Unit 1 Scope and PN practices

Question 1

PH and PHC differences

Answer 1

Primary care (PH) only focuses on personal care while PHC extends beyond PH which includes health education, nutrition, maternal and child care, family planning, immunization and so on.

Question 2

Canadian Health Act

Answer 2

Public transportation = all administration of provincial health insurance must be carried out by public authority on a non profit basis
comprehensive = all necessary health services, includes hospital, physicians and surgical dentists, must be insured
portability = all insured residents are entitled to the same level of health care
accessibility = a residents that moves to a different province of territory is still entitled to coverage from their home province
universality = all insured persons have reasonable access to health care facilities

Question 3

Right to health care

Answer 3

right to refuse unsafe workplace
right to be informed about action or potential work
the right to freedom form discrimination, abuse, and harassment
the right to have proactive measures such as PPE

Question 3

According to CIHI, PHC services may include

Answer 3

> Health promotion and disease prevention
urgent care for minor or common health problems
care across the spectrum, including mental health, maternal chid health, and EOL (end of life) care

Question 4

Different types of care

Answer 4

Primary health care (PHC)
. first point of contact
.family doctors
.walk in clinic
Tertiary Care
.Specialized care medically complex
.care needs such as hospital..
Supplementary care
.not generally covered under the publicly funded system
.prescription.
.dental, vision care, medical equipment

Question 5

What is PHC

Answer 5

Foundation of Canada health care system

Question 6

Community Sector

Answer 6

Public health
physicians office
assisted living
home care
hospice and palliative care
occupational health
adult day support
community and voluntary agencies

Question 6

Quality care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the desired health outcomes

Question 6

3 types of delivery agencies

Answer 6

institutional
community and voluntary
private sector

Question 6

Institutional Sector

Answer 6

including hospitals, LTC, psychiatric facilities and rehabilitation centres
offer health care services to inpatients( patients who stay in institutional)
Also offer services to outpatients ( patients who visits)

Question 7

Federal

Answer 7

Setting & administering national
principles for the CHA
* Financial support
* Delivery of services to First Nations
and Inuit peoples On remote/isolated
reserves where no provincial care is
available
* Health Protection & regulation (food,
medical devices, pharmaceuticals,
consumer safety,
* Disease Prevention – Public Health

Question 8

provincial

Answer 8

Administer & deliver services under the
insurance act
* Adhere to the 5 principles in the CHA
* Manage medically necessary services that
are not defined by the CHA
* Administering funding to facilities
* Health promotion & public health
initiatives
* Negotiation of fee schedules with health
professionals ( unions etc.)

Question 9

FOIP

Answer 9

freedom of information and protection of privacy act

Question 10

HIA

Answer 10

Health information act

Question 11

PIPA

Answer 11

personal information protection act

Question 12

Canadian charter of rights and freedom

Answer 12

The rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Charter govern how
governments act, including the right to equality, freedom of
expression and the right not to be deprived of life, liberty or
security of the person, expect in accordance with the principles of
fundamental justice. It also protects the rights of First Nations,
Inuit, and Metis in Canada

Question 13

health profession act

Answer 13

this act provides direction (governance) of all regulated health care professionals
sets the standards that all governing institutions like the CLPNA must follow for registration, continuing competence, complaints, and discipline
must have board or professional panel