(CT) Intro Vocab
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aboutpeace on October 5, 2011
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Medical Terminology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accountable | accepts responsibilty & consequences of ones action |
| Adaptive skills | ability to adjust to change |
| Body Language | non-verbal msg communicated by postures, hand gestures, & facial expression |
| Certification | a credential from a state association awarding permission to use professional title |
| Cliques | exclusive groups of people |
| Competence | possesing necessary knowledge & skills |
| Confidentiality | maintains the privacy of certain matters |
| Conflict of Interest | an inappropriate relationship between personal interest & official responsibilities (breaking confidential between patient/parent, patient/patient: relative/spouse, or doctor/staff) Tip: Never Say No w/o an option!!! |
| Constructive Criticism | viewing ones weakness in a way that leads to positive improvement |
| Dress Code | standards for attire and appearance |
| Empathetic | relating to another person's emotion or situation |
| Ethics | standards of conduct & moral judgement |
| Etiquette | acceptable standards of behavior |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act; of 1996 national standards to protect privacy of a patients Personal Health Information (PHI) |
| Intergity | of sound moral & principal (ex. doing the right thing when no one is looking, & being aware of your surrounding) |
| Morals | capability of differential between what is right & wrong |
| Multi-skilled | cross-trained to perform more than one function |
| Networking | interacting with different people in different places (ex. thru friends, community, internet, doctors, cold calling:manual phone calls) |
| Office Politics | clique-like relationships among groups, co-workers that involves scheming & plotting |
| Personal Image | total impression created by a person |
| Personal Management Skills | ability to manage time, finances, stress & change |
| Personal Skills | ability to manage aspects outside of work |
| Perspective | the manner in which a person view something |
| Priorities | having percendence in time, order & importance |
| Punctual | arriving for work on time |
| Reliable | can be countable/trustworthty |
| Scope Of Practice | boundaries that determine what a worker may & may not do as part of his/her job |
| Self Esteem | belief in ones self; self respect |
| Sterotype | conventional mental pattern |
| Subordinates | people at a lower rank |
| Time Management | ability to organize & allocate ones time to create productivity |
| Transferable Skills | skills acquired in ones job that are applicable in another job (ex. computers, typing, customer svc, & management skills) |
| Unethical | a violation of standards of conduct & moral judgement |
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