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| anesthetist |
a person, usually a doctor or nurse, trained to give gas or drugs that cause lack of sensation or loss of consciousness. |
| caregiver |
a person, like a nurse or aide, who takes care of a person who is sick or has difficulty taking care of themselves. [1/2 definitions] |
| field |
A field is an area of study, work, or interest. When someone works in the field of medicine, it means that they work in the area of medicine. They could be a nurse, doctor, or do some other work that has to do with medicine. [1/5 definitions] |
| function |
The function of a person or thing is its purpose or its normal way of operating. The function of scissors is to cut. The function of a nurse is to take care of sick people. [1/3 definitions] |
| isolation |
If a sick person is in isolation, they are in a place away from other people. The place is often a special room in a hospital or in someone's home. They are alone except when someone like a doctor or nurse comes in to see them, or when someone comes in to give them food or take care of them. Isolation is sometimes necessary so that a sick person doesn't give their illness to other people. [1/2 definitions] |
| medical |
Something "medical" has to do with the things that doctors and nurses do and study. For example, a medical problem is a problem with the body that needs the help of a doctor or nurse. A medical treatment is a way of helping someone recover from an injury or illness. |
| nurse |
A nurse is a person who takes care of sick and injured people. [2/4 definitions] |
| nurse's office |
in a school, the office of the school's nurse, where students go for help if they are injured or do not feel well during school. |
| registered nurse |
a nurse who has completed training and who has a license to practice nursing. In order to receive a license, nurses must pass an examination given by a state government. |
| shot1 |
When you get a shot at a doctor's office, the doctor or nurse puts a needle through your skin. Inside the needle is medicine or something else that can help you stay healthy. The substance in the needle goes through your skin and then into your body. [1/7 definitions] |
| treat |
When someone like a doctor or nurse treats a person, they take care of them when they are sick. [1/8 definitions] |
| vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |
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