Exam 1 CH 1-3 Flashcards
Affordable Care act (ACA)
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Case Management
a process of assessment, planning, application, coordination, follow-up, and evaluation of the options and services required to meet an individual’s health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost-effective results.
Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
- postgraduate training
- certified by the American College of Nurse Midwives.
Cultural Humility
lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and critique, to redressing the power imbalances in the client–health care provider dynamic, and to developing mutually beneficial and nonpaternalistic clinical and advocacy partnerships with clients (Steefel, 2018). Previously, the term “cultural competency” has been used, but recently it has been criticized as an assumption that someone can learn a set of skills or learn about various cultures to become competent as an end point. Cultural humility is an active concept, the force behind treating each person with basic caring and respect.
Culture
set of traditions that are used by a specific social group and are transmitted to the next generation. It plays a critical role among women and their families
Doula
- birth assistant during childbirth/postpartum
- provides emotional, physical, and educational support
Evidence-based nursing practice
involves the use of research to establish a plan of care and to implement that care. This model of nursing practice includes the use of the best current evidence in making decisions about care.
family
basic social unit of our society.
family centered care
focuses on and adapts to the physical and psychosocial needs of the family
fetal mortality rate
or fetal death rate refers to the spontaneous intrauterine death of a fetus at any time during pregnancy per 1,000 live births.
infant mortality rate
of deaths occurring in the first 12 months of life.
informed consent
client is enabled to make an informed and voluntary decision about accepting or declining medical care.
maternal mortality ratio
annual # of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy
mortality
of individuals who have died over a specific period
neonatal mortality rate
of infant deaths occurring in the first 28 days of life per 1,000 live births.
Community
specific group of people, often living in a defined geographic area, who share common interests, interact with each other, and function collectively within a defined social structure to address common concerns.
Types of community based practice centers
- ambulatory services
- health department service
- home health care services
- Long-term care
- other community based settings
community health nursing
preventing illness and improving the health of populations and communities.
epidemiology
the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations
health promotion
keeping communities healthy.
population
group of individuals who share personal or environmental characteristics.
primary prevention
preventing the disease or condition before it occurs through health promotion activities
public health nursing
specialized area of community health nursing.
secondary prevention
early identification of people who have already developed a disease at an early stage
