Chapter 2 -Working In The Healthcare System Flashcards
Acute care setting
Specialize in providing care to people sick, injured, other conditions, delivering baby. So I term healthcare
Patient
A person who receives care in a hospital or other acute care setting is call the patient
In patient care
Patients who stay overnight in the hospital
Outpatient care
Patients that received specific therapy and go home the same day
Medical
People who have conditions that are treated medically for example with drugs or other non-surgical therapy’s
Neonatal
New horns
Obstetric
Pregnant woman and new borns
Oncology
People with cancer
Operating room
People who are having surgery
Orthopedic
People with bone and joint problems
Pediatric
Children up to 18 years of age
Physician/mental health
People with mental illness
Intravenous
IV
Sub acute care setting
Special unit of a hospital or nursing or a separate facility such as a long-term acute care hospital LTACH
Long-term care settings
People receive assistance meeting at their medical, personally and a social needs over the extended period of time
Resident
Used to refer the person who receives Karen in a long term settings
Cognitive impairment
Impairment is difficult with thinking processes involving memories, reasoning, judgment and languages, such as that caused by disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
Nursing home and assisting-living facilities
Two major types of long-term care settings. People who cared for in assisted living facilities require some assistance with tasks such as activities of daily living ADL or reminders of taking medications, but otherwise fairly independent.
Nursing homes
People who are cared for in nursing homes require much higher level of nursing care and supervision as compared with those who live in assisted living facilities
Assisted living facilities
People who care for an assisted living facilities require some assistance with test such as activities of daily living or reminders of medication but otherwise fairly independent most live on their own apartment so I have access to shared in the buildings on campus such as restaurants dining in areas recreation
Client
A person who receives home health care
Medicare
Government program for health insurance a federal funded insurance program for people who are 65 age or older
Medicaid
A insurance program for people with low incomes jointly funded by federal and state government
OMNIBUS budget reconciliation act of 1987 OBRA
Affect in the 90s guaranteed people being cared for in nursing homes received a certain level of care OBRA legislation emphasize the responsibility for nursing homes to provide comfort for filling life style and promote mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being to the highest degree possible
Ombudsmen
Our volunteers who advocate for nursing home residents and their family members to resolve problem related to quality of care has the same goal that you have to make sure the needs of people in your care are met and that their rights are respected
Accreditation
Official recognition that the facility provides care to a certain standard. Is another way for recipients of healthcare to have confidence that they are receiving quality care
JAYCO
Joint commission on Accreditation of healthcare organizations
Home healthcare
Agencies that provide service for a client of all ages with many different types of health care needs
Chronic illnesses
Conditions that affect their physical abilities, such as heart disease, lung disease, or arthritis
OSHA
Occupational safety and health administration
