We coordinate your care across health professions A team of health professions work together to care for you. Whenever you meet someone, ask their name, what they do (their profession) and why they are seeing you. Each profession has special skills and knowledge to fulfill your care needs. Below are some examples of professions you may meet and how they may care for you. Attending physician (doctor)
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(such as sonographer or Registered Dietitian Medical Imaging Technologist Takes pictures of your your body using for your needs. needs. Takes pictures of your body using different kinds of Takes pictures of body using for your different kinds of tests. radiological technologist) Helps you choose the right food (such as sonographer Registered Dietitian different kinds of of tests. tests. or different kinds Respiratory Therapist Takes pictures of your body using for your needs. tests. radiological technologist) Helps you choose the right food Respiratory Therapist Respiratory Therapist Treats patients with breathing different kinds of of your tests.body using Medical Interpreter Takes pictures for your needs. Treats patients with breathing Treats patients with breathing Medical Interpreter problems. Respiratory Therapist Medical Interpreter Helps you communicate different kinds of tests. with problems. problems. 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Socialmay Worker They may help you you plan plan for for when when Nurse English. They help prefer to speak a language you go home. relationships and money needs. Nurse Nurse Helps you manage your feelings, you go go home. home. Helps plan and keeps track of your you other than English. They may helpand youmoney plan for when Helps plan plan and and keeps keeps track track of your your Helps relationships needs. care and teaches you aboutofyour Nurse Speech-Language Pathologist you go home. care and teaches you about your care and you track aboutofyour They may help you Pathologist plan for when Speech-Language Pathologist Nurse illness or teaches injury. Helps plan and keeps your Speech-Language Helps you with problems talking Nurse illness or injury. injury. illness or you goyou home. Helps you with problems problems talking talking care and teaches you about your Helps with or swallowing. Speech-Language Pathologist Helps plan and keeps of your Helps plan and track keeps track of your care and teaches or swallowing. illness or injury. or swallowing. Nurse Practitioner Helps you with problems talking care and teaches you about your Speech-Language Pathologist Nurse Practitioner you about your illness or injury. Spiritual Nurse Practitioner A specially qualified nurse who can or swallowing. illness or injury. Care Professional Helps youCare with Professional problems talking A specially specially qualified qualified nurse who can can A nurse who Spiritual Spiritual Professional order prescribe medicines, Nursetests, Practitioner Helps youCare find meaning in your or swallowing. order tests, prescribe medicines, order tests, prescribe medicines, Helps you find meaning inand your Helps you find your and do health assessments. A specially qualified nurse who can illness andCare dealmeaning with lossin grief. Spiritual Professional Nurse Practitioner and do health assessments. and dotests, health assessments. illness and and deal deal with with loss loss and and grief. grief. illness order prescribe medicines, Helps you find meaning in your A specially qualified nurse who can Spiritual Care Professional and do health assessments. illness and deal with loss and grief. order tests, prescribe medicines, Helps you find meaning in your and do health assessments. illness and deal with loss and grief. Being a Patient at UHN