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Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards

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Aide

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Assistant. Home health care.

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Abuse

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Any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental anguish

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Ancient Romans

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Added hospitals for injured soldiers

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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“Father of microbiology” discovered bacteria and other small organisms

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Assault and battery

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Threat or attempt to injure. Unlawful touching without persons consent

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Associates degree

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Degree rewarded by a vocational technical school or community college after successful completion of two year course of study or its equivalent

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Athletic trainers

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Prevent and treat athletic injuries and provide rehabilitative services to athletes

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Audiologist

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Provide care to individuals who have hearing impairments

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Bachelors degree

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Awarded by a college or university after a prescribed course of study that usually lasts for four or more years

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Behaviors associated with wellness

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Come back

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Biomedical engineer

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Combine knowledge of biology and biomechanical principles to assist in the operation of health care facility. Design sensor systems

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Biomedical equipment technician

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Work with machines to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients.

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Birth control pills

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Taken daily will help prevent pregnancy

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Cardiologist

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doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels

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Central/sterile supply worker

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Ordering, maintaining, and supplying all the equipment and supplies used by other departments of facility.

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Christian Barnard

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Performed first heart transplant

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Competence

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Able, capable

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Confidentiality

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Not to be shared with or told, to be held in confidence or with one self

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Contracts

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An agreement between people

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Defamation

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Slander or liable; a false statement that causes ridicule or damage to reputation

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Definition of health care

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Social insurance for ill or injured

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Dental hygienist

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Work under supervision of dentists. Preform preliminary examinations of teeth and mouth

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Dental laboratory technician

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Make and repair a variety of dental prostheses such as dentures

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Dependability

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Trustworthy

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Dermatologist

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a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin

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Dialysis technician

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Operate the kidney hemodialysis used to treat patients with limited or no kidney function.

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Dietitian

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Manage food service systems assess patients residents nutritional needs, plan menus, teach others proper nutrition and special diets, research nutrition needs and develop recommendations

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Doctors degree

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Awarded by a college or university after completion of two or more years of work beyond a bachelors or masters degree

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Dorothea Dix

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Created mental asylums

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Electrocardiograph technician

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Operates electrocardiograph machines

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Electroencephalograph technologist

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Operates an instrument called an electroencephalograph. Records activity of brain

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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First female physician in US in 1849. Started women’s medical college in New York in 1868

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Emergency medical technician

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Provide emergency, prehospital care to victims of accidents, injuries, or sudden illnesses.

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Emotional wellness

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Promoted by understanding personal feelings and expressing them appropriately accepting ones limitations adjusting to change being optimistic

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Empathy

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Identifying with another’s feelings but being unable to change or solve situation

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Endocrinologist

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have the training to diagnose and treat hormone imbalances and problems by helping to restore the normal balance of hormones in the body

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Endodontics

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Treatment of diseases of pulp, nerves, blood vessels, and roots of the teeth

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Entrepreneur

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Individual who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business.

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Epidemiologist

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a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases.

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Ethics

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Principles of right or good conduct

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False imprisonment

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Restraining an individual or restricting an individuals freedom

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First tube baby

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Louis brown. First by vitro ferilization

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Five dimensions of of humans

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Touch, taste, sound, smell, sight

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Florence Nightingale

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Known as the founder of modern nursing

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Created first mercury thermometer in 1714

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Gastroenterologist

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a physician who specializes in diseases of the stomach and intestine

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Genetic counselor

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Provide info to individuals and families on genetic diseases or inherited conditions

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Geriatric assistant

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Work with elderly to ensure their health and well being

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Geriatrician

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Specializes in geriatric care

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Gynecologist

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Speciality of diseases in female reproductive organisms

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Health

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The state of being free from illness or injury

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Health care administrator

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Health care executives or health service managers. Plan direct coordinate and supervise delivery of care facilities

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Health information technician

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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

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Homeopathic care

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Complete medical art and science based upon the principle of stimulating the innate ability of the body to heal itself

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Illness

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A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.

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Informed consent

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Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and aware of all factors involved

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Integrative care

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Uses mainstream medical treatments and CAM (complementary of alternative) therapies to treat a patient

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Intellectual wellness

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Encourages creative, curious, and mentally stimulating activities

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Internist

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A specialist in internal medicine.

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Invasion of privacy

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Revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent

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Joseph Priestley

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Discovery of oxygen

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Kidney transplant

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Operation in which a person whose own kidneys have failed receives a new kidney to take over the work of cleaning blood

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Levels of health care

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Primary- center physicians, public health nurse, health workers, traditional healers

Secondary-infirmaries, municipal, district hospital, outpatient departments

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Libel

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False written statement that causes a person ridicule or contempt or causes damage to the person reputation

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Licensed practical/vocational nurse

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Work under supervision of physicians or rns, provide patient care requiring technical knowledge but not level of education required of rns.

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Living will

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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

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Louis Pasteur

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Proving that microorganism cause diseases
Pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
Creating vaccine for rabies in 1885

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Malpractice

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Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person

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Marie Curie

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researched radioactivity

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Masters degree

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awarded by college or university after completion of one or more years of work beyond a bachelors degree.

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medical clinical laboratory technologist

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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.

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Medical illustrator

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use their artistic and creative talents to produce illustrations, charts, graphs, and diagrams for health textbooks, journals, magazine, and exhibits.

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medical translator

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assist cross-cultural communication processes by converting one language to another.

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mental wellness

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Negligence

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Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury to another person.

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Neurologist

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studies disorders of the brain and nervous system.

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Objective data

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Occupational therapist

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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.

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Oncologist

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Diagnosis and treatment of tumors (cancer)

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Oncology hospital

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Ophthalmologist

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medical doctors specializing in diseases, disorders, and injuries of the eyes

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Orthodontist

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align or straighten the teeth

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orthopedic hospital

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orthopedist

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a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)

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pathologist

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diagnose disease by studying changes in organs, tissues, and cells

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pediatric hospital

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pediatrician

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diseases and disorders of children.

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perfusionist

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extracorporeal circulation technologists; members of open-heart surgical teams and operate the heart-lung machines used in coronary bypass surgery

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periodontics

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treatments and prevention of diseases of the gums, bone, and structures supporting the teeth

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periodontist

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specializes in periodontics

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pharmacist

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dispense medications per written orders from physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals authorized to prescribe medication

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phlebotomist

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venipuncture technicians; collect blood and prepare it for testing

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physical therapist

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provide treatment to improve mobility and prevent or limit permanent disability of patients with disabling joint, bone, mscle, and or nerve injuries or diseases

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physician assistant

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take medical histories; perform routine physical examinations and basic diagnostic tests; make preliminary diagnoses, treat minor injuries and prescribe and administer appropriate treatments

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Polio vaccine

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