Team Members
The first provider the patient seeks care from.
What is a Primary Care Provider?
They are sometimes referred to as vocational nurses and are also licensed by individual states.
What is a Practical Nurse?
They work with patients who have problems with speech and swallowing due to an injury, cancer, or stroke.
What is a Speech Therapist?
It is an approach that cares for all of the patients needs-that is, the whole patient and not just medical and physical concerns. This involves the providers as well as the entire health care team.
What is Comprehensive Care?
Is achieved by hearing the information. Provide the information verbally while the patient listens.
What is Auditory Learning?
A provider that diagnosis and treats conditions that require a specific area of expertise and knowledge.
What is a Specialist?
They prepare and dispense medications prescribed by authorized providers.
What is a Pharmacist?
They are MDs who diagnose, prescribe medications, and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders.
What is a Psychiatrist?
It positions patients and their families as core members of the team. The focus is on individual needs and preferences of the patient throughout various stages of life.
What is Patient-Centered Care?
Involves reading information and seeing diagrams or graphics.
Similar to physicians, they are licensed to practice medicine as long as they are supervised by a medical doctor.
What is a Physician Assistant?
They diagnose and treat issues relating to the teeth and mouth.
What is a Dentists?
They are not MDs but have a doctor pf psychology (PsyD) or a doctor of philosophy degree (PhD). They work with patients who are experiencing mental health challenges, especially during times of stress or emotional turmoil.
What is a Psychologist?
All specialty care, hospitals, home health care, and community services are overseen by the provider-directed medical practice.
What is Coordinated Care?
Involves movement or performing tasks. Patients will see the action then perform it themselves.
What is Kinesthetic Learning?
They have more education and experience than RNs and can usually perform the same tasks as a Physician Assistant.
What is an Advanced Practice Nurse?
They assist and educate patients on how to perform everyday tasks after a physical, mental, or developmental disability has occurred.
What is an Occupational Therapist?
They assist patients and families in times of transition or crisis.
What is a Social Worker?
Include providing tools (open-scheduling, extended hours, communication with providers) through patient information web portals.
What are Accessible Services?
When educating the patient, what are the 3 R's to assist in understanding?
restate, repeat, and rephrase material
They are licensed by individual states and have an associate or bachelor's degree in nursing.
What is a Registered Nurse?
They assess a patient's pain, strength, and mobility and then develop a treatment plan to improve any areas of concern.
What is a Physical Therapist?
They are experts in diet and nutrition. They educate patients on the connection between chronic disease and poor nutrition, assist with menu planning, and help low-income patients obtain healthier foods at lower prices.
What is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist?
Includes delivering quality health care. This is met by delivering evidence-based medicine that is assessed by collecting safety data and measuring and responding to patient experiences and satisfaction.
What is Quality and Safety Commitments?
The MA's role in __________ __________ing is to help educate the patient in regards to compliance, treatment options, and adopting a healthy lifestyle
What is health coaching.