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Health Assisting

Explore the various roles, functions, and interdependence of health care teams in facilities such as hospitals, medical offices, and nursing facilities. Learn about different career levels, education, and credentials required in the health care field.

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Health Assisting

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  1. Health Assisting

  2. Health Care Teams • Health care team - All of the people who provide care and services to patients • Every employee at facility • Patient’s family and care givers

  3. Health Care Teams • Health services pathways • Diagnostic services • Therapeutic services • Information services • Support services

  4. Health Care Teams • Specific careers with multiple levels of titles and duties • Medical • Nursing • Diagnostic • Therapeutic • Dietary • Health Information • Emergency Medical Services • Mental and Social Services • Mortuary

  5. Health Care Teams • Medical team members • Physicians • Physician assistants • Nurse practitioners • Medical assistants

  6. Health Care Teams • Nursing team members • Registered nurses (RNs) • Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) • Licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) • Nurse assistants

  7. Health Care Teams • Diagnostic team members • Medical laboratory technologists (MTs) • Medical laboratory technicians (MLTs) • Medical laboratory assistants • Phlebotomists • Electrocardiograph technicians • Radiologic technologists

  8. Health Care Teams • Therapeutic team members • Audiologists • Speech-language pathologists • Physical therapists and therapy assistants • Occupational therapists and therapy assistants • Recreational therapists and therapy assistants • Respiratory therapists and therapy technicians • Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

  9. Health Care Teams • Dietary team members • Registered dieticians (RDs) • Dietetic technicians (DTs) • Dietetic assistants

  10. Health Care Teams • Health information team members • Medical record administrators (RAs) • Medical records technicians • Medical assistants • Medical transcriptionists

  11. Health Care Teams • Emergency medical service (EMS) team members • Dial 911 • Emergency medical technicians (EMTs)

  12. Health Care Teams • Social and mental health team members • Social workers • Psychiatrists • Psychologists • Psychiatric technicians

  13. Health Care Teams • Support services team members • Health care administrators • Housekeeping • Central supply

  14. Health Care Teams • Mortuary team members • Funeral directors • Embalmers • Mortuary assistants

  15. Health Care Teams • Interdependence of team members • All members of the health care team are dependent on each other

  16. Health Care Teams • Lines of authority • Determine workers’ positions within the team’s structure • Establish levels of supervision

  17. Facilities • Health care facilities • Medical offices • Hospitals • Subacute centers • Nursing facilities • Community health clinics • Home health care agencies • Mental health facilities • Hospice

  18. Facilities • Medical office services • Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases and disorders • Physical examinations • Basic medical tests • Minor procedures and surgery

  19. Facilities • Medical offices vary • Ownership • Conditions • Age groups

  20. Facilities • Hospital services • Emergency medical services • Diagnostic services • Procedures and surgery • Nursing services • Therapeutic services

  21. Facilities • Hospitals vary • Services • Ownership • Conditions • Age groups

  22. Facilities • Short-term care provided by hospitals • Acute health problems • Subacute health problems • Chronic health problems • Terminal health problems

  23. Facilities • Subacute facilities • Short-term care • Medical or therapeutic care

  24. Facilities • Nursing facilities • Short and long-term care for people who cannot care for themselves • Rehabilitation • Social activities

  25. Facilities • Community health clinics • Medical office services for disadvantaged people • Family planning • Tobacco prevention and cessation • Alcohol and drug abuse counseling • Domestic abuse counseling • STD prevention • HIV/AIDS counseling • Children and youth programs • Senior programs

  26. Facilities • Home health care agencies • In home short and long-term care for people who cannot care for themselves • Meal preparation • Housekeeping and laundry • Shopping • Rehabilitation

  27. Facilities • Mental health facilities • Mental diseases and disorders care • Alcohol and drug abuse counseling • Domestic abuse counseling • Outpatient, short-term and long-term care

  28. Facilities • Hospice agencies • Care and counseling to patients with terminal health problems and their families • Physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual care • Available in hospice facilities, hospitals, nursing facilities and patient’s home

  29. Education and Credentials • Career path or ladder

  30. Education and Credentials • Career levels • Assistant or aide • Technician • Technologist or therapist • Professional

  31. Education and Credentials • Health assistants • Nurse assistant • Medical assistant • Medical laboratory assistant • Recreational therapy assistant • Dietetic assistant • Restorative nursing assistant • Hospice assistant • Psychiatric assistant

  32. Education and Credentials • Nurse assistant education • High school diploma or GED • Trained on the job • State-approved training program and exam to become certified nurse assistants (CNAs)

  33. Education and Credentials • CNA OBRA certification • 75 hours state-approved training • 16 hours of supervised practical training • Exam • Performance reviews • In-service education • State specific

  34. Education and Credentials • Medical assistant education • High school diploma or GED • Trained on the job • Training program

  35. Education and Credentials • Certified medical assistants (CMAs) AAMA certification • Training program • Clinical internship • Exam • Continuing education units

  36. Education and Credentials • Registered medical assistants (RMAs) AMT certification

  37. Education and Credentials • State regulations

  38. Education and Credentials • Professional organization benefits • Meeting people with similar interests and sharing ideas • Growing more confident and competent in skills through education • Networking

  39. Education and Credentials • Student organization benefits • Enhance student’s education in quality and impact • Sponsor competitions • Award scholarships • Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) • Skills USA-VICA

  40. Education and Credentials • Professional development • Courses • Workshops • Seminars • Articles in professional journals

  41. Education and Credentials • Continuing education units (CEUs) • Specified amount of additional education

  42. Education and Credentials • Additional training • Taking knowledge, skills, and experience to the next career level

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