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- 2. Uses a holistic approach to treat their patients. They believe the body can heal itself without medication or surgery and treat the whole body without the use of drugs or surgery.
- 6. Prevents, diagnoses, and treats tooth, gum, and mouth diseases.
- 9. A type of mid-level provider, or physician extender, are nurses who have education and experience beyond the requirements of an RN.
- 10. Refers to organizational policies that support equal opportunities and fairness for everyone in the organization.
- 12. RNs who complete a 1- or 2-year master's degree program in nurse midwifery that has been accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives Division of Accreditation.
- 14. Refers to understanding, accepting, and valuing individual differences such as experience, skills, knowledge, gender, race, culture, age, sexu-ality, disability, education, religion, class, and many other dimensions.
- 16. Systematically developed protocols used to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care by defining the roles of specific diagnostic and treatment modalities in patient diagnosis and management.
- 18. A process whereby a professional organization or nongovernmental agency grants recognition to a school, educational program, or healthcare institution for demonstrated ability to meet predetermined criteria for established stan-dards.
- 19. Represent a varied and complex array of healthcare disciplines that support, complement, or supplement the professional functions of physicians, nurses, dentists, or other health professionals in delivering health care to patients.
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- 1. A physician, typically board certified in internal medicine, who specializes in the care of hospital patients.
- 3. use an allopathic approach, which views medical treatment as an active intervention to produce a counteracting reaction in an attempt to neutralize the effects of disease.
- 4. type of advanced practice nursing role.
- 5. Behavioral scientists include professionals in social work, health education, community mental health, alcoholism and drug abuse services, and other health and human service areas.
- 7. Integrates the best available scientific knowledge (i.e., clinical practice guidelines) with clinical skills and experience while considering the unique needs and preferences of a patient.
- 8. Views medical treatment as an active intervention to produce a counteracting reaction in an attempt to neutralize the effects of disease.
- 11. physicians trained in family medicine/ general practice, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics in the United States.
- 13. A regulatory process, much less stringent than licensure, under which a state or professional organization attests to an individual's advanced training and performance abilities in a field of healthcare practice.
- 15. The certification and licensing of health professionals, typically by state boards and recognized institutions.
- 17. use an osteopathic approach that takes a more holistic approach to health and stresses preventive medicine in their treatment plans by considering how diet, environment, and other factors influence health and treatment.