Getting Started in Acute Care Hospitals. Patients admitted into acute care hospitals present with complex medical issues. Typically, only the most critically ill patients remain in the hospital for more than a few days. The speech-language pathologist working in this setting must have a grasp of medical terminology and procedures and the roles of medical specialists and other health care professionals.
Flock, drove, herd, pack refer to a company of animals, often under the care or guidance of someone. Flock is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, especially of sheep or goats, and companies of birds: This lamb is the choicest of the flock. A flock of wild geese flew overhead. Drove is especially applied to a number of oxen, sheep, or swine when driven in a group: A drove of oxen was taken to market.
Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction. It is a highly interdisciplinary topic.