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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
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
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Dialysis technician
Operate the kidney hemodialysis used to treat patients with limited or no kidney function.
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Dietitian
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
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
Created mental asylums
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Electrocardiograph technician
Operates electrocardiograph machines
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Electroencephalograph technologist
Operates an instrument called an electroencephalograph. Records activity of brain
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Elizabeth Blackwell
First female physician in US in 1849. Started women's medical college in New York in 1868
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Emergency medical technician
Provide emergency, prehospital care to victims of accidents, injuries, or sudden illnesses.
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Emotional wellness
Promoted by understanding personal feelings and expressing them appropriately accepting ones limitations adjusting to change being optimistic
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Empathy
Identifying with another's feelings but being unable to change or solve situation
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Endocrinologist
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
Treatment of diseases of pulp, nerves, blood vessels, and roots of the teeth
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Entrepreneur
Individual who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business.
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Epidemiologist
a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases.
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Ethics
Principles of right or good conduct
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False imprisonment
Restraining an individual or restricting an individuals freedom
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First tube baby
Louis brown. First by vitro ferilization
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Five dimensions of of humans
Touch, taste, sound, smell, sight
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Florence Nightingale
Known as the founder of modern nursing
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
Created first mercury thermometer in 1714
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Gastroenterologist
a physician who specializes in diseases of the stomach and intestine
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Genetic counselor
Provide info to individuals and families on genetic diseases or inherited conditions
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Geriatric assistant
Work with elderly to ensure their health and well being
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Geriatrician
Specializes in geriatric care
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Gynecologist
Speciality of diseases in female reproductive organisms
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Health
The state of being free from illness or injury
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Health care administrator
Health care executives or health service managers. Plan direct coordinate and supervise delivery of care facilities
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Health information technician
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
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
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
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Informed consent
Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and aware of all factors involved
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Integrative care
Uses mainstream medical treatments and CAM (complementary of alternative) therapies to treat a patient
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Intellectual wellness
Encourages creative, curious, and mentally stimulating activities
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Internist
A specialist in internal medicine.
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Invasion of privacy
Revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent
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Joseph Priestley
Discovery of oxygen
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Kidney transplant
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
Primary- center physicians, public health nurse, health workers, traditional healers Secondary-infirmaries, municipal, district hospital, outpatient departments
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Libel
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
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
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
Proving that microorganism cause diseases Pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria Creating vaccine for rabies in 1885
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Malpractice
Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person
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Marie Curie
researched radioactivity
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Masters degree
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
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
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
assist cross-cultural communication processes by converting one language to another.
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mental wellness
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Negligence
Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury to another person.
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Neurologist
studies disorders of the brain and nervous system.
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Objective data
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Occupational therapist
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
Diagnosis and treatment of tumors (cancer)
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Oncology hospital
Come back
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Ophthalmologist
medical doctors specializing in diseases, disorders, and injuries of the eyes
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Orthodontist
align or straighten the teeth
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orthopedic hospital
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orthopedist
a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
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pathologist
diagnose disease by studying changes in organs, tissues, and cells
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pediatric hospital
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pediatrician
diseases and disorders of children.
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perfusionist
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
treatments and prevention of diseases of the gums, bone, and structures supporting the teeth
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periodontist
specializes in periodontics
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pharmacist
dispense medications per written orders from physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals authorized to prescribe medication
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phlebotomist
venipuncture technicians; collect blood and prepare it for testing
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physical therapist
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
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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