Question

What types of professionals support the physician and perform specific services ordered by the physician?

Answer 1

Nurses

Nurses are professionals that are trained to provide care for individuals, families, and communities with diseases, illnesses and injuries. Nurses usually accompany and assist physicians. Physicians depend on good nursing to ensure that patients are given the best care. Nurses make a physician’s job easier and they carry out specific services ordered by the physician. Duties of nurses include; educating patients, administration/prescription of medicines to patients and monitoring of patient’s health.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: Allied health professionals.

Allied health professionals are distinct than nurses, but also are included in health care teams in order to provide patient care. Allied health professionals are involved in different phases of the health care such as diagnosis, technical support , support services. Some of those professionals are: anesthesia technician, athletic trainer, autotransfusionist, cardiovascular technologist, clinical laboratory scientists…