Types of Health Care

                                        Types of health care

1. Acute Care- it’s called Short term care also means where patient is admitting for short term ‘like – minor heart attack or minor accident for a week or two weeks.
2. Long Term Care- where the patient is admitted for a long term period into the hospital. Like suffering for serious  dieses and they need to be under supervision for long term.
   
3. Rehabilitation care- for patient who is addict for drugs or alcoholic and they want be free from this, so this type of patient is admitted for rehab and also do for therapy over them. 
   
4. SNF – Skilled nursing facility, in this type of patient who need for medical supervision for home like home care 

Types of Nurses

1. Nurse Practioner- NP is most senior position in nursing. they worked Similar physician.
   Education and degree – master of since in nursing.
   
   
2. Registered Nurse – RN is junior position of NP and they educate the illness and prescribe for medicine and test and check the patient.
   Education and degree - BSN-bachelor science of nursing
                                         ADN –associate degree of nursing
   License - having a state license or compact license. 
   
   Licensed is issue by state where you can work in same state and if you are having compact license then you can work on 34 state under NLC *(nursing licensure compact)
   
   NLC- out of 50 states only 34 state is came up for agreement as common license where you can work on 34 state only it’s called NLC.
   
   
3. LPN/LVN – LPN and LVN is same position it’s called Licensed Practical Nurse in all over state except TX and CA. in TX and CA it’s called Licensed Vocational Nurse
   LPN OR LVN is that of nurses who can involve in duties for changing bandage, check BP, Dressing, Temperature.
   
   They report to Registered Nurse.
   License – State License or Compact license.
   
   
4. CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant)-  involved duty like day to day activities like help to patient, going to washroom, taking bath, check blood sample or BP and eat food as well.
   License- State License
   LNA (License Nursing Assistant)- drug test and criminal background verification

Types of Registered Nurse

Surgical Nurses – who assist physician and doctor in operation theater during surgery and they also perform medical procedure for patient.

Perioperative Nurse – set the table for operation theater, check to make sure all tool and equipment is ready in operation and sterile. Check the oxygen is proper and prepare the patient for operation.

Critical care Nurse – critical care is same called intensive care unit. CCU is responsible for take care of patient who is in admitted in ICU.

Neonatal Nurse- these Nurses care of new born to up to 28 days in four level-

• Take care of new born baby, healthy newborn sound and safe
• Premature new born –who birth new born before due date like 7 or 8 month
• New born in critical care, take care and kept in ICU or cubical box for survive
• And take care of new born who is in critical condition they are swinging for life and death.

Labor and delivery Nurse – these nurses are take care of mother before delivery, at the time of delivery and before delivery.

PACU Nurse (Post anesthesia Care Unit)-  PACU nurse take care of that patient who is in under anesthesia after done of operation, they take care closely of that patient for recover and wake up. 

PICU Nurse- (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) – that nurses take care of kids up to 17 years of age, who is admitted in ICU.

Telemetry Nurse- these nurses take care of patient who needs constant monitoring and care.

Home Health Nurse – these type of nurses worked in home environment, they are not working in hospital, they take care of elderly people or handicapped people.

Charge Nurse- charge nurse is basically deciding and assign duty to all nurses, they can order for medicine, responsible for the smooth and efficient patient flow within the clinic, in supervision of charge nurse give the assign duty and also cooperate with staff as well.

Travel Nurse- These nurses can travel to all over USA. travel nurses take temporary nursing positions in high-need areas. Means if in hospital or facility or clinic if too many patient is admitted and for this hospital is not managed by nurses who is not enough so called for travel nurses for quality care.

Allied Health Care Position

1. Physician Assistant – they are assist for Physician and Surgeon. Physician Assistant is a licensed medical professional who holds an advanced degree and is able to provide direct patient care. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
   
   
2. Surgical Technician – They are helps to physician or Surgeon during the surgery and also make sure all equipment is working properly and perform in surgery. Also help to wear a gloves or gown to the surgeon.
   
   
3. Sterile Technician – they are basically responsible for sterilization or disinfected equipment on table before surgery.
   
   
4. Medical Technologist – they are basically worked in Lab environment. Like ECG, blood text, sugar test, etc.
   
   
5. Occupational Therapist – OT – OT helps to the patient for day to day activities like some physically or disabled so OT is suggesting for lot of exercise.
   
   
6. Physical Therapist - Physical therapists help injured or ill people improve movement and manage pain. Physical Therapist is specialized in Bone and joints.
   
   
7. Pharmacy Tech/Pharmacist - Pharmacist will give a medicine to the patient, according to prescription of doctor. And Pharmacy tech is assist and supervise by pharmacist and they are responsible for the safety of pharmacy store. 
   
   
8. PTCB- Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (License)
   
   
9. Respiratory Therapists - they are responsible to take care of that patient who is having a problem of respiration and treat problems with your lungs or breathing.
   
   
10. Radiographer – they are conducted X – ray or other medical image or body imaging to assist the Doctor for injury or diagnosis.
    
    
11. Sonographer – who is specialized for Sonography and diagnosis of ultrasound.
    
    
12. Speech therapist OR Speech Language Pathologist – Take care of that patient who is having a verbal issue like stammering, mumbling.
    
    
13. Sleep Technologist – who take care of that patient who is having a problem with sleep disorder or sleep walking.
    

Certification

Two type of certification in health care

1. General Certification
2. Nursing Certification

General Certification

• BLS OR CPR (Basic Life Support)/BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support)
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
• PALS (Pediatric advanced life support)

BLS- BLS involves technique and method which can be used to save life of patient when medical facility is not around or medical facility on the way. BLS is also known as a CPR. American Heart Association BLS certification course is also called BCLS. it is the same CPR class.

 

ACLS - ACLS is involve technique and method which can be used to take care of patient who is suffering from heart disease. like cardiac arrest. who work in a hospital setting and care for critically ill adults.

PALS - who take care of children and infants in the emergency room, critical care and intensive care units in the hospital, and out of hospital (emergency medical services (EMS)).

Nursing Certificate 

1. CPI (Crisis prevention Training)
2. ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course)
3. RNFA (Registered Nurse First Assistant)
4. TNCC (Trauma Nursing Care Course)
5. AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health obstetrics and neonatal Nurses) 
6. NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke scale)
7. STABLE (Sugar, temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab work Emotional Support)

CPI- some time in hospital patient become violent and patient can harm himself or another so in this nurses thought technique and method to calm down or violent patient using nonviolent method. ---- Also known as non-violent intervention certification training, CPI certification online or managing aggressive behavior.

ENPC- this course is teaching technique and method who are suffering from severs disease. assessing a child with acute illness or injury.

RNFA- The Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) is a perioperative registered nurse (RN) or an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) who functions in an expanded role as a surgical first assistant. Or in other way if any nurses are having a RNFA certificate so he/she can work as a first assistant to physician or surgeon.

TNCC – if Nurses are having TNCC certificate so they will be able to take care of trauma patient.

AWHONN – this is an Organization to give training and certification, which teaches technique and method to take care of mother going to birth or already birth and new born. 

NIHSS – this institute provide certification and teaches technique and method who take care of patient and who is suffering from different kind of stroke like – heart stroke, brain stroke etc.