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  2. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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    Unlicensed assistive personnel are important members of the health care team who often hold a high level of experience and ability. While they do not require extensive health care training to practice their profession, manual dexterity and good interpersonal communication skills are usually necessary.

  3. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government considers categories of direct service personnel to include staff and aides, and licensed and unlicensed personnel, to have similar needs and functions [52] (See, classifications of mental health professionals for comparisons which are also available for hiring in facilities). The direct care staff have direct, daily ...

  4. Health professional - Wikipedia

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    70% of global health and social care workers are women, 30% of leaders in the global health sector are women. The healthcare workforce comprises a wide variety of professions and occupations who provide some type of healthcare service, including such direct care practitioners as physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, dentists, pharmacists, speech ...

  5. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The largest segment of home care consists of licensed and unlicensed non-medical personnel, including caregivers [3] who assist the care seeker. Care assistants may help the individual with daily tasks such as bathing, cleaning the home, preparing meals, and offering the recipient support and companionship. Caregivers work to support the needs ...

  6. Practicing without a license - Wikipedia

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    A contemporary example is a San Francisco Bay Area resident, Kim Thien Le, who had a valid pharmacy technician license that had expired, and who had practiced as a pharmacist—supervising pharmacist and pharmacy technician interns, giving vaccinations, and filling prescriptions and counseling patients on medication—at at least three ...

  7. List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

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    Australian Self-Medication Industry: ASMSO: American Society of Medication Safety Officers: ASPS: American Society of Plastic Surgeons: ASRT: American Society of Radiologic Technologists: ASTRO: ASTRO (American Society for Radiation Oncology) ASSH: American Society for Surgery of the Hand: AWHONN: Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and ...

  8. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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    Because the term assisted living has not been defined in some states, it is often a marketing term used by various senior living communities, licensed or unlicensed. Assisted living facilities in the United States had a national median monthly rate of $3,500.00 in 2014, a 1.45% increase over 2013 and a 4.29% increase over five years from 2009 ...

  9. Licensed practical nurse - Wikipedia

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    The CNO's definition for a nurse's scope of practice is: "The practice of nursing is the promotion of health and the assessment of, the provision of care for, and the treatment of health conditions by supportive, preventive, therapeutic, palliative, and rehabilitative means in order to attain or maintain optimal function".