Pharmacist
Dispense drugs and advise providers and patients
What is a Pharmacist?
RNs
What are Registered Nurses?
The father of antiseptic surgery
What is Joseph Lister?
Involved in inpatient medicine
What are Hospitalists?
Provide leadership and strategic direction
What are Top level administrators?
Focus on education and counseling
What is Pharmaceutical Care?
LPN
What are Licensed Practical Nurses?
Credited with pioneering the germ theory of disease and microbiology
What is Louis Pasteur?
Specialist focusing on surgeries
What are Surgeons?
May function as assistants to midlevel managers and supervise a small number of operatives
What are Entry-level administrators?
Specializes in drug therapy and works closely with physicians
What is Pharmacotherapists
LVNs
What are licensed vocational nurses?
A Hungarian physician practicing in a hospital in Vienna, implemented the policy of hand washing
What is Ignaz Semmelweis?
Importance of preventive medicine such as diet and the environment
What is Osteopathic Medicine?
Responsibility for implementing changes, enhancing efficiency, and developing new procedures
What are Midlevel administrators?
Produces radioactive drugs for patient diagnosis and therapy
What is Radiopharmacists?
APNs
What are Advanced Practice Nurses?
Discovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin
What is Alexander Fleming?
Practiced by MDs and focus on active intervention
What is Allopathic Medicine?
Responsible for the operational, clinical, and financial outcomes of the organization
What are Health services administrators?
6 years of postsecondary education for pharmacists
What is PharmD?
CRNAs
What are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists?
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) was first employed as an anesthetic around 1846 for tooth extraction
What is Horace Wells?
Provide vision care
What are Optometrists?
Growth of the elderly population, along with the current shortage of qualified administrators creates needs for
What is nursing home administrators?