Hospital Personnel
Nurses
Programs, Laws, and Regulations
Delivery Systems
Hospital Personnel part II
100
This practitioner manages and plans for the patient’s dietary needs
1) *Who is the registered dietician?*
100
This practitioner works in an inpatient setting providing direct care.
Who is the staff nurse?
100
1) This privacy rule safeguards the protection of a patient’s medical record
*What is HIPAA?*
100
This setting commonly has an emergency room, operating rooms, and units equipped to treat inpatients.
What is the hospital?
100
This practitioner treats swallowing problems and helps patients speak more clearly
Who is the speech therapist?
200
This practitioner seeks to restore function or prevent disability after an injury or an illness
Who is the physical therapist?*
200
This nurse is in charge of ascertaining that a nursing unit operations runs smoothly
Who is the charge nurse?
200
This federally funded program provides health insurance for citizens 65 years of age or older.
*What is Medicare?*
200
Its services are provided inside a patient's homes
What is home healthcare?
200
1) This practitioner formulates and dispenses medications
*Who is the pharmacist?*
300
This practitioner is often involved in counseling, reporting abuse, and making referrals.
Who is the social worker?
300
This nurse is in charge or coordinating a patient's healthcare needs.
Who is the Case Manager?
300
1) This federally funded program provides health insurance for those with low income, blind, or disable.
*What is Medicaid?*
300
These centers specialize in in physical or emotional rehabilitation.
What are rehabilitation centers?
300
1) This practitioner is responsible for diagnosing as well as the medical or surgical treatment of patients.
*Who is the physician?*
400
1) This practitioner is mainly responsible for administering oxygen therapy and breathing treatments.
*Who is the respiratory therapist?*
400
This nurse's main role is to educate nursing students
Who is the nursing instructor? (Who is the nurse faculty?)
400
This health insurance group plan is usually managed within an organization.
What is an HMO?
400
1) These centers are often located in geographically remote areas that have few health care providers.
*What are Rural Health Centers?*
400
4) This practitioner assists patients in adapting to their limitations and in the use of devices and strategies to carry out activities of daily living independently.
*Who is the occupational therapist*
500
1) This practitioner’s responsibilities usually depend on the supervising physician.
*Who is the physician’s assistant?*
500
This area of nursing combines community nursing practice with health ministry within a faith.
*What is Parish Nursing?*
500
This insurance plan allows more choice to its participants but it usually has higher co-pays
What is a PPO?
500
This center provides medical and non-medical care for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities.
What is long term care?
500
These practitioners do not have a license but they assist the registered nurse in the delivery of direct patient care.
Who is the Unlicensed Assistive Personnel?