Describe the 4 major categories of health care services? –
1. health promotion
2.illness prevention
3. diagnosis and treatment
4. rehabilitation and
... [Show More] long term care
primary care, - patient first enters the health care system( doctor's office; EMS
system; emergency room; health department ; clinics; etc); also includes
emergency care; health maintenance; long term and chronic care; and treatment of
temporary dysfunction.
secondary care - assists in preventing complications; treat temporary dysfunction(
usually in the hospital or home health care); also includes evaluation of long term
and chronic care patients for treatment changes; and providing counseling and
therapy that are not available in the primary care setting.
tertiary care - Acutely ill; terminally ill; long term care; rehabilitation ; and trauma
centers.
identify the key members of the interdisciplinary health care team and explain
what each one contributes - -Nurses
-physicians
-Dietitians
-pharmacists
-lab personnel
-radiology personnel
-respiratory therapists
-social workers
-physical therapists
-occupational therapists
-administrative support-unit secretary
which organization provides accreditation for health care organizations such as
hospitals? - JCAHO(Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care
Organizations)-Provides accreditation of hospitals
-provides accreditation of outpatient clinics
-provides accreditation of nursing home
Define "team nursing" - Team nursing :RN is the leader; on who is responsible and
delegates to others; other team members are LPN's and nursing
technicians/assistants
Define "Primary nursing" - -one nurse is responsible for the 24-7 care
-provides care of patient form admission to discharge
-assesses patient/plans care while on duty-delegates while off duty
-usually an all RN staff
define "case management nursing" - -may work for a hospital or outside agency
-ensure that the patient receives the services they need from the entire health care
team
-most useful with high costs/high volume/high risk patients
-follow-up@home
-assess plan, facilities, and advocate.
Describe the various roles of the nurse on the health care team. - -provide care
-educate
-counselor
-manager
-researcher
-collaborator
-change agent
-entrepreneur
-patient advocate
Describe 5 professional responsibilities of professional nurses - 1. practice nursing
under the direction of the Standards of Care
2. Quality improvement which includes record review
3.Research-participant
4. Education-preceptor to new nurses
5. management-head nurses or nurse managers [Show Less]