| A | B |
|---|
| Associate's Degree | requires at least 2 years of study |
| Bachelor's Degree | requires at least 4 years of study |
| Career Ladder | the various levels within an occupation that require different amounts of education and training |
| Certification | Process to determine if an individual has met certain standards |
| License | permission to legally perform certain tasks |
| Registration | placement on a list after meeting certain criteria |
| Standard | predetermined level of quality |
| Assisted Living | provides housing, meals and assitance with personal care |
| Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) | care of patients with serious heart conditions |
| Psychiatric Hospital | care of patients with mental and behavioral disorders |
| Emergency Room (ER) | immediate care for serious injuries and illnesses |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 24 hour care for patients that need long-term care |
| Hospice | provides care and support for dying patients |
| Intensive Care Unit | specialized care for the seriously ill |
| Rehabilitation unit or hospital | therapies to regain physical and mental function |
| advanced directive | written instructions that state what should be done if patients are unable to make decisions for themselves |
| agent | someone who acts on behalf of another person (ex. employee is the employers agent) |
| assault | telling someone that you will perform a procedure on them regardless if they consent or not |
| battery | touching a patient without their consent |
| breach of contract | failure to live up to the rules stated in the contract |
| confidentiality | the patients right to privacy about their medical condition |
| slander | verbalizing untrue statements or remarks about another person |
| defamation of character | the act of trying to harm anothers reputation |
| health care surrogate | someone who is named to handle another persons medical affairs if they become unable to do it themself |
| express consent | form of written consent (patient signs a form to have a procedure done) |
| false imprisonment | holding a person against their will |
| fraud | any form of cheating or trickery |
| implied consent | consenting through behavior and cooperation (patient shows up the the office on the day of a scheduled procedure) |
| informed consent | patient gives permission to perform a procedure after the doctor has explained the risks and benefits to them |
| libel | untrue statements or remarks about a person that is put in writing |
| living will | type of advanced directive that states what the patient does or does not want to have done to them |
| my/o | muscle |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cephal/o | head |
| oste/o | bone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ectomy | excision or removal of |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| poly- | many |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | below, under |
| p.c. | after a meal |
| b.i.d. | twice a day |
| c/o | complains of |
| I&O | intake and output |
| a.c. | before a meal |
| c with a line over it | with |
| p.r.n. | as needed |
| the triangle symbol | change |
