Healthcare Delivery System Flashcards

1
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Health is the state of

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Complete physical, mental, and social well being

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2
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What are some challenges for healthcare delivery (6)

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Uninsured patients
Costs
Access
Healthy behaviors
Services
New Milennium

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3
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How can we as nurses be financial advocates for our patients?

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By know their financial situation

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4
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What are the six levels of healthcare?

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Preventive
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Restorative
Continuing

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5
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Which health care settings are preventive or primary care? (5)

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Physician offices
Nurse managed clinics
Schools
Community health centers
Parish and block nursing?

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6
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What is the focus for preventive and primary care?

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Health promotion and disease prevention

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7
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What are some ways to achieve preventive and primary care? (3)

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Health and nutrition education
Immunizations
Occupational health programs

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8
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What are some secondary health care settings? (3)

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Medical units
Surgical units
Mother/baby units

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What is the focus of secondary health care? (3)

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Early diagnosis, Treatment , and Prevention of worsening of conditions.
Disease, illness, or injury

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10
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What are Tertiary healthcare settings?

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ICUs
Oncology centers
Burn Centers
Psychiatric facilities
Rural hospitals ( Critical access)

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11
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What is the focus of tertiary care?

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Specialized patient populations?

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12
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What is quaternary care?

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An extension of tertiary care. A highly specialized level of care
Ex. Level IV NICUs

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13
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When does discharge planning start?

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On admission

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14
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What are the components of discharge planning? (5)

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Health education
Medication education
Determining discharge destination
Identifying post- discharge needs
Developing discharge instructions

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15
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What are the benefits of discharge planning? (3)

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Fewer complications
Fewer readmissions
Improved outcomes

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16
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What are some barriers to discharge planning? (3)

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Ineffective communication
Lack of role clarity
Lack of resources

17
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What is the way to reduce barriers to discharge plan

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Communication

18
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What are some Restorative care settings? (3)

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Skilled nursing facilities, rehab centers, HH care

19
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What is the focus of restorative care

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Helps individual regain maximal function and enhances quality of life

20
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What are some continuing care settings and their focus (2)

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Nursing centers- prolong care for people
Assisted living- long-term care settings

21
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What are some other examples of continuing care? (3)

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Respite care
Adult Day care
Hospice

22
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What is the focus of respite care?

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Short-term relief for the caregiver

23
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What is the focus of Adult day care?

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Provide a variety of health and social services to patients who live with family

24
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What is the focus of hospice care?

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Family- centered care that allows patients to live with comfort, independent, and dignity while easing the pains of terminal care.
Focuses on symptoms, and not curative care

25
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Which practitioners fall under physicians (3)

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PCP
Specialists
Hospitalists

26
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Which practitioners are in the mid-lvl practitioners?(5)

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NPs
CRNA
CNM
CNS
PA

27
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What are types of nurses (2)

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RN
LVN/LPN

28
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What is considered an assistive team member (3)

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CNA, PCA, Unit secretaries

29
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Who are apart of the supportive team members?

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Pharmacists, and therapists

30
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What are speciality team members?

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Social workers, case managers, dietitians, or spiritual care

31
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Who are ancillary team members?

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EVS, Food and nutrition, and security

32
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What are the two types of nursing interventions?

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Direct and indirect care

33
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What is Total Patient Care nursing?

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The RN is assigned patients who whom the nurse provides all specks of nursing care

34
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What is case method nursing?

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One-to-one care
Ex, ICU and L&D

35
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What is functional nursing

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Compartmentalization of tasks
Most effiecientive during staffing challenges

36
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What is team nursing>?

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A RN is paired with an LVN, CNA, or NAP to care for patients

37
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What is primary nursing?

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One RN manages care for a group of patients, establishing a plan of care for each patient

38
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What is differentiated practice nursing?

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Patients are assigned accordingly to the best nurse for them based on their portfolio