In: Nursing
Define:
1, attending physician:
Attending physician is a medical doctor who care for the patient in
the hospital or clinic, he also has responsibility for supervising,
teaching, training residents, and medical students in the patient
care.
2, chief complaint:
the chief complaint explains presenting problems, symptoms,
diagnosis, condition, etc. it is a primary problem of the patient
seeking medical treatment.
3, consultation:
consultation is a discussion and meeting, advice given by the
experts or doctors to a person with a particular problem or
condition for seeking treatment and advice.
4, New patient:
A new patient is a person who is not received the health care
service from a physician or any specialty or subspecialty with in
the last 3 years.
5, primary care physician:
Primary care physicians otherwise called as primary care providers.
as health care professional they familiar with the general
medicine. he will be the main doctor to deal with many health care
issues.