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HCS 208 Week 4 Vocabulary Exercise: Consumer Resources
Complete the Week Four Vocabulary Exercise: Consumer Resources worksheet.
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Week Four Vocabulary Exercise: Consumer Resources
Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course.
Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:
- In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words; do not copy the definition from a textbook.
- In the space provided after each definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following:
o How has it influenced heath care?
o What role has the term played as health care developed over the years?
Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.
Submit the file to your facilitator.
Submitted by: [Type your name here.]
| Term | Definition | Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. |
| Consumer | ||
| Professional association | ||
| Preexisting medical condition | ||
| Affordable Care Act | ||
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| Disability programs | ||
| American Heart Association | ||
| Valid resource | ||
| Patient advocacy group | ||
| Online community | ||
| Web-based library |
As you progress through your program, you are encouraged to continue to use your weekly vocabulary exercises to build a master glossary as a quick reference guide to use in your coursework and in your health care career.