HC1 FINAL Flashcards
dental assistant job resposiblities
Take xrays
steralize and clean eqipment
care for patients and make them feel comfortable
office managment
dental hygenist job resposiblities
screen patients
clean teeth
develop treatment plans for patient
office managment
dentist job resposiblities
FIll cavities
treat gum disease
practice orthodontics
oral surgery and anesthisiea
dental assistant schooling
2 year tech or community collage and national board exam
dental hygenist schooling
2-4 year and a national exam
dentist schooling
minimum of 4-8 year and dental school, national exam
where can dental people work?
hospitals, clinics, private practices etc.
nurse midwife school
Masters or higher + all CNM reqirements
LPN schooling
State nursing program
Clincal nurse specialist CNP responisiblites
Direct care, teach in healthcare settings, work as reserchers and nurse managers.
responsibilites of a Nurse anesthesiest
Gather info on allergies and drug use of patient, provide care before, during and after medical prosedures, practice the use of anesthisia, monitor patients vital signs breathing and airway.
LPN responsiblities
Provide bedside care, check temp puse breathing and BP, give injections and medication, implement care plans and supervise CNA’s, Make appointments,
role of a CNA
answer patient call lights, serve meds, chack BP, temp, pulse and breathing, Aide patients,
RN responsibilities
Respond to patients symptoms, reactions and progress, follow directions of doctor,
4 careers in dentistry
Dental assistant, Dental hygenist, Dentist, dental lab tech
CNS Schooling
masters ; RN + masters or doctorate in nursing
How long do Nurse Anesthetists go to school?
Doctorates degree and med school graduate
NP schooling
Nurse Practicioner
Batchelors on science in nursing , 4 years
CNA schooling reqirements?
CNA class, 6-24 weeks
RN schooling
BSN 4 years
responsibilites of a nurse midwife
provide care for pregnant woman before during and after childbirth, assist in labor and delivery, spend time with mother to provide support.
responsibilites of a nurse practicioner
dignose and asses patient conditions and work w physicians, conduct health screening and exams, perscribe tests and educate patients about their conditions
Dental lab tech role
Make dentures, braces, crowns, filling
Cast molds
Schooling for dental lab tech
2 years
6 careers in dignostic scervices
Audiologist
Cardiovascualar tech
Dignostic medican sonographer
nuclear medicine tech
radiologic tech
radiation therapy tech
responsility of audiologist
dignose and treat patients hearing
provide programs and rehab
reccomend, test and dispense hearing aids
education for audiologist
doctorates 8 years
responsiblity of a cardiovascular technologist
mesuring/analizing the heart
performing invasive and non invasive tests to determine presence and extent of disease
record medical history
education for cardiovascular tech
2-4 years
responsiblities of a dignostic medical sonographer
produce immages of internal organs,fetuses and masses
ultrasound photography
check med history
school for dignostic medical sonographer
1-4 years, commonly 2 year.
what study focuses for dignostic medical sonographer
abdomen, breast, fetus, cardio,
responsiblities of a nuclear med tech
prepare, mesure and administer radioactive isotypes
take + explain tests
follow strict rules about radio active materials and bio hasard
schooling for nuclear med tech
1-2 year program
resposibliites of a radiographer
use radiation equipment
get patient ready for radiologic tests
place eqipment
maintain equipment
schooling of a radiographer
2 year degree
radiation therapy tech resposiblities
assist radiologists and oncologists
maintain eqipment
keep records of patient
school for radiation therapy tech
1-2 year program
medical assistant role
take vital signs
assit with first aid
type reports
schedule appointments
medical assitant education
1-2 year
med tech role
use microscopes, coputers and chemicals to prepare and study budy tissues and fluids to collect data
med tech schooling
3-4 batchelors + one in clinicals
phlebotomist (vein) roles
work in lab collecting blood
analizing blood and calming nervous patients
phlebotomist school
150-230 hr training
blood bank technology specialist role
collect and test blood
establish and manage donor programs
manage blood bank and tech other employeees
school for blood bank tech
4 year + 2 year clinical
cytotechnologist (cell) roles
mount samples of body cells
report sus condidtionsto pathologist
school for cytotechnologist
batchelors and exam