Rural/Remote Flashcards
Define a rural area
Anything outside a metropolitan area
What are the metropolitan areas of AB? What population in Canada is living rural?
Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge
16% or 6 million
Define a remote area
lacks transportation links that are common in urban areas
What population in Canada is living remote?
11% or 4 million Canadians
What are three unique roles of the scope or practice for a rural nurse?
- local search and rescue
- ability to obtain samples
- lab tests, noticing and awareness of diagnostic tests
What is RhPAP?
Rural health professions action plan
A resource and collaborative partnership for rural health - developed for rural communities to increase accessibility for rural health care
Why was RhPAP initially created? What is its current goal?
Initially created to attract physicians to rural centres
Goal is to now attract and attain all various HCP
What is the goal of AHS?
Goal is to improve AB health through stronger ongoing relationships with family physicians, NPs and team, to increase information sharing and continuity of care
What was the original version of public health in Canada?
Case management
Define case management
maximizing client wellness and autonomy within their context through advocacy, communication, education, identification of resources and facilitation
What is the difference between illness and disease
illness - what a patient experiences (how it is perceived, symptoms and suffering, how it is lived with)
disease - what is diagnosed
what are the leading causes of death in Canada?
Cancer, diabetes, CVD, chronic respiratory disease
Cancer is #1
Define acute disease
rapid onset, short in duration, self-limiting, infrequent complications, patient returns to previous level of functioning, and responds to treatment
Define chronic disease
prolonged, does not respond or resolve spontaneously, rarely cured completely, permanent impairments or deviations from normal, irreversible pathological changes, residual disability, special rehabilitation is needed, long term medical or/both nursing management
