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| It means a collegial working relationship with another health care provider in the provision of patient care. |
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| It is a collection of people who share some attribute of their lives and interact with each other in some way. |
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| What is community-based health care (CBHC)? |
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| It is a primary health care system that provides health-related services within the context of people's daily lives...that is, in places where people spend their time, for example, in the home, in schools, in shelters, ect. |
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| What is community-based nursing (CBN)? |
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| This is nursing care directed toward a specific population or group within the community, primary, secondary,or tertiary care may be provided to individual or groups. |
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| What is community health nursing? |
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| Community health nursing focuses on promoting and preserving the health of population groups. |
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| What are community nursing centers? |
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| To provide primary care to specific populations and are staffed by nurse practioners abd community health nurses. |
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| What is continuity of care? |
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| It is the coordination of health care services by health care providers for clients moving from one health care setting to another and between and among health care professionals. |
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| What is discharge planning? |
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| Discharge planning is the process of preparing a client to leave one level of care for another within or outside the current health care agency. |
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| What is a integrated health care system? |
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| An integrated health care system makes all levels of care available in an ingetrated form such as...primary care, secondary abd tertiary care. It is sometimes referred to as seamless care. |
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| According the Institute of Medicine..it is the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health services. |
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| What is Primary Health Care (PHC)? |
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| PHC is community based and driven, it requires active community involvement in making decisions to improve health. |
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