Chapter 2: The Organization of Hospitals
Chapter 2 Review Activities
Test your knowledge of this chapter’s content by completing the following exercises below. You may complete these as many times as you like.
Review Exercise: Hospital Structure
Rashida works in a hospital which organizes services by these general areas:
- Clinical Services: areas which diagnose and treat specific medical conditions (e.g., neurology services, surgical services, neurology services ).
- Support Services: services providing essential operational support (e.g., environmental services, maintenance).
- Diagnostic Services: departments which perform diagnostic tests (e.g., diagnostic imaging).
- Therapeutic Services: departments which assist patients to recover and improve function (e.g., occupational therapy).
- Administrative Services: departments which manage administrative tasks (e.g., business office).
Complete the matching exercise below to correctly match individual departments to their correct place in the organizational structure:
Review Activity: General Departments
Review Activity: Inpatient Units
Review Activity: Outpatient Clinics
Review Activity: 24-Hour Clock
In this chapter, we discussed how to change standard time to “military time” (24-hour clock). Remember that military time always includes four numbers and does not include an a.m., p.m. or colon in between the numbers (for example, 0745 not 07:45 am).
