Week 1 (Chapters 1,4,5) Flashcards
What is APN?
Advanced practice nursing
Determinants of Health
Income and social status
Employment and working conditions
Education and literacy
Childhood experiences
Physical environments
Social supports and coping skills
Healthy behaviours
Access to health services
Biology and genetic endowment
Gender
Culture
Race / Racism
What are EHR’s?
Electronic Health Records
What is nursing informatics?
Using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making
What does SBAR stand for?
Situation, background, assessment, recommendation
Describe the S of SBAR?
Situation:
- Identify self, unit, calling about patient ___ room ___.
- State the issue, when it happened and how severe it is
- Describe why you are concerned
Describe the B of SBAR?
Describe the A of SBAR?
Assessment:
- Describe what you believe the issue is and include changes from prior assessment and state if patient condition is unstable or worsening
Describe the R of SBAR?
Recommendation
- What is your recommendation request?
- Specific treatments
- Tests needed
- Patient needs to be seen now
What is telehome care?
Telehomecare, a form of telemedicine based in the patient’s home, is a communication and clinical information system that enables the interaction of voice, video, and health-related data using ordinary telephone lines
What are UCP’s?
Unregulated Care Providers
What is PIPA and ATIPPA?
Personal Information Protection Act
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
What is PHAC?
Public Health Agency of Canada
What are the Rights of Delegation? (5)
Right task, right circumstance, right person, right directions and communication, under right supervision and evaluation
Phases of the Nursing Process
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
