MED 118 Chapter 3: The Professional Health-Care Team

Match the following

• Person who works in a laboratory preparing specimens and operating automated analyzers

• Endorsement

• Legal permission granted by state statutes to perform specific acts

•  CEUs

• Documentation from a professional organization that an individual has met certain requirements

• Certification

• Agreement in which one state recognizes the licensing validity of another state

• Medical laboratory technician

• Awarded to professionals after gaining additional knowledge at a workshop or seminar

• Licensure

Match the following

• Person who assists the provider in both administrative and clinical duties

• Clinic manager

• Chronological file used as a reminder to do specific tasks on schedule

• Tickler file

• Health-care professional who performs examination, diagnosis, and treatment of an individual

• Provider

• Official record listing names of persons satisfying certain requirements and level of education

• Registration

• Person who has additional education and experience in the health-care field to run a facility

• Medical assistant

Certification credentials imply that professionals have met certain standards identified by a particular organization.

• True

• False

Registration, the strongest form of regulation, is a credential granted by state statutes to perform specific acts.

• True

• False

The nurse practitioner (NP) is a practical nurse who has successfully completed additional education and training.

• True

• False

The nurse practitioner (NP) is a practical nurse who has successfully completed additional education and training.

• True

• False

Most licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) give bedside care in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. 

• True

• False

For a provider’s office to run efficiently, each employee must pay attention to only their own tasks. 

• True

• False

Certification is a self-regulating credentialing process that is fully voluntary.

• True

• False

A custodian in a provider’s office is considered part of the “team.”

• True

• False