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What condition occurs when immune system attacks hair follicles and maybe brought on by severe stress? - ✅ alopecia areata What teams may interpreters be a part of in which there is an expectation that some confidential info may be shared? - ✅ treating teams, educational teams A ______ is inserted in patients bladder via urethra and allows patients urine to drain freely from bladder collection. - ✅ Catheter Have corresponding renal vein and artery filtrates waste products to help with metabolism. - ✅ kidneys In what three cases can you use expansions and reductions? - ✅ Linguistic need: change in volume and detail without changing intended meaning, cultural need: change in volume and detail, difference in experiential frame: "as is customary where I'm from" What is essential to making thyroid hormone? - ✅ good iodine level What type of cancer directly affects the lymphatic system? - ✅ lymphoma The gallbladder aids mainly in ____ _____, stores ______ and releases ____ produced by liver to small intestine. Not _____ organ. - ✅ fat digestion, concentrates, bile. vital
Root: cholecyst - ✅ gallbladder ____ _____ ______ is the tendency we have to judge the behaviors of others through our won cultural bias rather than assuming there may be cultural motivations we are unaware of. - ✅ Reprocity of perspective What chronic condition does the immune system attack and kill cells in charge of pigmentation? - ✅ vitiligo What is the difference between A, B and C language? - ✅ A: native language most fluent, B: fluent knowledge somewhat limited, C: understand cant interpret completely Cholecystitis - ✅ inflammation of the gallbladder What are the atria and ventricles? - ✅ atria is top chamber of the heart in which blood enters the heart and ventricles are bottom chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart What are some situations in which consumers have an expectation of confidentiality? - ✅ healthcare appointment, educational records, legal consultation, discussions with financial institutions White blood cells aka:______ , fight_____? - ✅ leukocytes, infection What hormone is released when blood levels of glucose are low? - ✅ glucagon What is in a message? (accuracy's big 3) -
✅ fluid floating around capillaries What are some positive symptoms and negative symptoms of someone with schizophrenia? - ✅ positive: hallucinations, delusions - negative: flat effect What plane divides the left and the right and which one divides front and back? - ✅ sagittal plane: left right, coronal plane: front back LEP - ✅ Limited English Proficiency hematuria - ✅ blood in the urine A test used to see electrical activity of the heart - ✅ electrocardiogram The prefix "Brady" means? - ✅ slow How does expectation of confidentiality vary across cultures? - ✅ Topics considered private as well as who has a right to certain info varies across culture. Levels of collectivism and individualism impact these. A person exhibiting signs and symptoms of Cerebrovascular Attacks (CVA) or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) may be described as having _______? - ✅ Brain attack Dynamic Equivalence - ✅ thought for thought interpretation
What philosophy is associated with being overly involved with clients? - ✅ helper philosophy What gland is known as the master gland? - ✅ pituitary gland What is a balanced approach with dynamic equivalence? - ✅ bilingual/bicultural What controls unconscious functions such as respirations and digestion. Consists of midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata? - ✅ brainstem What are the interpreters standards of conduct? - ✅ accuracy, confidentiality, professionalism, cultural awareness, professional development, transparency, impartiality, respect nephrology - ✅ branch of medicine dealing with kidneys What two things do you not use during an interpretation? - ✅ additions: adding things to target language that was not present explicitly or implicitly in the source, omissions: leaving out pieces of info with distortion in message to target language What region of the brain deals with motor portions of language formation? - ✅ Brocas Area What is the purpose of language in accuracy big 3? - ✅ social relations, self-expression preffix: sclero -
suffix: -tomy - ✅ process of cutting, incision What procedure creates and opening in the windpipe and inserts a tube to allow for respiration in case of obstruction? - ✅ tracheostomy Internal Medicine - ✅ Internal medicine or general medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists, or physicians in Commonwealth nations. What distinguishes t-cells from other lymphocytes? - ✅ presence of t cell receptor on cell surface What is the driving force behind the guiding principles? - ✅ interpreter will do no harm Where does lymph travel before being mixed back into the blood to check and clean possible infections? - ✅ lymph nodes Procedure to remove spleen - ✅ splenectomy suffix: -edema - ✅ swelling What are the three layers of the skin? - ✅ epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
In this dimension of culture people are group oriented, believe that rights of families and communities supersede those of the individual and decisions take time and deliberation group consensus. - ✅ collectivists What are the accessory structures of the integumentary system? - ✅ hair, nails, melanin What are the intentions of the National Standards of CLAS? - ✅ advance health equity, improve quality and help eliminate health disparities Changing attitude or behavior by focusing on thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that are held and how these processes relate to the way a person behaves as a way of dealing with emotional problems is what type of therapy? - ✅ cognitive behavioral therapy
. _____ culture is procedure based, low-context, fast-paced, focused on the pathological perspective.
✅ Biomedical culture
Bundle of His - ✅ collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction Public health insurance ______ is for people over 65 or older and patients with end stage renal disease while _____ is mostly income based, varies by state, depends on citizenship status and is for qualified children and children. - ✅ medicare, medicaid Root: angio - ✅ vessel
✅ enlargement Anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. Main role is to store energy in form of fat, aslo cushions and insulates body - ✅ adipose tissue Chronic disorder characterized by excess production of skin cells. Tend to build up on surface to form thick patches that can be very red, itchy and painful. - ✅ psoriasis Secretes digestive enzymes that assist in absorption of nutrients and digestion in small intestine. - ✅ Pancreas Chronic inflammatory disease that forms in digestive tract, no cure but changes in diet and lifestyle help. - ✅ Crohn's Disease Process to supplement work of kidneys and filter out waste of body. Patients are connected to machine that takes their blood filters it and puts it back. - ✅ Dialysis Specialist that incorporates the study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree and pancreas - ✅ Hepatology Relieves taste and smell impulses, coordinates messages from peripheral nervous system, controls heart rate, blood pressure and body temp, has sensors that control mood and emotion - ✅ Hypothalamus Dysphagia - ✅ difficulty swallowing Dysphasia -
✅ difficulty speaking Connects anterior part of femur to posterior of tibia - ✅ Posterior Cruciate Ligament Long bone that lies horizontally in body, acts as barrier between between scapula and sternum - ✅ Calvicle Muscles connected to bones by - ✅ tendons Abduct - ✅ bring towards midline voluntary muscles - ✅ skeletal muscles Cartrilage degeneration due to wear and tear through the years - ✅ osteoartritis Act of maintaining the systems in the body at equilibrium - ✅ homeostasis Produces melatonin, sexual development, sleep-wake cycles - ✅ Pineal Gland Hypoglycemia - ✅ low blood sugar Thin muscular tube, stores sperm before ejaculation, transports sperm through peristalsis -
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - ✅ insurance plan where you choose a primary care physician and need to stay within network to receive coverage. Copayments and premium payments are lower Amount you pay before insurance coverage - ✅ deductible Preffered Provider Organization (PPO) - ✅ Can go to specialist without referral, more variety healthcare options, more expensive HSA - ✅ account you can contribute to and pull money from tax free Virtual insurance megamall, find private insurers competing for buisness pick out how much you want to pay for it. What is it and under what act? - ✅ Health insurance market place, affordable care act Individual mandate - ✅ not insured = pay fine Directly addresses discrimination for agencies and programs that receive federal funding - ✅ Civil Rights Act Title 6 Certify and accredit healthcare organizations to improve healthcare in country - ✅ Accreditation bodies (joint commision, HFAP,DNN) Neologisms - ✅ making up words Culture -
✅ backdrop by which we understand language Dimension of culture that promotes individual goals, values comminting to decisions quickly and effectively and not mixing buisness with personal life. Direct. - ✅ Individualists ______ context: things being communicated highly dependent of context. Verbal message is direct, high use of non verbal elements. - ✅ high When info is implied in one language but someone form another culture might miss that meaning - ✅ Linguistic expansion What are the two steps to make the best ethical decision after figuring out that foundations are in fact being threatened? - ✅ 1. remove threat to foundation, 2. prioritize and minimize action guide conflicts Ethical reasoning: people are not first and foremost citizens they are friends, most trustworthy person is the one who honors his/her obligations to in group members and friends - ✅ particularism (collectivist) NCIHC - ✅ National Council on Interpreting in Health Care: not disclose info outside treating team, except with patients consent or if required by law. HIPPA - ✅ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act FERPA - ✅ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act GLBA -
- Apply ______/ schema screen
- ______/ rehear TL utterance
- ________ interpretation in TL - ✅ 1. source language
- identify
- context
- formulate
- produce Everyone wants to work with an interpreter with what 3 qualities - ✅ warmth, confidence, respect What voice do you use - ✅ speak as one adult to another Encouraging consumer eye contact by - ✅ helpful positioning, using notes, when necessary address situation directly How to maintain message accuracy - ✅ use words to clarify body language and tone that might be misinterpreted, incorporate meaning of tone and body language Ethical reasoning frameworks
- rules based, code of ethics as sole guides, technical professions - ✅ deontological Ethical reasoning frameworks: -outcome based, utilitarianism, code of ethics as foundation, practice professions - ✅ teleological -Beneficence:
-fidelity/accuracy: - ✅ - well being of patient -faithfulness to original message root: thera - ✅ muscle suffix: -us - ✅ a conditon An interpreter is assisting with an inpatient admission form.What is the MOST appropriate mode of interpreting for the interpreter to use? - ✅ sight translation Main function of the prostate gland - ✅ produces lubricating liquid for sperm An interpreter has just lost a close family member to suicide. A patient arrives in the emergency room after surviving an attempted suicide. The interpreter begins to feel emotionally overwhelmed during the interpretation. Which is the MOST appropriate action for the interpreter to take? - ✅ disqualify himself from encounter A male interpreter has been assigned to interpret for a mother and child instructional class that is required for all first-time mothers. The interpreter notices that one young woman is not interacting with the instructor. Additionally, the mother is blushing and looking down. The interpreter believes that he may be the cause of the mother's discomfort since in some cultures it is shameful for women to talk about female hygiene in the presence of men. The interpreter knows that a female colleague is the dedicated emergency interpreter that day and considers calling her regarding this assignment.
- ✅ answer next 2 questions Why is it important that the emergency interpreter for the day is female? A. The female interpreter might have better insight into the patient's behavior. B. Female interpreters have better rapport with female patients than male interpreters.
D. Tell the provider that this is not anger and that such gestures are common in the patient's culture.
- ✅ B After a healthcare appointment, the patient has a question about getting medical insurance. Which is the MOST appropriate action for the interpreter to take? - ✅ Refer the patient to Financial Services Arrhythmia is an indication that which of the following body systems is functioning abnormally? - ✅ cardiovascular During a healthcare encounter where the female patient is present with her husband, the provider directs his questions to the patient, but the husband always answers in her place. The physician does not intervene. Which is the MOST appropriate action for the interpreter to take? A. Continue to interpret and take no action on the communication pattern observed. B. Explain to the husband the importance of direct communication between the provider and the patient. C. Determine whether there may be a cultural reason that may be preventing the patient from speaking for herself. D. Explain to the patient that it is important that she answer for herself. - ✅ C What is the MOST appropriate positioning of an interpreter during a pap smear? - ✅ behind the curtain or facing away from patient After the physician explains the risks and benefits of a proposed procedure, she will ask the patient to sign which of the following forms? - ✅ informed consent How does an interpreter intervene during a healthcare encounter? - ✅ By speaking in the third person, referring to himself as 'the interpreter' to avoid confusion, and being transparent.
While the provider is speaking, a husband and wife start a side conversation about whether the husband should have a procedure. Which is the MOST appropriate action for the interpreter to take? A. Continue interpreting the provider's utterance in consecutive mode for consistency. B. Keep this private conversation from the provider. C. Switch to simultaneous mode. D. Pause the session and ask everyone to speak one at a time. - ✅ D What is another term for vertebral column? - ✅ spine What is astigmatism? - ✅ An anatomical malformation of the cornea or lens In a follow-up visit, the physician finds that the patient continues to have a high level of blood sugar. The physician is surprised that the treatment plan she prescribed is not working. When the patient is asked if he has been following the prescribed diet plan, the patient replies, "Yes. The only thing I have been eating has been rice and beans." The physician then tells the patient to stop eating rice and beans, and the patient becomes upset and says, "I won't stop eating rice and beans." Which principle in the interpreter's code of ethics will BEST guide the interpreter's action? - ✅ cultural awareness and responsiveness Removal of uterus, cervix and potentially other tissues - ✅ hysterectomy The interpreter is interpreting for a patient with infectious hepatitis during an oral surgery procedure. The interpreter will be standing very close to the patient's head during the procedure. What protective gear should the interpreter use? - ✅ protective gear against bloodborne and bodily fluids pathogens What is a common term for lumbar puncture? - ✅ spinal tap
