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Medical words

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Physician   Diagnose and treat illnesses; responsible for the overall supervision of the provision of health care  
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Nurse   Responsible for provision of bedside care & patient supervision includeing nursing evulation, medication adminstration and discharge planning  
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LPN   Responsible for nursing duties that do not require professional level skills, provide major portion of beside care in both hospitals and long term care facilities  
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Nurse Anesthetist   A BSN with additional training and education in the adminstration and monitoring of anesthetics  
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Nurse Practitioner   A BSN with additional training & education in patient screening & treatment  
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Physical Therapist   Plan and carry out therapeutic programs of excerise and muscle stimulation to increase level of function and lessen pain form ilness or injury  
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Occupational Therapist   Teach adaptive techniques for activities of daily living, develop activities, adaptive utensils, etc.  
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Recreational Therapist   Plan and provide treatment programs, leisure education and recreational programs for indivduals with physical, mental, emotional or developmental disabilities  
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Audiologist   Evaluate hearing impairment, evalute patients for apporiate hearing assistance devices  
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Speech Pathologist   Evaluate problems with speech, voice and language  
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Respiratory Therapist   Perform diagnostic test and provide treatment to patients with diminstered heart and/or lung capacity  
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Social Worker   Assist people in the context of their social setting, assist in dealing with problems such as poverty or isolation  
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Medical Social Worker   Assist patients and their families cope with illnesses; in hospitals, often responsible for discharge planning, nursing home and home health referrals  
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Psychiatric Social Worker   Provide counseling services and appropriate referrals to people with emotional, mental, or substance abuse problems  
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Medical Technologist   Perform laboratory tests for the diagnosis and treatment of diesase  
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Laboartory Techinain   Perform laboratory tests under the direction of a Medical Technologist  
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Cytoechnologist   Work with specialized equipment uner the direction of a pathologist to detect cancer, hormonal abnormalities or other disease processes at the cellular level  
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Radiologic Technologist   Use x-ray and other equipment to makeradiologic images of internal body structures  
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Nuclear Medicine Technologist   Use radioactive materials in diagnostic imaging, particually cancer  
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Pharmacist   Work with physicians and other health care providers to help treat patients with the right medications  
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Medical Transcripition   Responsible for transcribing dictated medical information, such as discharge summaries, operative reports, etc.  
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Medical Secretary   Performs a variety of secreatarial services in a medical setting  
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Registered Health Information Techinain   Responisble for the techinal/managerial aspects health information managment  
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Registered Health Information Adminisrator   Responsible fo rthe administrative/managerial aspects of health infomration management  
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