foundations 1 Flashcards

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who was the first nurse to specialize in anesthesia, worked at st vincents, took over anesthesia duties

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Sister Mary Bernard

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who was the founder of the American association of Nurse anesthetists

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Agatha Hodgins - Cleveland clinic

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who was the mother of anesthesia

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Alice Magaw - mayo clinic Rochester minn

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who were the two denstists that did demonstrations of ether in the dome

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Horace wells and William morton

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5
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chloroform induction compared to ether

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rapid!

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6
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who published 14000 cases with no complications

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alice magaw (mother of anes)

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7
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second AANA president

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Gertrude fife

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what did Gertrude Fife call for

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approval mechanism for schools - licensing and certification

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9
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COA

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Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational programs

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Who accredits Nurse anesthesia edu programs?

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COA

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CCNA

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council on certification of nurse anesthetitsts is now NBCRNA

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what was the statement by the US Dept of Health and Human services that was a huge win for crna’s

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we cannot agree that anesthesia administration is the practice of medicine and therefore can only be done after medical school training

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VA health administration in 2016

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gave final ruling grants to 3/4 APRN’s.. not crnas. their reasoning was that thers no shortage of anesthesia providers

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Tax Equity and Fiscal responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)

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affects billing and gives 7 conditions an anesthesiologist must satisfy if he or she is to obtain reimbursement for the medical direction of CRNAs. gone in 2011

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crna’s are the primary anesthesia providers in ___ of hospitals in rural america

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2/3

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16
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what 3 things do you need to be a CRNA

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current and unrestricted license as an RN. graduation from a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the COA. successful completion of the certification exam administered by the NBCRNA

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AANA code of ethics

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how you should act

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AANA Scope of practice

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what you can do

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AANA standards

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what you have to do. minimum rules and responsibilites

20
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judicial branch is made of

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federal and state

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legislative branch - statutory law encompasses what 5 things

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medicare part A, TEFRA, Medicare part B, the joint commission, national practitioner data bank

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executive branch federal 3 branches

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dept of health and human services, dept of edu, dept of justice

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executive branch state

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state board of nursing

24
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criminal law definition

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body of law established to protect society from harm

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civil law definition
body of law concerned with private rights and remedies
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examples of criminal law
fraudulent filing of insurance or medicare claims, practicing without licensure, misuse of controlled substances
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civil law deals with what two things
malpractice (torts), tort law
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intentional tort- 3 examples
assault, battery, false imprisonment
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unintentional tort =
malpractice (negligence)
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goal of tort law
to restore the party who has suffered a damage to the condition that existed before the damage. the goal is not for the plaintiff to profit from the court action but to be made whole.
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must have 4 things for negligence
duty, breach of duty, cause, damage
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res ipsa loquitur
the act speaks for itself. something happened under your care and there's no other explanation.
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comparative negligence
both parties somewhat at fault
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occurrence policy
preferred. anything that occurs while I had this policy I am covered for
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claims made policy
only covers you when you have the policy
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gross negligence
reckless disregard. so great it appears to be conscious.
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vicarious liability
md is responsible for what we do. not true
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who started the first school
agatha hodgins
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when did we get into the act
civil war