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VA 1-5 & 8 Flashcards

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Caring for the whole person

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Holistic healthcare

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Denounced the idea of mystical influences on a disease. Systematic observation and recording

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Hippocrates

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Established the nursing role
Environment influences health
Elevated standards of care
Cleanliness is vital to recovery
Nature alone cures
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Florence nightingale

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Caduceus

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Modern symbols of medicine

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Pledge based in principles of Hippocrates

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Hippocrates oath

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A distinguishing badge of authority or honor

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Insignia

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A standard in nursing insignia

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Nightingale lamp

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Licensure for nurses as well as defining the legal functions and powers and duties by the state board of nursing

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Nursing practice act

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Nursing practice act:

Responsibility

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The condition if being accountable for your actions

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Nursing practice act:

Accountability

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Bein responsible for accepting consequences for your actions

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Nursing practice act:

The legal obligation a person has to make good to the loss of or damage to something for which thy are responsible for

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Liability

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Status given to a program that meets approved standards

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Accreditation

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APN

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Advanced practice nurse RN

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Status given to a program that allows it’s graduates to obtain a license

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Approval

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Community college programs that lead LPN to RN

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Career ladder

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Process by which a licensed nurse in one state may receive a license in another state without retaking the exam

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Endorsement

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Status that says a nurse has the minimum requirements for competence and practice

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Licensure

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Regulation that makes it illegal for any nurse to practice nursing with out a license

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Mandatory licensure

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The law governing nursing practice in a territory or state

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Nurse practice act

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Procedure in which a person transfers licensure from one state to another

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Reciprocity

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Skeleton on which to base knowledge

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Theoretical framework

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ANA

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American nurses association

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NAPNES

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National organization for practical nurses

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NFLPN

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National federation if licensed practical nursing

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NLN
National leave for nursing
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Who developed the code of ethics for LPN
NAPNES | NFLPN
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HMO
Emphasize disease prevention and health promotion
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Minimal level or need for healthcare services
Acuity
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This hospital admits clients in for short periods of time
Acute care facility
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Rehabilitation using an environment familiar to the client and is also the least expensive care
Home health care
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Part time supervision facilities of clients with chronic conditions
Respite
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Ability to access a nurse or physician via telephone and internet
Telehealth
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Nursing homes Rehabilitation CD rehab Chronic care are all examples of
Extended care facilities
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Nursing homes are divided into two groups ?
SNF skilled nursing facility | ICF intermediate care facility
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24 hour care nursing home under RN only
SNF skilled nursing facility
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24 hour care nursing home under LPN LVN and RN
Intermediate care facility
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A pledge to the public that we will provide optimal care
Quality assurance
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All hospitals need accreditation by
JCAHO | Joint commission for accreditation of healthcare organizations
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Name three types of hospital ownership and funding
Govt owned Private proprietary ownership Not for profit
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Types of complimentary health care
Chiropractic, physical therapy, OT care
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A monthly or yearly payment made by a participant in an HMO
Capitation fee
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Providing high quality care while effectively using healthcare resources and controlling costs
Case management
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Methods and beliefs other than western medicine
Complimentary health care
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Rewards given to employees by their employers for practicing healthy habits
Incentives
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A plan for continual monitoring and maintenance of an individual's health
Managed care
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Medicaid is for
Low income families
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Medicare is for
Elders 65 and older | Has premium
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Quality management in which delivery of care is judged by results received
Outcome based care
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Reimbursement for healthcare made by a third party payors according to a formula or average reimbursement of actual cost per case
Prospective payment
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what is DRG and what do they do
Diagnosis related groups | Determine cost of care
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OSHA
Occupation safety an health administration
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PPO
Preferred provider organization
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Position paper developed by the AHA | Statement of what patients could expect from doctors and staff who provide their care
Patient bill of rights
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When is the patient bill of rights handed to client
Upon admission
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Morals and principles that guide human behavior
Ethics
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A wrong commuted against a person or property or public good
Crime
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Falsification of medical records Insurance fraud Theft if narcotics Practicing without a license are all considered
Felonies
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An injury that occurred bc if a persons intention or unintentional actions or failure to act
Tort
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Failure to perform an act that a reasonably prudent nurse would carry out in a similar circumstance
Negligence
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Participating in illegal abortions Euthanasia And practicing beyond the limits of your license are considered
Crimes of commission
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Bad practice | Injurious or faulty treatment
Malpractice
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A threat or attempt to do bodily harm
Assault
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Physical contact without another persons consent
Batter
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In a life threatening situation where the client cannot provide consent for care
Inferred consent
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Test treatments and medications have been explained to patient as well as outcome possible complications and alternative procedures
Informed consent
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ROI
Release of information form
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What for HIPPA do?
Protects clients information
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A legal document in which a person either states choices for medical treatment or names someone to make the decisions for them if try lose the ability to make their own decisions
Advance directive
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A law that requires all healthcare institutions to comply with all advanced directives and healthcare proxy or forfeit Medicaid
PSDA | patient self determination act
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UNOS
United network for organ sharing
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Absence of heart beat and cessation of breathing
Clinical death
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Permanent an irreversible cessation of the body's physical and chemical processes and failure of body cells
Biological death
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AHA
American hospital association
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Protects healthcare providers from liability when performing emergency care within the limits of first aid
Good Samaritan act
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Irreversible coma
Brain dead
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Thea clients are exceptions and are not pronounced dead
Hypothermia clients are not pronounced dead until warm and overdose patients
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Name three types of nursing interventions
Independent Dependent Interdependent
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Dependent busting intervention tells on
A doctors orders
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Interdependent nursing intervention relies on
The whole staff
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ignoring patient questions Not washing hands Ignoring precautions Not charting are considered
Unethical behavior
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Non intact skin is dangerous bc
It's a portal for bacteria
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COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Belief that ones own culture is the best and only acceptable lone
Ethnocentrism
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Common heritage shred by a specific culture
Ethnicity
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Belief based on pre conceived notions about certain groups of people
Prejudice
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The understanding and tolerance if all cultural lifestyles
Cultural sensitivity
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Practice or beliefs that a group members cannot violate without discomfort and risk of exclusion
Taboos
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Shapes how an individual perceives right or wrong and what is desirable
Values
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Food that has been ritually prepared and served according to Jewish law
Kosher
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Balancing forces
Yin and yang
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The belief that supernatural forces dominate
Magic irreligious
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Unable to find the words to speak
Expressive aphasia
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Unable to comprehend words being spoken
Receptive aphasia
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Caring for clients while taking into consideration their religious and sociocultural backgrounds
Transcultural nursing

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