desire to pursue a career as a physician assistant. From an early age‚ sports instilled in me the importance of being active and taking care of your body. With this interest in sports and health‚ I pursued a degree in Exercise and Sports Science‚ which helped me developed a strong passion towards promoting health in others. All of this lead towards my involvement in sports organizations for kids‚ my many volunteer experiences‚ and the jobs I’ve had in the medical field. Through sports‚ I had my first
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was able to have an interview with one of the RN’s at WellStar Kennestone Hospital Medical center by the name of David Snyder. During the interview‚ I was able to not only obtain the information that I needed‚ but I also gained further knowledge about my career interest. The following is my interview session with David Snyder. Q: What’s the difference b/t a Medical assistant and a Nurse? David: Medical assistants are trained to perform tasks like change this dressing or.. prepare this patient for
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A Day Being a Nursing Assistant For the past five months I’ve worked as a nursing assistant. It all started my senior year in high school. I went to LCCTC and I attended the nursing assistant program. In nine months I graduated and started working as a nursing assistant at a nursing home. Being a nursing assistant is hard. You have to have patience‚ love‚ caring‚ and do your job right. The nursing home I work at is called Willow Valley Retirement Home. They have a lot of buildings‚ but I work
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Unit 8 Project Questions: Part I 1. Under HIPAA‚ are you legally allowed to view this patient’s medical information? Why or why not? Under HIPAA you are not legally allowed to view a patients medical information unless you have written consent‚ but because he just had outpatient surgery and signed a HIPAA release of information form so you are able to view his information. 2. In this case‚ how would you be able to correct your error and provide the missing documents to the patient while
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chance of pregnancy although she states that she is sexually active and using no birth control. GYNECOLOGY HISTORY: Patient is gravida 2‚ para 1‚ abortus 1. Her only child is a 15-year-old daughter who lives in Texas with her grandmother. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Positive for hepatitis b. PAST SURGICAL HISTORY: Pilonidal cyst‚ removed in the remote past. Had plastic surgery on her ears as a child. SOCIAL HISTORY: Married has one daughter. Patient works as a substitute teacher. Smokes one
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Running head: Medical Terminology 1 The Origin of Medical Terminology & its Meaning Nichole Flury Bryant & Stratton College Medical Terminology Dr. Paul Seniw December 12‚ 2012 Medical Terminology
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career I will be pursing is Medical Coding. After receiving my Medical Assistant diploma‚ I started working in a Pediatric clinic in the back office doing patient care and front office scheduling appointments and receiving and posting payments‚ I also researched and assigned medical codes for outpatient billing using International Classification of Disease- ninth Revision‚ Clinical Modification (ICD-9) and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding books. Medical Coding. I then went to work
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Ashley Mita Dr. Jator APSU 1000 26 November 2012 Personal Career Analysis: Medical Technologists Medical and clinical laboratory technologists and technicians run a number of different tests on cells‚ tissues‚ and fluids. They specialize in matching blood types‚ analyzing drug concentration in a patient ’s blood‚ finding parasites‚ bacteria‚ and viruses. They use an assortment of instruments and tools to perform these tests‚ which include: microscopes‚ automated equipment‚ cell counters‚ and
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young college student‚ I knocked on the door to find my fourth chemotherapy patient of the day unresponsive. It was my first “code blue.” A team of healthcare professionals rushed into the room and my attention was directed towards the physician assistant (PA) who was leading the team as he implemented advanced cardiac life support protocol. Witnessing the empathy‚ compassion and wisdom of the PA as he updated the family on the care plan for the patient‚ while spending the time to explain to the family
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owed? Nonpatients (pg.94) 4. If a custodian sues an employing physician for ordering her to lift a heavy bookcase that injures her back‚ is the issue of liability standard of care or duty of care? Duty of Care 5. What is the basis for most medical malpractice claims? High damage awards in tort cases have led to a malpractice insurance crisis for physicians. 6. A patient falls on a hospitals slippery tile floor and injures herself. Assuming that patient safety procedures were lax‚ what
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