Understanding these needs helps the intake specialist determine what services the facility needs to provide and guides patients to the right areas. Intake specialists have a friendly manner and an in-depth knowledge of medical procedure. Most intake specialists have a background as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), licensed professional counselor (LPC) or registered nurse (RN) .
In 1818 President Monroe ordered General Andrew Jackson to stop these raids. Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812, chased the Indians into Florida. By leading his army across the border into Spanish territory Jackson had committed an act of war, but he went even further.
Before he was president of the United States, General Andrew Jackson led an invasion of Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled Florida in 1817. After Florida became a U.S. Territory in 1821, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams appointed Jackson its military governor. Constructed over a 21-year period from 1845 to 1866, Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West was controlled by Federal forces during the Civil War and used to deter supply ships from provisioning Confederate ports in the Gulf of Mexico.