Healthcare Delivery System And Occupations Flashcards
The individual clinic Hospital, agency, or organization.
Healthcare provider
For 6000 hospitals in US and most of them are generally are sometimes called?
Regional hospitals
Sudden onset with expected recovery
Acute illness or injury
End stage disease or multiple injuries with low chance of recovery
Terminal illness or injury
Long-term illness with the need for treatment and care to prevent complications
Chronic illness
What are the two types of hospitals?
Voluntary and proprietary
Nonprofit hospital that operates under religious or voluntary groups. A board of trustees or individuals selected from the communities businesses are the overall decision makers who serve without pay
Voluntary hospital
Hospitals that are there for profit which are all owned by large corporations
Proprietary hospitals
Patients that do not require hospitalization are often sit in private facilities for ambulatory patient services
Outpatient facilities
Patients that are still in need of medical care or extended we have her transferred to?
Sub acute care facility
A person who is unable to care for themselves at home but does not need hospitalization. Usually placed in a nursing home or recreational care
Long-term facilities
Home healthcare agencies
Patient sometimes need some type of periodic care, extended patient family teaching for a nursing observation but can still be home with Bailey support
A healthcare agency that cares for people who are terminally ill or at the end stages of their disease
Hospice
What is the main focus of all healthcare providers?
Provide quality care based on need
prevent injury or loss of function
promote recovery and health
use multi- disciplinary healthcare teams
*Completes 2-4 years of school
*Passes licensing exam given by the state
board of nursing
*Licensed in the practicing state
*Providers direct patient care, supervises patient care and delegates patient care to other team members
Registered nurse (RN)
- Complete One year of school
- Passes state licensing exams
- Be practicing in licensed state
- Works under supervision of RN, licensed physician or dentist
- Provide direct care including the administration of medicine
Licensed practical nurse (LPN)
- Required to successfully complete training *Certified nursing assistant (CNA) passes a state certification exam
- Assists RN and LPN in providing patient care
- Works in many types of healthcare facilities
Patient care assistant for nursing assistant
- Completes training course
- Performs a blood draw’s or venipuncture for lab tests
- Assists in collection and labeling of other types of lab specimens
- Assists lab staff
Phlebotomist or phlebotomy Techs
- Complete specific training course *Transcribes and communicates physician orders to team members and other departments of the facility
- Performs non-clinical patient admission transfer in discharge functions
- Handles telephone communications
- Maintains the patient chart files for team
Unit health coordinator
unit secretary
Main focus or purpose of having the healthcare team
The patient
Bill passed by Congress creating a set of standards of care and right of residents living in Long term care facilities or nursing homes
Ombudsmen Budget Reconciliation Act
OBRA
This nonprofit organization conducts a quality assessment and issues a report card or accreditation to hospitals, same day surgery centers, and long-term facilities
The joint commission (TJC)or formerly joint commission accreditation of healthcare organizations (JCAHO)
Provides many standards for the protection of healthcare workers, related to personal equipment and caring for blood and body fluids
Occupational safety and health administration(OSHA)
- Self actualization
- Self-esteem
- Love and belonging
- Safety
- Psychological
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
