Title: Summarize major developments in healthcare history.
Course: Patient Care Technician (14051-III) > Section: Introducing the Healthcare System

Summary should include

- the Hippocratic Oath
- the Nightingale pledge
- medicine and pharmacy practices
- the evolution of nursing practices
- aseptic procedures and their effect on medical care including microbes as the cause of disease
- Vaccines for Children Program (VFC)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Public Health Preparedness and Response
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the Hippocratic Oath? Why was it developed?
- How have the roles of nurses changed in the last century?
- What is the intended purpose of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?