Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 1 Questions and
Answers
Surgeon Steward - (correct answer) -First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification
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Article 16 - (correct answer) -A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men
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Ship's Surgeon - (correct answer) -trained physician
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surgeon's mate - (correct answer) -usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon
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March 2, 1799 - (correct answer) -Congress mandated that newly commissioned sailing warships
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contain a 'cockpit' or sickbay
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Loblolly Boys - (correct answer) -Classified as a rate 1814
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maintained cleanliness yi
provided water and containers to hold amputated limbs
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filled containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
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filled sand buckets for blood soaked floors
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when did loblolly boys serve? - (correct answer) -quasi-war with france 1797-1800
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Loblolly Boys of Distinction - (correct answer) -John Wall (first Loblolly boy)
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John Domyn (first Loblolly POW)
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Joseph Anderson (first African American Loblolly boy)
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The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________ ______________ to the end of the
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Civil War (_____-______) - (correct answer) -american expansion; 1820-1865
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Baymen (1870s-1898) - (correct answer) -Replaces nurse, one who manned the sick bay in 1873
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Apothecaries of distinction - (correct answer) -Cornelius O' Leary - father of corspmans, 38 yrs
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, Robert Stanley - 1st medal of honor for hospital corps
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How many Medal of Honor Recipients (hospital corps)? - (correct answer) -22
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how many ships are named after hospital corpsman? - (correct answer) -20
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customer - (correct answer) -someone who pays for goods or services from business or a person who
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has a particular quality
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client - (correct answer) -anyone for whom a service requiring some degree of confidentiality is
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provided
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palliation - (correct answer) -the relief of symptoms when cure is no longer possible, and treatment is
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provided solely for comfort
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phone ettiquette - (correct answer) -1. department name
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2. your name
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3. personalized statement
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4. "how may I help you sir or m'am?"
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5."anything else i can assist you with?" yi yi yi yi yi yi
moral - (correct answer) -a system of principles or standards of conduct which govern the appropriate
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conduct for a person,
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ethics - (correct answer) -A system of moral principles.
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informed consent - (correct answer) -the healthcare provider gives the pt all the info necessary for a
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decision
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lawful consent - (correct answer) -pt must have made a knowledgeable decision with the full awareness
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of the consequences
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freedom of information act - (correct answer) -A document that governs the disclosure of documents
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maintained by government agencies
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Protected Health Information (PHI) - (correct answer) -Individually identifiable health information that
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is transmitted or maintained by electronic media.
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Privacy Act of 1974 - (correct answer) -a law that gives citizens access to the government's files on
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them
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Health Information Portability and Accountability Act - (correct answer) -provide safeguards for
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protected health information to ensure patient privacy is maintained
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