house staff

staff (staf)

1. a wooden rod or rodlike structure.

2. a grooved director used as a guide for the knife in surgery.

3. the professional personnel of a hospital.

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staff of Aesculapius  the rod or staff with entwining snake, symbolic of the god of healing, official insignia of the American Medical Association. See also caduceus.

Staff of Aesculapius.

attending staff  the corps of attending physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

consulting staff  specialists associated with a hospital and acting in an advisory capacity to the attending staff.

house staff  the resident physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

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house staff

n.

The physicians and surgeons in specialty training at a hospital who care for patients under the direction and responsibility of attending staff.

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house staff,

the interns and residents who are employed at a hospital while receiving additional training after graduation from medical college.

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House Staff

The body of physicians and other health care providers who participate in patient management within the hospital

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staff [staf]

1. a wooden rod or rodlike structure.

2. a grooved director used as a guide for the knife in lithotomy.

3. the professional personnel of a health care facility or agency.

staff of Aesculapius see aesculapius.

attending staff the corps of attending physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

consulting staff specialists associated with a hospital and acting in an advisory capacity to the attending staff.

house staff the resident physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

staff mix a term in the nursing minimum data set, defined as the combination of all caregivers participating in nursing care for an individual patient or client.

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house staff

Medical practice The body of physicians and other health care providers who participate in Pt management within the hospital. See Hospital-based physician, House physician, Medical staff, RAPER.