solution Manual Chapter 7 Rated A+
Health occupations are regulated in four ways: - Answers 1. State licensure
2. Professional certification
3. Maintenance of certification
4. Registration
People earn ________, and they must maintain a __________ - Answers Certificati...
Health occupations are regulated in four ways: - Answers 1. State licensure
2. Professional certification
3. Maintenance of certification
4. Registration
People earn ________, and they must maintain a __________ - Answers Certification, license
Training programs earn _______ by professional organizations - Answers Accreditation
The "downsides" of regulation: - Answers - limit health care organizations' use of personnel and abilities
to innovate in patient care
- influence professional educational programs to tailor curricula to testing requirements
Some states revising credentialing to provide more flexibility for fast-changing __________ - Answers
Technology
Most restrictive type of regulations; restricts entry into field of practice - Answers State licensire
State laws define _______ ______, ________, and _______ requirements — can vary from state to state
- Answers Practice scope, education, and testing
State licensure prevents use of ________ ____ without meeting predetermined qualifications - Answers
Professional titles
Set standards, assess competence for entry to fields of practice; power to censure, want, and revoke
licenses - Answers Licensure boards
Shortcomings of State Licensure: (3) - Answers -assesses only qualifications on entry to field
-does little to assess continuing competence; only continuing education courses
-lax discipline; rarely censure or revoke licenses
State or voluntary professional organizations attest to education and performance abilities, ex: national
boards or commission on accreditation of allied health education programs - Answers State/national
certification
Do state/national certifications have a legal basis to prevent incompetent or impaired practice? -
Answers No (only probation or revoking certification)
True or false: payers or employers insist on state/national certification - Answers True (leads to limits on
entry into field of practice)
, Maintenance of Certification is through ________ _______ ______ - Answers Continuing education
credits
More professions requiring periodic "recertification", example : every _______ years for board exams
for physicians - Answers 10 years
Other maintenance of Certification activities include: - Answers Educational activity involving quality
improvement and systems based practice
Down sides of maintenance of certification - Answers Expensive, time consuming, burdensome
Least rigorous regulation method - Answers Registration
Begun by various professions as a means to network for jobs among employers, general public.
Registration requirements range from: - Answers Listings of individuals to national registration programs
requiring educational and testing qualifications
After undergraduate studies, physicians go to _____ ______ - Answers Medical school
Physician post graduate - Answers 1-6 years residencies for specialization
Physician (more post graduate) - Answers 1-3 year fellowships for sub-specialization
Most states required at least _____ years of post-graduate training for licensure as general practitioner
(GP) - Answers 1
GP's very rare these days as most _______ ______ require full residency plus board certification to get
listed on their approved provider lists - Answers Insurance companies
Number of certified medical schools - funded residencies frozen in 1996 by _________ - Answers
Congress
Medical schools have increased graduates by almost ____% since 2000 - Answers 30%
Previously, there were (MORE or LESS) residency slots than American med school grads - Answers More
(in the past, foreign med school grads filled this gap)
Registered nurses require a ______ ______ and a _________ degree - Answers State licensure; bachelor
__________ are the primary employers of nurses - Answers Hospitals
___% of nurses are males - Answers 9
By 2024, the nursing shortage with be growing or ending? - Answers Ending
Licensed practical/ licensed vocational nurse are supervised by an ______ or _____ - Answers RN; MD
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