HS 323 study plan

Map the scope of practice and professional standards for the health science role, listing at least 15 specific responsibilities and the boundary of each

Distinguish statutory law, regulation, case law, and facility policy, and classify 12 given scenarios into the correct source of authority

Identify the core ethical principles (beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice, veracity, fidelity) and apply each to a written patient scenario

Draft a personal one-page summary of informed consent elements and the conditions under which consent may be refused or overridden

Analyze professional licensure, certification, and continuing competence requirements, and describe the consequences of lapse or misconduct

Explain mandatory reporting duties and the boundaries of patient confidentiality, including permitted disclosures

Compare negligence, malpractice, assault, battery, and defamation using four-element legal analysis for each

Practice documenting a difficult ethical situation in objective, legally defensible language

Trace the organization of each major body system from structure to primary function, building a system-by-system outline

Describe the mechanisms of homeostasis, fluid and electrolyte balance, and acid-base regulation

Explain the inflammatory, immune, and healing responses and where each can fail

Relate at least 20 common pathophysiologic conditions to their underlying structural or functional disruption

Connect pathophysiology to expected assessment findings for the 20 conditions from week 3

Perform and describe a systematic head-to-toe assessment, naming the technique and normal finding for each step

Interpret vital signs, oxygen saturation, pain scores, and mental status in the context of age and baseline

Read basic laboratory panels (CBC, electrolytes, glucose, renal and hepatic markers) and flag values outside reference range with a plausible cause

Differentiate normal from abnormal findings across the major body systems and rank findings by urgency

Formulate a prioritized problem list and measurable goals for three written patient scenarios

Select interventions consistent with the problem list and justify each with a stated rationale

Describe how to evaluate intervention effectiveness and when to escalate or revise the plan

Identify the chain of infection and apply the correct transmission-based precautions to six scenarios

Explain the elements of a quality improvement cycle and apply them to one realistic clinical process problem

Recognize high-risk safety events and describe prevention strategies for falls, medication errors, and device-related harm

Write complete, timely, and accurate documentation entries that meet legal and reimbursement standards, including correction of an error

Apply privacy and security rules to the handling, access, and release of protected health information in five scenarios

Identify the required components of common health records and the standards for timeliness and completeness

Define incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for the major preventable conditions in the served population

Design a health promotion or screening intervention matched to a specific population need, with a measurable objective

Review weak areas identified across all prior weeks and close each gap with targeted practice

Complete two timed full-length practice exams and analyze every missed item by domain

Rehearse applying ethical and legal standards within population-level and care planning decisions

Build a final one-page summary sheet of high-yield facts, formulas, and decision rules