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1. NURSE
Definition: Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages,
families, groups and communities, sick or well in all settings. Nurses must be intelligent,
adaptive, knowledgeable and proficient at critical thinking.

Typical Day: They are continuously monitoring and assessing patients, nurses also care for
patients, provide emotional support and teach people about health conditions. Nursing duties
consider organizing with multiple specialists to assure that their patients are adequately on tour
to improvement.

Career: 

             Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

             Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
             Registered Nurse (RN)
             Surgical Assistant Registered Nurse
             Health Informatics Nurse Specialist
             Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
             Clinical Nurse Specialist
             Nurse Practitioner
             Nurse Educator

Client: Nurses work to help people who are sick, injured, disabled, or enduring a vulnerable
time in their lives.

Care provided:

 Conduct physical exams

 Take detailed health care histories
 Listen to patients and analyze their physical and emotional needs
 Provide counseling and health care education to patients
 Coordinate care with other health care providers and specialists
 Stay current with advances in health care options, medications, and treatments.
 Draw blood, and perform other health-related testing
 Check a patient’s vital signs         

2. ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER

Definition:  This field includes the more mainstream and accepted forms of therapy, such as
acupuncture, homeopathy, and oriental practices.

Typical Day: To develop, implement, review and monitor compliance of policies and initiate
legislation relating to Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines as well as provide
related services.

Careers:  

 Transitional Care Case Manager

 Chiropractor

Client: Those who seek alternative treatments as offering more personal autonomy and control
over health care decisions

Care provided: 

 Supervise Traditional Medicine Council and Agencies.

 Development, review and implementation of National policies on Traditional Medicine
healthcare services.
  Provide reliable information to consumers on proper use of available TM therapies and
products. 
3. CASE MANAGER
Definition:  is a professional who helps organize patient care, working with healthcare providers
to ensure that patients receive the services they need in a timely and cost-effective manner. 

Typical Day: Case managers also advise patients, ensuring they have access to all necessary
resources to improve their health. Case management nurses often specialize in a specific group
or type of patient; for example, working with patients suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDs,
Alzheimer's disease, or physical disabilities.

Career:

 Registered Nurse
 Relative caregiver
 Regional director clinical operations

Client: The patients suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDs, Alzheimer's disease, or physical
disabilities

Care provided: Case management facilitates the achievement of client wellness and autonomy
through advocacy, assessment, planning, communication, education, resource management,
and service facilitation.

4. DENTIST
Definition: a person qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the teeth and gums,
especially the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones

Typical Day:  A dentist sees patients each day while managing a business and providing
clinical care.

Career:

 Dental Public Health Personnel

 Endodontics
 Orthodontics

Client: Those who are with risk of dental disease and other health conditions.

Care provided:

 Promote dental hygiene

 Treats dental diseases
 Oral examination, prevention, diagnostic evaluation, x-rays

5. NUTRITIONIST
Definition: A person who specializes in the study of nutrition and especially in application of the
principles of nutrition in the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease.

Typical day: A dietitian assesses nutritional needs. They also consult with physicians and
health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of a patient.

Career: 

 Dietician
 Chef
Client:

 Obese people
 Malnourished people
 Those who plan to be on a diet

Care provided:

 Assess nutritional needs, restrictions and current health plan to develop and implement
dietary care.
 Manage quantity food service 
 Coordinate diet counseling services

6. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Definition: An occupational therapist treats people with injuries, disabilities, or developmental
delays using several therapeutic daily activities. They evaluate, plan, organize, and conduct
rehabilitative programs that seek to develop or restore important living skills, and improve
general independence.

Typical Day: Evaluate and treat patients' physical and mental abilities. Analyze medical data to
discover realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Develop treatment plans for patients' by
identifying activity types that will help patients reach their rehabilitation goals.

Career:

 Occupational therapist assistant (OTA)

 Occupational therapist (OT)

Client: People who are experiencing illness or disability or are recovering from a medical event,
such as a stroke or an operation.

Care provided: 

 Provides therapeutic approach to everyday activity

 Rehabilitative care
 evaluate, plan, organize, and conduct rehabilitative programs

7. PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Definition: It is given by physical therapists who use physical examination, diagnosis,
management, prognosis, patient education, physical intervention, rehabilition, disease
prevention, and health promotion to promote, maintain, or restore health.

Typical Day: Physical therapists can be found working in a range of places, such as private
clinics, hospitals, workplaces, and sports facilities. Physical therapists can frequently dress
comfortably in scrubs or trousers and a dress shirt. 

Career:

 Neurological Physical Therapist

 Occupational Physical Therapist
 Geriatric Physical Therapist
 Pediatric Physical Therapist
 Rehabilitative Physical Therapist

Client: Individuals of all ages suffering from medical issues or other health-related conditions.
Care provided: Correction of an injury or pain that a patient is now experiencing, physical
therapists are trained to recorgnize and address subtle abnormalities that may result in pain or
damage in the future.

8. PARAMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
Definition: The term generally encompasses nurses, therapists, technicians, and other ancillary
personnel involved in medical care but is frequently applied specifically to highly trained persons
who share with physicians the direct responsibility for patient care.

Typical Day: Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach
suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.

Career:

 X-ray technologist
 Medical Laboratory Technicians
 Dieticians 
 Food Service Workers
 Dental Mechanics
 Emergency Medical Technicians
 Safety Engineers
 Pharmacists

Client: Patients who have been involved in accidents, emergencies and other crises.

Care provided: Taking of blood samples and therapeutic procedures, such as administering
injections or suturing wounds; they also relieve physicians of making routine health
assessments and taking medical histories.

9. PHARMACIST
Definition: a health professional that specializes in the preparation, properties, effects,
interactions, and use of medicines.

Typical day: It involves checking and dispensing medication, compounding medication,

communicating with physicians, providing patients with pharmaceutical information, providing
with health advice, explaining the proper use of medication, supervising staff/pharmacy
technicians, etc. Most days will be spent standing. Pharmacists will have to deal with upset or
rude customer.

Pharmacy careers:

 Ambulatory care pharmacist

 Academic Pharmacist
 Community Pharmacist
 Compounding Pharmacist
 Hospital Staff Pharmacist

Client: those people who needs medications.

Care provided:

 Assessment of therapeutic needs

 Immunization
 Wellness screening
 Preventive care services

10. EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Definition: persons, including volunteers, certified licensed by the department of health to
provide emergency medical treatment on behalf of an organization such as an ambulance
service or first responder service and credentialed by an affiliated agency whose primary
function is the provision of emergency medical treatment. 

Typical Day: They are always available to administer first aid treatment or life support care to
sick or injured persons in pre-hospital settings

Career

 Dispatchers
 Emergency medical responder EMTs
 Advanced EMTs
 Paramedics

Client: People who are into Auto accidents, Sports injuries, A multitude of broken bones or cuts
from accidents and falls, Burns, Uncontrollable bleeding, Heart attacks, chest pain, and Difficulty
in breathing, including asthma attacks and pneumonia.

Care provided: Provide pre-hospital emergency medical care to the sick and injured people.

11. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Definiton: A health professional who is licensed to do certain medical procedures under the of
a doctor. A physician assistant may take medical histories, do physical exams, take blood and
urine samples, care for wounds, and give injections and immunizations.

Typical Day: It involves diagnosing each patient's injuries or illness. Reviewing and updating
patient medical histories. Prescribing medication for patients. Ordering X-rays, blood tests and
other diagnostic procedures 

Career: Physician assistants can excel in a higher level of expertise such as:

 Cardiologists
 Dermatologist
 Emergency medicine
 Neurologists
 Pediatricians
 Radiologists

Client: The clients, patients of a physician. 

Care provided: 

 Counsel on preventive health care

 Assist in Surgery
 Diagnose minor illnesses or injuries
 Prescribe medication
 Assess a patient’s progress
 Educate patients about illnesses

12. SOCIAL WORKER

Definition : Social workers are highly skilled who try to improve general wellbeing and assist in
addressing both fundamental and complicated needs of communities and individuals. Social
workers work with a wide range of groups and sorts of individuals, putting a special emphasis
on the weak, oppressed, and poor

Typical Day: Analyze the client's needs in light of their financial, behavioral, emotional, and
physical conditions. Create customized plans for each client's care and treatment, including
visits, resources, and goals. Provide access to services for health care, education, and
employment
Career:

 Substance Use and Recovery Treatment Counselor.

 Mental Health Counselor.
 Marriage and Family Counselor.
 Medical Social Worker
 School Social Worker.
 Foster Care Social Worker.
 Policy Analyst
 Human Resources Coordinator/Specialist 

Care provided: 

A social worker provides assistance to people in a variety of contexts, including mental health
offices, schools, and hospitals. 

Social workers can help with a range of issues, including addiction treatment, chronic sickness,
and child support services, whether they work with individuals, small groups, or big communities
or organizations

13. SPIRITUAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL

Definition: Members of the clergy such as priests, ministers and rabbis provide patients with
spiritual support. They may listen to patients, counsel them on religious or spiritual philosophy.
They may also perform religious sacraments or rites such as special blessings, communion or
last rights.

Typical Day: They provide their time to teaching other people who are in need. 

Career: 

 Chaplains
 Religious leaders

Client: The people who need spiritual guidance.

Care provided:

 Holistic outlook in life which includes religious perspective

 Positive perspective in life
 Advice and counseling services

14. RESPIRATORY THERAPIST

Definition: A licensed medical professional with a focus on treating lung conditions is known as
a respiratory therapist (RT). They have in-depth understanding of cutting edge devices like
mechanical ventilators. 

Typical Day: They work in a variety of healthcare settings, including therapy offices, maternity
units, and emergency rooms. Some RTs provide care for patients in their own homes. 

Career: 

 Neonatal or pediatric
 Geriatric
 Pulmonary rehab
 Polysomnography
 Critical care

Client: Those who have asthma, pneumonia, emphysema, lung injuries, and other diseases
benefit from the work of respiratory therapists. RTs can evaluate your breathing, make exercise
recommendations, and track. 
Care provided: creates a treatment plan enhance the patient's mobility lessen or manage pain
rehabilitate the patient's function avoid impairment

15.PHYSICIAN
Definition: A physician is a general term for a doctor who has earned a medical degree.
Physicians work to maintain, promote, and restore health by studying, diagnosing, and treating
injuries and diseases.

Typical Day:

Physicians go from patient to patient and diagnosis to diagnostic on a daily basis, seeing an
average of 20 patients. Someone may come in with a rash, then another with heartburn, then
another with chest trouble, and so on. To fit 20 patients into a day, doctors spend little time with
each patient, which leaves space for misdiagnosis.

 Career: 

 General internal medicine physicians

 Family medicine physicians
 Anesthesiologists
 Obstetricians and gynecologists
 Cardiologists

Client: Patients who seeks medication

Care provided:

They help you manage your health by providing routine physicals, immunizations, preventive
care, and wellness screenings. They also diagnose common illnesses and chronic conditions
like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension (high blood pressure), which they help you manage.

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References: 
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-physician

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