Ch. 1 & 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
Use of a system by which a hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis.
Diagnosis-related groups (DRG)
A type of group practice that enrolls patients for a set fee per month and provides a limited network of doctors, hospitals, and other health care from which to choose.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
To put into action.
Implement
Nursing actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness.
Intervention
A goal-directed series of activities whereby the practice of nursing accomplishes its goal of alleviating, minimizing, or preventing real or potential health problems.
Nursing process
Defines activities in which nurses may engage, states the legal requirements and titles for nursing licensure, and establishes the education needed for licensure.
Practice acts
An organization that offers discounted insurance fees in return for a large pool of potential patients who choose a doctor from the list of those associated with the organization.
Preferred provider organization (PPO)
An illness that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time.
Acute illness
Without symptoms
Asymptomatic
Illness that develops slowly over a long period and lasts throughout life.
Chronic illness
Condition present before or at birth.
Congenital
The process of recovering after an illness and regaining health.
Convalescence
Adjusting to or adapting to challenges.
Coping
Strategies used to protect us from increasing anxiety.
Defense mechanisms
A pathologic process with a definite set of signs and symptoms; causes illness
Disease
