Vocabulary
_____________ refers to the language used in medicine that allows healthcare professionals to communicate with each other.
Medical Terminology
Focuses on how organisms and their parts carry out the normal physical functions that allow them to exist
Physiology
Calculate medication dosage
Pharmacists
Which area of health care is expected to experience the greatest increase in jobs for healthcare workers over the next decade?
Home healthcare services
This document highlights your education, skills, experience, and accomplishments to help employers decide if you qualify for a job interview.
What is a resume
______________ refers to the conduct, character, skill, and judgment of a trained person.
Professionalism
This official process grants legal permission for a health care professional to practice after meeting state requirements such as education, exams, and background checks.
What is licensure?
Record vital signs; administer medications
Nurses and aides
The majority of healthcare employees work in offices of physicians, __________________, or other health practitioners.
denstists
This one-page document is usually sent along with a resume to introduce yourself and explain why you are a good fit for a specific position.
What is a cover letter
A(n) ______________ refers to a written list of a profession’s values and standards of conduct.
Code of Ethics
These unequal differences in health outcomes, access to care, or quality of treatment between different groups of people are often influenced by income, race, location, or education.
What are medical disparities?
These health care professionals use sound waves and imaging equipment to help doctors examine organs, pregnancies, and blood flow inside the body.
Who is an ultrasound technician?
__________________ care facilities provide inpatient nursing, rehabilitation, and health-related personal care to those who need continuous nursing care, but do not require medical or surgical treatment.
Nursing
Employers often ask this question during an interview: “Tell me about yourself.” This is an example of this type of question.
What is an open-ended question?
______________ refers to the healthcare professional’s obligation to maintain patient information in a manner that will not permit dissemination beyond the healthcare provider.
Confidentiality
This ongoing learning process helps health care professionals maintain certifications, stay current with new medical practices, and improve their skills throughout their careers.
What is continuing education?
These specialists help patients recover strength, balance, mobility, and movement after injuries, surgeries, or illnesses.
Who is a Physical Therapy physical therapist?
__________________ health care is expected to grow faster than any other healthcare industry in the next decade.
Home
This document verifies a student’s academic performance, grades, and completed coursework.
What is a transcript?
Refers to the structure of organisms and their parts
Anatomy
This process evaluates whether a health care program, school, or hospital meets established quality standards set by an outside organization.
What is accreditation?
These rehabilitation professionals help patients regain the skills needed for daily living activities such as dressing, eating, writing, or returning to work after an injury or disability.
Who is an Occupational Therapy occupational therapist?
These health care professionals combine medicine, biology, and technology to design devices such as artificial limbs, pacemakers, MRI machines, and robotic surgical equipment.
Who is a Biomedical Engineering professional / biomedical engineer?
Career exploration can be a learning experience as you make new discoveries about the world of work and yourself. The reality of the work world is always different from what you learn in school or from research in books. One good way to gain firsthand information is to visit several __________________.
facilities