issues Flashcards
glasgow sti + for reporting
gonorehhea, siph,clamidia, hiv and TB
must report: 3 vs not
animal bites, child vs elder abuse vs domestic violence
colaborative practice statement
collaboration is a true partnership in which all players have and desire power share goals and recognize and accept separate areas of responsibility
issues regarding access to care (4)
home health, hospice, skilled nursing facilities, private duty nursing.
hospice
needs 6month or less death diagnosis and is only receiving comfort measures
coding:
Eval and management codes identify the level of care provided, codes match the level of service provide to the complexity of the presenting problem
categories of third party payers: number one
medicare- sets the standard for reimbursement and cutting costs
new patient gets what exam
comprehensive
medicare A
inpatients hospital services and post hospital associated care
medicare B
physician visits, outpatint visits and labs plus some equiment (this is supplemntal- pt pays some percentage
medicare B NP’s get paid
85% - for what docs get while in collaboration
medicare C
A+B=C if you have A+B you can choose your hmo from a list
Medicare D
limited prescription coverage, pt pays premium and co-pay
which medicare types pays premium
B&D boy and dog
services that don’t meet Medicares definition of physicians services
regular physicals, health maintenance screening, counseling fro well patients,
medicare reimburses —-% of physicians fee delineated in medicare physician fee schedule
85% for a procedure its 80% of the 85%
incident billing
not allowed in the hospital, must bill under own number
medicaid
for low income, payments are made after all others pay
case management
purpose is to mobilize monitor and control cost.
root cause analysis
promote safety and move beyond culture of blams
sentinel events
unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical psychological injury, or risk thereof- not always med errors, require immediate root cause analysis.
who mandates the scope of practice
the state board of nursing based on the legal allowances in that state
credentials
required education, licence and certification to practice as an NP, establish MINIMAL LEVELS of acceptable performance
licence
establishes the person is QUALIFIED to perform role
certification
met STANDARDS that show MASTERY granted by nongovernmental agencies
admitting privileges
granted by joint commission in 1983
competence
person can understand, reason, differentiate goo and bad and communicate
danforth amendet
anyone in federal facility to refuse care
nonmaleficence
do no harm
utilitarianism
produce the greatest good for greatest number
benificence
prevent harm and promote good
justice
be fair
fidelity
be faithful
veracity
truth
autonomy
respect individuals thoughts and actions
first np programs began in
in pediatrics
np’s came into hospitals
because of managed care hospital restructuring and reduction in resident hours
non experimental research
no experiment - descriptive-describes current situations and expost facto- in the past to examine relationships of variables
cross sectional
pop with similar attribute (atshma) and a different attribute (age) to find relationship of variables at a specific point in time
cohort-
lung cancer in a group
experimental-
includes experimental manipulation of variables utilizing RANDOMIZATION AND CONTROL if you lack one its quazi experimental
qualitative
used to explore phenomonon- researcher bias is a problem, cant generalize findings, produces rich data that is tough to get otherwise.
levels of evidence M-R-QE-QC-C-E
meta analysis, RCT, Quasi experimental, qualitative cohort, case control, expert opinion
level of significance
p value <0.5 means that experimental and control groups are considered to be significantly different
liability
actual or potential harm
sensitivity
true positivie- percent of people with the disease who test positive
specificity
true negative degree to which those without disease test negative
mentoring and coaching
instructing patints in how to successfully manage their own condition
role modeling
instructing the patients through examples of health care process in action- np instructs in healthy behavior
medical literature should be done at
6th to 8th grade level