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Medical words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Physician | Diagnose and treat illnesses; responsible for the overall supervision of the provision of health care |
| Nurse | Responsible for provision of bedside care & patient supervision includeing nursing evulation, medication adminstration and discharge planning |
| 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 |
| Nurse Anesthetist | A BSN with additional training and education in the adminstration and monitoring of anesthetics |
| Nurse Practitioner | A BSN with additional training & education in patient screening & treatment |
| 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 |
| Occupational Therapist | Teach adaptive techniques for activities of daily living, develop activities, adaptive utensils, etc. |
| Recreational Therapist | Plan and provide treatment programs, leisure education and recreational programs for indivduals with physical, mental, emotional or developmental disabilities |
| Audiologist | Evaluate hearing impairment, evalute patients for apporiate hearing assistance devices |
| Speech Pathologist | Evaluate problems with speech, voice and language |
| Respiratory Therapist | Perform diagnostic test and provide treatment to patients with diminstered heart and/or lung capacity |
| Social Worker | Assist people in the context of their social setting, assist in dealing with problems such as poverty or isolation |
| Medical Social Worker | Assist patients and their families cope with illnesses; in hospitals, often responsible for discharge planning, nursing home and home health referrals |
| Psychiatric Social Worker | Provide counseling services and appropriate referrals to people with emotional, mental, or substance abuse problems |
| Medical Technologist | Perform laboratory tests for the diagnosis and treatment of diesase |
| Laboartory Techinain | Perform laboratory tests under the direction of a Medical Technologist |
| Cytoechnologist | Work with specialized equipment uner the direction of a pathologist to detect cancer, hormonal abnormalities or other disease processes at the cellular level |
| Radiologic Technologist | Use x-ray and other equipment to makeradiologic images of internal body structures |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologist | Use radioactive materials in diagnostic imaging, particually cancer |
| Pharmacist | Work with physicians and other health care providers to help treat patients with the right medications |
| Medical Transcripition | Responsible for transcribing dictated medical information, such as discharge summaries, operative reports, etc. |
| Medical Secretary | Performs a variety of secreatarial services in a medical setting |
| Registered Health Information Techinain | Responisble for the techinal/managerial aspects health information managment |
| Registered Health Information Adminisrator | Responsible fo rthe administrative/managerial aspects of health infomration management |
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Courtneey
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