Roles of Community and Pop Nurses Flashcards
work in close relationships with individuals, families, and faith communities to establish programs and services that significantly affect health, healing, and wholeness.
faith community nurse
rapidly expanding specialties under the broad umbrella of public health, community-oriented, and population-focused practice.
When nurses practicing these specialties, they provide comprehensive assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation services.
home health
hospice
palliative
Most common nursing home visit model. A network of nurses, family and policy makers. Trained nurses provide health education and case management for pregnant women, and follow through with these families until the child is 2 years old. The goal of the program is to improve health outcomes for pregnant women and their children, and assist with financial support for the families.
nurse-family partnership
a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as clients transfer between locations and different levels of care – low and high intensity interventions that include traditional home health interventions aimed at reducing health care costs and hospital readmissions.
transitional care
nurse coaching, phone follow ups, disease management programs.
low intensity interventions
provided by advanced practice nurses for clients with high-risk and complex conditions
high-intensity interventions
population – collection of people with common characteristics
aggregates
Promotes optimal health and well-being for patients, their families, and caregivers within their homes and communities
home health nurse
approach aimed at empowering clients to achieve their highest levels of physical, functional, spiritual, and psychosocial health.
holistic
goal is to humanize the end-of-life experience; comfort care (not life-extending)
hospice care
goal is to achieve best quality of life a serious or chronic illness or to slow progressive disease process
palliative
similarities between hospice and palliative care nursing
A client-focused/consumer engagement approach
Holistic
Evidence-based practice
Emphasis on ethics
Communication skills
Interprofessional collaboration
Care coordination
Focus on transitions of care
Caregiving skills that include symptom management, pain relief, and comfort
differences between hospice and palliative care nursing
Related to reimbursement requirements and include the length of care, frequency and intensity of services
Palliative care is a broad term occurring over a longer period of time
Hospice is a subset of palliative care, with a short time period
patient and family-centered, optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering throughout the continuum of illness
palliative care
focuses on comfort for individuals and their families at the end of life and does not include curative treatment
hospice care
roles and functions of school nurses
Give comprehensive nursing care to the children and the staff at the school.
Coordinate the health education program of the school
Consult with school officials to change policies that make school a healthier place.
Coordinate the health care of many students in their schools with the health care that children receive from their own health care providers.
names for roles of schools nurses
direct caregiver
health educator
case manager
consultant
counselor
community outreach
researcher
Awareness of work-related hazards and methods to control hazards
Improve health
Prevent and control work-related illness and injury; create environments that support health-promoting activities
occupational health nurse
role of occupation health nurse
Planning and delivering worksite health and safety services
Traditional history and physical assessment, emphasizing exposure to occupational hazards; especially chemical exposures
Occupational health history
Teach about workplace hazards and preventive measures
worker assessment
Worksite walk-throughs to assess effectiveness of health and safety education.
Occupational health hazards
Know work processes, materials, job requirements, actual or potential hazards, and work practices of employees
workplace assessment
