Healthcare professionals Flashcards
Allied health professions include
Roles outside of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Allied health professionals are an essential part of healthcare teams and include dental hygienists, emergency medical technicians, medical interpreters, nutritionist, physical therapists, mental health practitioners, phlebotomists, radiology technicians, and respiratory therapists.
An internist is
A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the internal organs and related body systems
A pediatrician is
A physician, who specializes in diagnosing, treating, and preventing disorders and diseases of infants and children this specialty is known as pediatrics.
A geriatrician or gerontologist is
A physician who specializes in the care of older people
A nurse practitioner (NP)
Is a nurse with graduate training who often works as a primary care provider
A physician assistant (PA) is
A licensed professional, who works under the supervision of a physician. NPs and PAs also work in hospital and other healthcare settings, and usually have a masters degree.
A medical reception
Schedules and registers patients for appointments, and may also work as a medical assistant
A medical assistant, or clinical medical assistant
Performs administrative and clinical tasks in a doctors office, such as coding patient, medical information, measuring a patient’s vital signs, administering injections and drawing blood. Medical assistance also work in long-term care facilities, caring for the elderly.
A certified medical assistant (CMA) is
A medical assistant certified through the American Association of medical assistants
A medical coder
reviews patient’s medical records and assigns appropriate codes for treatment and services provided to each patient based on codes for medical diagnosis, equipment, and procedures
The emergency room (ER), also called an emergency department, focuses on
Diagnosing and treating life-threatening emergency medical conditions.
An emergency physician is
A Doctor Who specializes in high-acuity medicine in the ER
Acuity refers to
The level of severity of an illness
An emergency medical technician (EMT) is
A license health care professional who works in a Pre-hospital setting on an ambulance, or in an emergency room
A registered nurse (RN) is a
Licensed healthcare professional, who works in variety of healthcare settings. RNs assess patients and provide care following a doctor’s orders.
A licensed vocational nurse (LVN) , also known as licensed practical nurse (LPN) in certain states,
Works under the supervision of a doctor or RN to provide basic patient care
A certified nursing assistant (CNA)
Works under the supervision of a RN to provide basic patient care
A pharmacist is
A licensed medical professional, who dispenses prescribed medication to patients
The intensive care unit(ICU), or critical care units, provides
Continuously monitored care for critically ill patients. Some hospitals have specialized ICU’s for burn and trauma patients, cardiac patients, or neurological patients.
An intensivist is
A physician specializing in the care of critically ill patient’s hospitalized in the ICU
A hospitalist is
A physician focusing on the general medical care of hospitalized patients
A telemetry unit provides
Continuous cardiac monitoring for patients with heart problems, not requiring intensive care (tele means distant; -metry means to measure).
The term telemetry refers to the
Electronic transmission of data about the patient’s heart rhythm
A medical/surgical unit (med/surg)
Provides nursing care for lower-acuity patients who are recovering from surgery or required, continued drug therapy or monitoring.
