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Chapeters 3 and 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Being careful to preform with quality and efficiency |
| Courteous | being polite, considerate, and helpful |
| respectful | treating others with honor, esteem, courteous regard, and thoughtful consideration |
| dependable | being reliable and trustworthy |
| flexible | adaptable to change |
| tactfulness | being able to respond to others with sensitivity and courtesy to avoid giving offense |
| accountability | taking responsibility for you actions. |
| reactive | responds without considering the situation, resulting in actions or words regretted later. |
| Acute care hospital | Healthcare for patients who suddenly become ill. (AKA hospital) |
| Teaching hospital | affiliated with medical schools and employ residents on staff |
| Long-term care facility | provide skilled nursing care for people who are medically stable, yet need assistants with daily activities. (AKA Nursing homes) |
| Subacute care | temporary care is provided with the goal of helping the patient regain strength, mobility, and function in order to return home or to assisted-living setting (between acute and long term care) |
| Home care | private nurses, aids, and others so people can remain in their own homes. |
| assisted living- facilities | adult homes |
| Ambulatory care | medical care to non-residential patients who DO NOT stay over night |
| Corporation | artificially created body with legal and business status regulated by the state |
| associate practice | physicians that join together to share resources |
| Partnership | when two or more physicians create a legal agreement that specifies rights, obligations, and responsibilities of each. |
| Sole Proprietor | in charge of his or her own practice |
| group practice | partnership with three or more licensed physicians |
| Physician | Qualified to diagnose and treat patients for illness, prescribe medication, and preform surgery |
| Physician Assistant | assist physician |
| registered nurse | designs plan of nursing care and provides care to all types of patients |
| Licenses Practical Nurse | Assists nurse or Physician with care of noncritical patients |
| nurse practitioner ( advanced practice nurse) | provided advanced care to patients in specialty areas. may include diagnosis, medication, and treatment |
| physical therapist | restores strength, mobility, and function |
| occupational therapist | helps patients preform Activities of Daily living and occupational tasks. |
| radiologist tech | created images of organs, tissues, and bones. |
| Medical Lab Tech | tests blood, body fluid, and tissues |
| Coding specialist | reads and analyzes documents to translate care given into procedural and diagnostic codes for reimbursements |
| Medical Transcription | translates drs dictation of medical history, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis into written form |
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