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Physician assistants work under the supervision of this medical professional.
Who is a physician?
This vital sign measures the number of times the heart beats per minute.
What is pulse?
This dental professional cleans teeth, checks for gum disease, and provides oral health education.
Who is a dental hygienist?
A doctor who specializes in treating children.
Who is a pediatrician?
What is flexibility?
A PT may recommend this aquatic form of therapy for patients with arthritis or joint pain.
This vital sign measures the force of blood against artery walls.
What is blood pressure?
This is the first step in the nursing process, involving gathering patient information
What is assessment?
The hard, white outer layer of the tooth that protects it from decay.
What is enamel?
This is the term for a doctor’s written order for medication.
What is a prescription?
This assistive device is used to help patients walk when they need partial weight-bearing support.
What is a cane?
This act allows PAs to prescribe medications in most U.S. states.
What is prescriptive authority?
This nursing organization sets professional standards and advocates for nurses in the U.S.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
This number of permanent teeth are found in a complete adult human mouth.
What is 32?
The oath that doctors traditionally take to uphold medical ethics.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
This large muscle group on the front of the thigh helps extend the knee.
What are the quadriceps?
PAs must complete this ongoing process to maintain certification every 10 years.
What is recertification through PANRE (Physician Assistant National Recertifying Exam)?
This act defines the legal scope of nursing practice within each U.S. state.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
This disease, often caused by plaque buildup, leads to inflammation and bleeding of the gums.
What is gingivitis?
This routine procedure checks for early signs of cervical cancer in women.
What is a Pap smear?
This test is used by physical therapists to assess a patient’s balance and risk of falling.
What is the Berg Balance Scale?
This is the term for a doctor or PA’s professional responsibility to act in the best interest of the patient.
What is beneficence?
This ethical principle refers to “doing no harm.”
What is nonmaleficence?
This specialized dental field focuses on diagnosing and treating diseases of the pulp and root of the tooth
What is endodontics?
This term describes an infection that a patient acquires while receiving medical treatment in a hospital.
What is a nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection?
This principle states that muscles must be worked harder than usual to increase strength and endurance.
What is the overload principle?