Unit+3+Terms

Below is space for the creation of the Unit 3 Key Terms (found on page 61 in your text) - as a class, you will decide how to divide up the work and how the terms should be organized. In addition to the creation of the terms, one person in class should be in charge of documenting who is responsible for what (in addition to their contribution to the key terms). The place to document the participation is outlined below.

This assignment is due by classtime (6:50 AM) Friday, January 9, 2008.

Aaron: 40-56
 * Responsibilities:**

admitting officers/clerks**-- Work in the admissions department of a health care facility
 * Key Terms:


 * Associates degree-** Degree awarded by technical or community colleges after 2 years


 * Art music dance therapists**-- Use art to help patients deal with social, physical, or emotional problems


 * Athletic trainer**- Prevent and treat athletics injuries and provide rehabilitative services to athletes.


 * audiologists**-somone who studies of the entire field of hearing, including the anatomy and function of the ear; impairment of hearing; and evaluation, education or reeducation, and treatment of persons with hearing loss


 * Bachelors Degree-**Degree awarded by a college or university after completing 4 years or more


 * Biological or medical scientists**--study living organisms such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and other infectious substances


 * Biomediecal equipment Technician**-- work with many different machines used to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients.


 * biomedical engineer**-- Combine the knowledge of engineering with biology and biomechanical principles to assist in operation of health care facilities


 * biological technicians:** assist in the study of living organisms


 * cardiovascular technologists**-- Assist with cardiac catherization procedures and angioplasty


 * central sterile supply workers**--are involved in ordering and maintaining and supplying equipment used by the departments.


 * certification**-a process by which an individual, institution, or educational program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined criteria and standards.


 * continuing Education units**-???


 * dental assistants**-- Work under dentists, prepare patients for examinations and pass tools


 * dental Hygienists**-- Work under dentists, they preform preliminary examinations of the teeth and mouth.

//**Home health care assistants**//: home health care assistants are trained to work in the patient’s home and may perform additional duties such as meal preparation or cleaning. //**Housekeeping workers/sanitary managers:**// help to maintain the cleanliness of the health care facility to provide a pleasant, sanitary environment. //**Licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs):**// are workers under the supervision of a physician or RN who provides for the patient care that requires technical knowledge. The workers do whatever the RNs and the state laws say they are allowed to do. //**Licensure:**// Process by which a government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given occupation. //**Massage Therapist:**// use many variations of massage, bodywork (manipulation or application of pressure to the muscular or skeletal structure of the body), and a therapeutic touch to muscles to provide pain relief for chronic conditions. //**Master’s Degree:**// Degree awarded by a college or university after completion of one or more years of prescribed study beyond a bachelor’s degree. //**Medical assistants (MA) :**// Medical assistants work under the supervision of physicians, prepare patients for examination; take vital signs and medical histories; as well as various other duties determined by the physician. //**Medical Illustrators:**// are artists who produce illustrations, charts, graphs, and diagrams for health textbooks, journals, magazines, and exhibits. //**Medical interpreters/translators:**// Assist cross-cultural communication processes by converting one language to another. //**Medical (clinical) laboratory assistants:**// working under the supervision of medical technologists, technologists, technicians, or pathologists, perform basic laboratory tests, as well as other duties. //**Medical (clinical) laboratory technicians:**// working under the supervision of medical technologists or pathologists, perform many of the routine tests that do not require the advanced knowledge held by a medical technologist. //**Medical (clinical) laboratory technologists:**// work under the supervision of doctors called pathologists. They study tissues, fluids, and cells of the body to help determine the presence and/or cause of disease. //**Medical librarians:**// also called health science librarians, organize books, journals, and other print materials to provide health information to other health care professionals. //**Medical transcriptionist:**// use a computer and word processor to enter data that has been dictated on recorder by physicians or other health care professionals. //**Medication aides/assistance:**// receive special treatment such as a 40-hour or more state approved medication aide course to administer medications to patients or residents in a long-term care facilities. //**Mortuary assistants:**// work under the supervision of the funeral director and/or embalmer. They may assist with preparation of the body to arranging flowers for the viewing to cleaning the funeral home. //**Multicompetent/ multiskilled worker**//: A health care provider who can perform a variety of heath care skills. //**Nurse assistance:**// work under the supervision of RNs or LPNs/LVNs. They provide patient care such as baths to assistance in transfer to administering basic treatments. //**Occupational therapists:**// work under a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. They help patients acquire independence, regain lost functions, adapt to disabilities, and lead productive and satisfying lives. //**Ophthalmic assistants:**// work under ophthalmologists and other related professions. They do various jobs from prepare patients for examinations to helping to finding glasses. //**Ophthalmic laboratory technicians:**// cut, grind, finish, polish, and mount the lenses used in eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other optical instruments. //**Ophthalmic Medical technologists:**// working under the supervision of ophthalmologist, obtain patient histories; perform routine eye tests, and measurements, as well as other duties. //**Ophthalmic technicians:**// work under the supervision of ophthalmologists and optometrists. They obtain patient histories; perform routine eye tests, and take ocular measurements, as well as other duties. //**Ophthalmologist:**// A medical doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye. //**Opticians:**// An individual who makes or sells lenses, eyeglasses, and other optical supplies. //**Optometrists:**// A licensed, nonmedical practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of vision defects. //**Oral Surgery:**// Surgery on the teeth, mouth, jaw, and facial bones.