The word slogan is derived from slogorn which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic and Irish sluagh-ghairm (sluagh army, host + gairm cry). Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar.
staff privileges. Admitting privileges The rights that a health professional has as a member of a hospital's medical staff, which includes hospitalization of private Pts, participation in committees, and in decisions relevant to the hospital's future. See Medical staff. Cf Hospital-based physician, RAPERs.
Initial medical staff membership and/or clinical privileges are for a provisional 1-year period. Credentials and performance are to be reviewed near the end of this 1-year period, after which medical staff appointments and/or clinical privileges may be granted for no more than a 2-year period.