Category: C

An educational model of a phenomenon or activity that allows students to rehearse behaviors without placing clients or institutional resources at risk.  

The use of a patient’s history, physical signs, symptoms, laboratory data, and radiological images to arrive at a diagnosis and formulate a plan of treatment.  

A nurse who supervises and coordinates care for patients, using evidence-based methodologies to manage care plans. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the CNL requires educational preparation equal to or greater than a master’s degree in nursing.  

The exercise of the clinician’s experience and knowledge in diagnosing and treating illness and disease.  

Large computerized database management systems that process patient data to support patient care. The systems are used by health care clinicians to access patient data to plan, implement, and evaluate care.  

Health care education conducted in care facilities, outpatient clinics, emergency centers, hospitals, or private offices, under the supervision of a qualified practitioner or teaching staff.  

A form of medical practice based on two concepts: that a broad range of environmental chemicals and foods can cause symptoms of illness (such as malaise, fatigue, dizziness, joint discomfort) and that the immune system is functionally depressed by exposure to many synthetic chemicals in the workplace, the home, or contemporary agricultural products. The premise…

Interactive computer programs directly assisting physicians and other health professionals with decision-making tasks. CDSS is either a rule-based or a normative automated system consisting of a variety of elements, ranging from simple alert systems to sophisticated longitudinal  administrative and clinical reporting applications. It employs evidence-based or statistically significant best-practice guidelines and alerts to promote better…

A computer platform that stores and consolidates data for real-time access to information about patients and patient care from a variety of internal systems.  

Treatment of disease by having the patient move to a specialized climate; historically used in the treatment of diseases like tuberculosis (cold, wintry air was thought to contribute to cure).