Education
Additional hours of training required to renew licenses or maintain certifications and registration
CEUs
Registered Nurse
What is RN?
The additional hours of training required to renew licenses or maintain certification or registration
What are CEUs?
Works under the supervision of the rn or lpn, to assist patients with ADL's, such as bathing, feeding, and ambulation.
What is PCT?
The amount of time that a bachelor's degree takes to complete.
What is 4-6 years?
Any education obtained after high school
What is Postsecondary education?
Patient Care Technician
What is PCT?
When a program of study has met standards for employment in a health care career.
What is accreditation?
Dispenses medications per written orders from physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals authorized to prescribe medications.
What is a pharmacist?
The place that a bachelor's degree can be earned.
What is a college or university?
A degree awarded by a college or university after completion of one or more years of work beyond a bachelor's degree
What is a Master's Degree
Pharmacist
What is PharmD?
The process whereby a government agency authorizes individuals tp work in a given profession.
What is licensure?
Individuals who work under the supervision of a pharmacist to help prepare medication and other duties as directed by a pharmacist.
What is a pharmacy technician?
A doctor of medicine
What is an MD?
A degree that can be earned at a vocational/technical school or a community college
What is an Associate's Degree
Optometrist
What is OD?
Tests or procedures that aid in the detection and diagnosis of diseases and injuries.
What are Diagnostic Services?
They identify and tract diseases as they occur in a group of people.
What are epidemiologists?
Individuals who provide treatment to improve mobility and prevent or limit permanent disability in patients with debilitating diseases.
What are physical therapists?
The programs that prepare students for immediate employment in many health care careers after high school graduation
What is (Secondary) Health Science Education?
Registered Dietitian
What is RD?
Careers that are directed toward changing the health status of a patient over time.
What are therapeutic services?
Also known as a venipuncture technician.
What is a phlebotomist?
An individual who operates electrocardiograph machines, which record electrical impulses that originate in the heart.
What is an electrocardiograph (ECG) technician?