Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards
Aide
Assistant. Home health care.
Abuse
Any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental anguish
Ancient Romans
Added hospitals for injured soldiers
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
“Father of microbiology” discovered bacteria and other small organisms
Assault and battery
Threat or attempt to injure. Unlawful touching without persons consent
Associates degree
Degree rewarded by a vocational technical school or community college after successful completion of two year course of study or its equivalent
Athletic trainers
Prevent and treat athletic injuries and provide rehabilitative services to athletes
Audiologist
Provide care to individuals who have hearing impairments
Bachelors degree
Awarded by a college or university after a prescribed course of study that usually lasts for four or more years
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Biomedical engineer
Combine knowledge of biology and biomechanical principles to assist in the operation of health care facility. Design sensor systems
Biomedical equipment technician
Work with machines to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients.
Birth control pills
Taken daily will help prevent pregnancy
Cardiologist
doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels
Central/sterile supply worker
Ordering, maintaining, and supplying all the equipment and supplies used by other departments of facility.
Christian Barnard
Performed first heart transplant
Competence
Able, capable
Confidentiality
Not to be shared with or told, to be held in confidence or with one self
Contracts
An agreement between people
Defamation
Slander or liable; a false statement that causes ridicule or damage to reputation
Definition of health care
Social insurance for ill or injured
Dental hygienist
Work under supervision of dentists. Preform preliminary examinations of teeth and mouth
Dental laboratory technician
Make and repair a variety of dental prostheses such as dentures
Dependability
Trustworthy
Dermatologist
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
Dialysis technician
Operate the kidney hemodialysis used to treat patients with limited or no kidney function.
Dietitian
Manage food service systems assess patients residents nutritional needs, plan menus, teach others proper nutrition and special diets, research nutrition needs and develop recommendations
Doctors degree
Awarded by a college or university after completion of two or more years of work beyond a bachelors or masters degree
Dorothea Dix
Created mental asylums
Electrocardiograph technician
Operates electrocardiograph machines
Electroencephalograph technologist
Operates an instrument called an electroencephalograph. Records activity of brain
Elizabeth Blackwell
First female physician in US in 1849. Started women’s medical college in New York in 1868
Emergency medical technician
Provide emergency, prehospital care to victims of accidents, injuries, or sudden illnesses.
Emotional wellness
Promoted by understanding personal feelings and expressing them appropriately accepting ones limitations adjusting to change being optimistic
Empathy
Identifying with another’s feelings but being unable to change or solve situation
Endocrinologist
have the training to diagnose and treat hormone imbalances and problems by helping to restore the normal balance of hormones in the body
Endodontics
Treatment of diseases of pulp, nerves, blood vessels, and roots of the teeth
Entrepreneur
Individual who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business.
Epidemiologist
a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases.
Ethics
Principles of right or good conduct
False imprisonment
Restraining an individual or restricting an individuals freedom
First tube baby
Louis brown. First by vitro ferilization
Five dimensions of of humans
Touch, taste, sound, smell, sight
Florence Nightingale
Known as the founder of modern nursing
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Created first mercury thermometer in 1714
Gastroenterologist
a physician who specializes in diseases of the stomach and intestine
Genetic counselor
Provide info to individuals and families on genetic diseases or inherited conditions
Geriatric assistant
Work with elderly to ensure their health and well being
Geriatrician
Specializes in geriatric care
Gynecologist
Speciality of diseases in female reproductive organisms
Health
The state of being free from illness or injury
Health care administrator
Health care executives or health service managers. Plan direct coordinate and supervise delivery of care facilities
Health information technician
Organize and code patient records gather statistical or research data, record info on patient records, monitor electronic and paper based info to ensure confidentiality and calculate bills
Homeopathic care
Complete medical art and science based upon the principle of stimulating the innate ability of the body to heal itself
Illness
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
Informed consent
Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and aware of all factors involved
Integrative care
Uses mainstream medical treatments and CAM (complementary of alternative) therapies to treat a patient
Intellectual wellness
Encourages creative, curious, and mentally stimulating activities
Internist
A specialist in internal medicine.
Invasion of privacy
Revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent
Joseph Priestley
Discovery of oxygen
Kidney transplant
Operation in which a person whose own kidneys have failed receives a new kidney to take over the work of cleaning blood
Levels of health care
Primary- center physicians, public health nurse, health workers, traditional healers
Secondary-infirmaries, municipal, district hospital, outpatient departments
Libel
False written statement that causes a person ridicule or contempt or causes damage to the person reputation
Licensed practical/vocational nurse
Work under supervision of physicians or rns, provide patient care requiring technical knowledge but not level of education required of rns.
Living will
A legal document stating a persons desires on what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when his or her condition is terminal
Louis Pasteur
Proving that microorganism cause diseases
Pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
Creating vaccine for rabies in 1885
Malpractice
Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person
Marie Curie
researched radioactivity
Masters degree
awarded by college or university after completion of one or more years of work beyond a bachelors degree.
medical clinical laboratory technologist
work under supervision of doctors called pathologists. study tissues, fluids, and cells of the human body to help determine the presence and or cause of disease.
Medical illustrator
use their artistic and creative talents to produce illustrations, charts, graphs, and diagrams for health textbooks, journals, magazine, and exhibits.
medical translator
assist cross-cultural communication processes by converting one language to another.
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Negligence
Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury to another person.
Neurologist
studies disorders of the brain and nervous system.
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Occupational therapist
Often work under the direction of a psychiatrist, a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehab. help people with physical, developmental, mental, or emotional disabilities to overcome their problems.
Oncologist
Diagnosis and treatment of tumors (cancer)
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Ophthalmologist
medical doctors specializing in diseases, disorders, and injuries of the eyes
Orthodontist
align or straighten the teeth
orthopedic hospital
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orthopedist
a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
pathologist
diagnose disease by studying changes in organs, tissues, and cells
pediatric hospital
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pediatrician
diseases and disorders of children.
perfusionist
extracorporeal circulation technologists; members of open-heart surgical teams and operate the heart-lung machines used in coronary bypass surgery
periodontics
treatments and prevention of diseases of the gums, bone, and structures supporting the teeth
periodontist
specializes in periodontics
pharmacist
dispense medications per written orders from physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals authorized to prescribe medication
phlebotomist
venipuncture technicians; collect blood and prepare it for testing
physical therapist
provide treatment to improve mobility and prevent or limit permanent disability of patients with disabling joint, bone, mscle, and or nerve injuries or diseases
physician assistant
take medical histories; perform routine physical examinations and basic diagnostic tests; make preliminary diagnoses, treat minor injuries and prescribe and administer appropriate treatments
Polio vaccine
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