Update. 2025/2026 Edition.
-provide care
-home health
-out patient care
-case managment
What can a Nurse do and cannot -educator
do? -patient adovocate
-administer medication and treatments
-monitor health status
-CANNOT ORDER DRUGS
have some specialized knowledge and technical training but do
What are paraprofessionals?
not have the formal education required for professional
status
Occupational therapist VS OT- works with the restoration of the upper body while PT
physical therapist works with the lower body ambulation
Branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system
and tissues related to movement
orthopedics
THEY CAST
help surgeons and other medical professionals in hospital
operating room technical personnel
operating rooms and similar environments
a mental health professional who counsels patients and
social worker
provides a link between the patient and the treatment center
A body of officials who perform religious services, such as
Clergy
priests, ministers or rabbis.
does not use radiation
MRI produce radiation? -uses large super cooled electromagnet and radio waves to
produce sectional and #D images. Both anatomic and
physiologic
CT computerized tomography
mammography x-ray imaging of the breast
CVIT - Cardiovascular Radiologic procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of
Interventional diseases of the cardiovascular system
Technology
bone densitometry x-ray technique for determining density of bone
actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a
QM
facility will perform safely and satisfactory
, QC all actions necessary to control and verify the performance of equipment
HIT keeps medical records
audiology evaluates hearing function and performs research related to hearing
1. Veterans Administration - government owned
2. Not- For- Profit - operated by religious or voluntary
ownership/community associations
What are the different types of
3. For- profit (propriety) investor-owned physicians operated
hospitals?
for the financial benefit of the individual
4. system/network- group practice together in one organization
Institution that provides care for outpatients; a group of
Clinics
specialists working in cooperation.
Group practice together in one organization, under one
independent facilities
roof but prepayment - a form of HMO - Kaiser