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Nursing As A Profession: final review
Lesson 10
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
12/05/2013

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Infant mortality is now ___/_____ live births, decreased significantly since 1955 when it was 148/1000.
Definition
41.6/1000
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What percent of children are being immunized? (increased since 1970, it was 5%)
Definition
80%
Term
Life expectancy is _______ years.
Definition
67.2
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How many people worldwide have AIDS? How many die from it?
Definition
39 million people have AIDS, 30 million die from it
Term
AIDS is the first cause of death in Africa, worlwide what is it?
Definition
4th
Term
What was the US population in 2010?
Definition
300 million
Term
What percent of the elderly live in nursing homes?
Definition
5%
Term
What is the median income within the US? Monthly? (after taxes)
Definition
$50,054... $3,000 a month after tax
Term
Leading cause of death in the US?
Definition
Heart disease
Term
Over what percent of people report duplicate testing? leading to billions of wasted healthcare dollars
Definition
over 20%
Term
What is the poverty rate within the US?
Definition
15.1%
Term
Hoe many people in the US live with an incurable STD?
Definition
65 million
Term
is science based, creates 10 year national objectives for keeping America healthy
Definition
Healthy People 2020
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What are some disparities of health?
Definition
sex, sexual identity, age, geographic location, socioeconomic status
Term
The law requiring that patients must be stabalized and may not be turned down, the facility must provide care until the patient is stablized enough to be moved to a specialty place
Definition
1989 EMTALA law
Term
they put information about treatment of certain illnesses into a way that can be understood by the public
Definition
AHRQ
Term
an organizational structure between insurers and providers
Definition
Managed care (HMO)
Term
a team based healthcare delivery model in which healthcare providers get paid for how well they take care of the patients
Definition
health home model
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"children" up to __ years old may stay on their parents' healthplan
Definition
25
Term
In 2014 the ______________ will lower drug costs for older adults, it will also no longer deny coverage to people if a preexisting condition exists, and it will no longer allow a cap on the amount of money insurance will pay
Definition
Affordable Care Act
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Only ___ of the US allows an APN to see a patient without a doctor overseeing
Definition
1/3
Term
In 2011, how many people in the US did not have health insurance?
Definition
46 million
Term
Prospective payment system developed… a diagnostic related group (DRG) code was assigned related to the illness, based on the code, the hospital was paid X dollars, whether or not patient used all of those funds, therefore hospitals are discharging patients quicker, and they are sicker from it

what year was this developed?
Definition
1983
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What percentage of the poor has no health insurance?
Definition
30%
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How many new cases of STD's are there per year?
Definition
19 million
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