Doctor, Doctor
This is the type of schooling doctors are required to do after their undergraduate degree.
Medical School
This job provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care, assesses health conditions, and administers treatments and medications.
Nurse
This variable is typically a product or treatment being tested.
Independent variable
This vital sign can be measured using a thermometer.
The term for an elevated body temperature.
Fever
This type of doctor deals with diseases or issues with the skin.
Dermatologist
This type of nurse cares for premature or ill newborns.
neonatal or NICU nurse
This variable is typically a measured response to the independent variable.
Dependent variable
This vital sign usually has two numbers associated with it and a sample reading looks like this: 120/80.
Blood Pressure
The device used to help measure blood pressure.
Blood pressure monitor/cuff
These are two alternatives to becoming a medical doctor that still allow you to write treatment plans for patients.
Nurse Practitioner and Physician's Assistant
pediatric nurse
This group does not receive a treatment and remains constant.
Control group
This vital sign indicates how many times the heart pumps per minute.
Heart rate/pulse
Mrs. Wright's favorite treat to hand out to her classes.
Candy
This type of doctor deals with misalignment of bones, joints
Chiropractor
This type of nurse works specifically with children who are undergoing cancer treatment.
Pediatric Oncology nurse
Mrs. Wright is testing a new and improved formula of her hairspray. On Sunday, Mrs. Wright puts her hair up and sprays the old formula on it. The spray held her hair for 4 hours. On Monday, Mrs. Wright uses the new and improved hairspray formula and the spray held her hair for 8 hours. The dependent variable in this case is
This vital sign describes how many times you breathe in a given minute.
Respiratory rate
You will dissect this body organ in the upcoming weeks.
Brain
This type of surgeon works in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders in the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
Neurosurgeon
This job requires a nursing degree, plus an advanced degree to administer anesthesia to patients undergoing procedures.
Nurse Anesthetist
You hypothesize that plants exposed to music grow more than plants not exposed to music. In this case, the independent variable is
A condition where the body temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit
Hypothermia
This man did an experiment to prove the existence of bacteria, separate from air.
Louis Pasteur