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Considering toxicology: Specialists in poison information. 2019

M Thomas Quail

M. Thomas Quail previously worked for the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Poison Control Center as an SPI, certified SPI, and managing director. He is currently the clinical coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health, in Boston, Mass. This article is Mr. Quail's own work and does not represent the opinions of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Toxicology is an interesting and specialized branch of medicine. This article examines the parallels between nursing and working as a specialist in poison information, offering a different career path for eligible nurses.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009729	Nursing	The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.	Nursings
D002568	Certification	Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e.g., certification for a medical specialty.	Certification Level,Certification Levels,Certifications,Level, Certification,Levels, Certification
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013038	Specialization	An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field.	Specialism,Specialists,Specialist
D014116	Toxicology	The science concerned with the detection, chemical composition, and biological action of toxic substances or poisons and the treatment and prevention of toxic manifestations.	Toxinology,Evidence Based Toxicology,Evidence-Based Toxicology,Based Toxicologies, Evidence,Based Toxicology, Evidence,Evidence Based Toxicologies,Evidence-Based Toxicologies,Toxicologies, Evidence Based,Toxicologies, Evidence-Based,Toxicology, Evidence Based,Toxicology, Evidence-Based
D024382	Professional Role	The expected function of a member of a particular profession.	Professional Roles,Role, Professional,Roles, Professional