Medical Terminology: A Review for Nurses, Medical Assistants, other Healthcare Professionals and Well Informed Patients

Do you know any of these words and abbreviations? Phacoemulsification, Chalazion, RBBB, Pyloric stenosis, TAHBSO, Mediastinoscopy, CCK, or asthenia Healthcare is a part of our daily lives. Sickness and death occur on a daily basis. Because of these occurrences, healthcare professionals are now situated across the globe. The demand for their services are so dynamic that healthcare technology is expanding, and so is the level of competency. Don't be left behind. Review and refresh your medical terminology skills including the ever expanding abbreviations and laboratory values. Changes have occurred since the time you finished your Med Term class. For patients who want to be well informed about their health condition, this is a good book for referencing the healthcare terminologies. Tests are located at the end of every chapter. The chapters in this book are: Chapter 1 Elements of A Medical Terminology Chapter 2 Prefixes Chapter 3 Suffixes Chapter 4 General Terminologies for the Human Body Chapter 5 Skeletal System Chapter 6 Muscular System Chapter 7 Cardiovascular System Chapter 8 Hematological System Chapter 9 Respiratory System Chapter 10 Digestive System Chapter 11 Nervous System Chapter 12 Urinary System Chapter 13 Female Reproductive System Chapter 14 Male Reproductive System Chapter 15 Lymphatic System Chapter 16 Integumentary System Chapter 17 Endocrinary System Chapter 18 Sense Organs Chapter 19 Psychiatry Chapter 20 Laboratory Values Chapter 21 Medical Specialists Chapter 22 Medical Abbreviations Read more