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| a credentialing process used to recognize health care agencies or educational programsfor provision of quality services and programs |
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| comparing national standards and guidelines with other agencies |
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| linking clients with services |
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| a mechanism usually by means of written examinatin that provides an indication of professional competence in a specialized area of practice |
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| changes in client health status as a result of care or program implementation |
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| assisting the client to meet his or her basic needs and providing direct care such as personal hygiene meal preparatin medication admin and treatments |
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| palliative system of health care for terminally ill people |
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| interprofessional collaboration |
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| a working agreement in which each home health care provider carefully analyzes his or her role in determining the best plan for the clients care |
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| Outcome and assessment information set (OASIS) |
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| an instrument to collect client data for doing outcome assessments in home health |
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| alleviating symptoms of meeting the special needs of and providing comfort for the dying clients and their families by the nurse |
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| prospective payment system |
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| a mechanism whereby Medicare will pay home health agencies a set amount of money to care for a client who meets criteria of 1 of 80 home health resource groups |
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| specific statements of law that relate to and clarify individual pieces of legislation |
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| the process by which home health care agenies recieve payment either by the client ot three major funding sources |
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| care provided to a client that requires the knowledge and skill of a RN |
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| health info sent from one site to another by electronic communication |
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| prepartum and postpartum home visiting models can help vulnerable mothers learn how to cope with stressful life events |
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| nurse assess clients in their homes for early signs of new health problems contacts DR and initiates prompt treament to prevent condition from worsening |
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| nurse provides counseling on dietary modifications and insulin injections to newly diagnosed diabetic client |
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| American Academy of Peds (AAP) |
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| professional org for pediatreicians that sets policy statements for child health |
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| Americans with disabilities Act (ADA) |
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| act passed in 1990 that mandated that individuals with mental and physical disabilities be brought into the mainstream of American life |
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| school nurse who performs a number of general activities concerning health problems of the children |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| branch of the US public health service whose primary responsibility is to propose coordinate and evaluate changes in the surveillance of disease in the US |
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| role of a nurse who gives care outside one define setting |
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| someone who provides professinal advice services or info |
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| role of a nurse when mental health support is provided |
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| school staff designated to deal with crisis at school |
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| a role of a nurse giving health care to the ill or injured |
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| do- not-resusciatate (DNR) |
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| physicians order to not medically intervene when death is about to occur |
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| procedures to effectively give care in a crisis situation |
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| full service school based health centers |
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| federal program providing comprehensive health care at a site within a school to all including social services daycare and job training |
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| role of a nurse in providing instruction on health topics |
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| individualized education plans (IEPs) |
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| plans to decide educational accommodations for disabled children |
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| individualized health plans (IHPs) |
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| Plans to decide the health needs of disabled children in school |
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| national association of school nurses |
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| a professional org for school nurses that sets standards and guidelines for them |
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| health promotion and education |
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| role of a nurse to investigate phenomena related to health |
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| federal program to provide education to children about safety |
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| school health program run by a community health agency |
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| screening and providing health care |
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| procedures to prevent exposure to blood borne diseases |
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| continued long term health care |
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Prevention of childhood injuries
substance abuse prevention education
disease prevention education
required vaccinations for schoolchildren |
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nursing care for emergenices in school
emergency euipqment in the school nurse office
giving med in school
assessing and screening kids at school
screening kids for lice
id of child abuse or neglect
communicatino with health care providers
suicide and other mental problems |
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children with asthma
children with diabetes
children with autism
homebound children
pregnant teens and teen moms
kids with DNR orders
special needs kids |
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| Primary role of school nurse |
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| health factors that may affect academic performance |
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linited energy stores
self care deficiencies
allergies
accident
pain/discomfort
med and treatment needs handled at school |
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| Purpose of guidelines for student with specail health care needs |
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| provides for effective and efficient delivery of services that promote school success for the student and reduces potential for liability to school district |
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| a disorder that may begin at any age. causes velvety light brown to black marking on neck under arms or in groin. associated with obseity |
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| an abnormal curvature of the spine shaped like the letter C or S. curvature is from side to side |
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| family education rights and privacy act (FERPA) |
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| ensure that parents have access to their kids educational records limits access without parental consent |
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