Terminology

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Case Example of Nursing Terminology In managing a telehealth nursing team, I have been fortunate to take part in implementing our one-year new system. Our leadership team works closely with our implementations team, our clients and the nurses to create and maintain a standardized nursing system for the company. The job entails some computer programing in simple commands to manipulate client screens, setting up new client screens, creating client specific letters to import data and coordinating…

Medical terminology is an extremely important aspect of the healthcare field. Medical terminology is considered the language of medicine. In order to help people, We have to know what the problem is, and help the medical professionals get their job done on a daily basis. Medical terms must be used correctly so we can get an accurate diagnosis of the patient’s medical condition. Medical terminology is a new language that is made up of a prefix, a root in the middle, and a suffix at the end; this…

Medical terminology is for ALL of healthcare, not just doctors and nurses but billers, coders, medical assistants, front and back office staff. Basically, anyone you see working in a doctors office, clinic, hospital or nursing home have medical terminology as their "language". In coding, to quote Professor Ray, " Medical Terminology is PRICELESS in coding". The understanding of medical terminology helps in coding and billing to know the highest certainty and specificity of the disease/injury…

Special education law as well as many other laws in which we function through at times can present terms that bring to question their intent and/or meaning. Chapter 2 titled “IDEA Terminology” attempts to provide the reader a clarification of 19 key terms that are listed in Section 504 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004. The focus is interpreting the terms within law that Congress proposed as well as the presentation of court cases that further support the definitions…

abbreviations in medical terminology have become a major problem in today’s society. There has been a rise in medication errors and charting. These errors have caused serious medical conditions and even death. One of the main reasons so many problems has occurred is because acronyms and abbreviations can stand for more than one word and it becomes very confusing. These terms are being misinterpreted every day. Abbreviations are actually a barrier in everyday terminology due to it being missed…

From my personal understanding ‘Medical Terminology’ acts as the universal language of medicine. In the medical field, a firm handle of medical terminology is crucial whether you spend everyday at a patient's side or never step foot into a medical facility. The two individuals in clinical and nonclinical positions must have the capacity to effectively utilize medical terminology consistently to comprehend what is being perused, composed, charged, or conveyed amid everyday employment obligations.…

I will examine types of clinical terminology, classification, and a code system. My goal is to compare and contrast their general characteristics, purpose, use, content, and structure. Clinical terminology will be examined in the paragraph below. The clinical terminology examined will be SNOMED CT. SNOMED CT provides codes for clinical documentation and reporting. There is no book for SNOMED CT codes. Software applications are used to implement the codes using identifiers assigned to a…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION o An accumulation of blood between the dura mater and brain, usually due to head trauma CLASSIFICATION o Not applicable DIAGNOSIS CLINICAL PRESENTATION History  Recent head trauma  Symptoms o Loss of consciousness o Nausea and vomiting o Headache o Neck stiffness o Seizures o Focal neurological deficits  Difficulty speaking  Difficulty comprehending speech  Difficulty reading  Confusion  Amnesia  Numbness or tingling  Visual disturbances …

The word inflammable is a word commonly used wrong in society, since it has been confusing for years. Inflammable has been dated back to 1652, being used in Medieval Latin. The word comes from the latin word inflammare (www.dictionary.com). Merriam-Webster says that the word inflammable means easily inflamed, excited or angered. Inflammable should mean to easily catch fire, or become angered. Inflammable can be used for a product that can easily catch fire, even though it is most often put on…