chapter 30 (public health, home health, hospice)

Question 1

specialty area of nursing practice that promotes optimal health and well-being for patients, their families, and caregivers within their homes and communities

Answer 1

home health nursing

Question 2

humanizing the end of life experience for pts with terminal diagnosis that will pass within six months

Answer 2

hospice

Question 3

care for those with a serious, complex illness regardless if they are expected to recover fully, live with a chronic illness for an extended time, or experience serious disease progression

Answer 3

palliative services

Question 4

definition interprofessional collaboration

Question 5

health status of a population of individuals, including the distribution of health status within the group

Answer 5

population health

Question 6

specialty area of nursing practice that promotes optimal health and well-being
for patients, their families, and caregivers within their homes and communities

-wellness programs
-health fairs
-school nurses
-communicable disease prevention

Answer 6

home health nursing

Question 7

difference between hospice and palliative care

Answer 7

hospice: subset within shorter time period. formalized, funded program

palliative: broad term occurring over longer time period. no specific federal designation.

Question 8

patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life
by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering

Answer 8

palliative care

Question 9

focuses on comfort for individuals and their families at the end of life and
does not include curative treatment

Answer 9

hospice care