Education and Credentials
A credential you earn by completing training and passing a test in a specific healthcare skill or job. It proves you have the knowledge and abilities to safely work in that role.
Healthcare Certification
A healthcare worker who helps nurses take care of patients. They perform basic, hands‑on tasks that support both the medical staff and the patients. This role is often a step toward becoming a nurse.
Nurse Technician
Works at the front desk or within the patient services team of a medical office, clinic, or hospital. Their main job is to make the patient's visit smooth, organized, and positive.
Patient Experience Coordinator
The medical practice of drawing blood from a patient for testing, donations, transfusions, or research.
Phlebotomy
A special area in the hospital where patients can wait comfortably either before being admitted or after they have been medically cleared to go home.
Admit/Discharge Lounge
An official permission from the state that allows someone to work in a specific healthcare profession. It proves that the person has completed the required education, training, and testing to safely care for patients.
Healthcare License
A healthcare worker who helps doctors and nurses in clinics, doctor’s offices, and other outpatient settings. They do a mix of hands‑on patient care and office work to help the clinic run smoothly.
Medical Assistant
The work required to keep the entire hospital or clinic buildings, equipment, and environment safe, clean, functional, and ready for patient care at all times.
Facilities Management
A medical practice that uses special medicines to prevent patients from feeling pain during surgeries or medical procedures. It works by blocking pain signals between the nerves and the brain or by causing temporary unconsciousness.
Anesthesiology
A special, sterile hospital room where surgeries and surgical procedures are performed. It is carefully designed to prevent infection, support surgeons, and keep patients safe during operations.
Operating Room
True or False: The minimum requirement to become a phlebotomist is to obtain your high school diploma or GED.
True
A trained healthcare professional who cares for patients, supports doctors, and helps people stay healthy. They typically have the most interaction wit patients and work in hospitals, clinics, schools, nursing homes, and many other places.
Nurses
Enforces laws, rules, ethical standards, and internal policies that keep patients safe, protect their information, prevent fraud, and ensure the hospital operates legally and responsibly.
Compliance
The branch of medicine that uses imaging technology to see inside the body. These images help doctors diagnose, monitor, and sometimes treat medical conditions. Common imaging tools include X‑rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds.
Radiology
The part of the hospital that provides care for mothers, newborns, and sometimes older children. These units focus on childbirth, post‑delivery recovery, newborn care, and early bonding between parents and babies.
Maternal Child Areas (Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, NICU, Pediatrics)
True or False: You can become a Registered Nurse with either an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, in addition to passing the NCLEX-RN.
True
A licensed medical professional who works closely with doctors (under their supervision) to diagnose illnesses, treat patients, and provide healthcare in many different settings like hospitals, clinics, and emergency rooms.
Physician Assistant
The process of finding, attracting, evaluating, and hiring the right people, such as nurses, doctors, technicians, and support staff, to ensure the hospital can provide safe, high‑quality patient care.
Recruiting (Talent Acquisition Specialist)
Any type of treatment used to heal, manage, or improve a health problem. It can help with physical injuries, illnesses, emotional struggles, mental health challenges, or chronic diseases.
Therapy (Physical, Occupational, Speech, Respiratory, etc.)
A hospital unit that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides immediate, unscheduled care to people with serious or sudden medical problems.
Emergency Department
True or False: You only need a Bachelor's Degree to become a physician.
False
Also called a doctor, is a highly trained medical professional who diagnoses illnesses, treats injuries, and helps people stay healthy.
Physician
The top leader in a hospital. They are responsible for the overall success, safety, and performance of the entire organization, both clinically and financially. They work with doctors, nurses, staff, community leaders, and a governing board to ensure the hospital delivers excellent patient care and stays financially stable.
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
The branch of medicine that focuses on the kidneys—how they work, what happens when they get sick, and how to treat kidney‑related diseases.
Nephrology
A specialized hospital unit that provides intensive, round‑the‑clock care for patients who are critically ill or severely injured.
ICU (Intensive Care Unit)