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NU 214 Test 2
Community Nursing
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Nursing
Pre-School
02/21/2014

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community based care is ?
Definition
  • philosophy of using services outside hospital
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Holistic Care is ?
Definition
  • collaboration of RN, social worker, occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy
  • dietary
  • doctors
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Primary concepts of community based care are ?
Definition
  • promotion of self care
  • preventive and continuity of care
  • collaboration
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Factors that increased community health ?
Definition
  • Affordable healthcare act 2010
  • tighter insurance regulations
  • decreasing health revenues
  • alt health care delivery systems
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Community health settings ?
Definition
  • public health departments
  • clincis
  • industrial and occupational nursing
  • school nursing
  • home health care
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Home care nursing is ?
Definition
  • services provided for recovering, disabled, or chronically ill people
  • for chronic or acute needs, long or short term
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The goal of home care nursing is ?
Definition
  • help the pt reach maximum independence thru collaboration
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Home health care is ?
Definition
  • largest areas of practices for nurses
  • collaborative
  • interdisciplinary
  • holistic - spiritual and culutural, environmental aspects of the clients life.
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Funding for home care nursing is from ?
Definition
  • medicare
  • private insurance
  • private pay
  • reimbursement is based upon preapproved plans of care
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Roles of home health care nurse ?
Definition
  • care giver
  • client advocate
  • coordinator of services
  • client and family educator
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Pre entry phase is ?
Definition
  • review agency policies/procedures
  • review referral forms/hx
  • call and arrange appt
  • gather supplies
  • evaluate safety issues
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Entry phase is ?
Definition
  • develops rapport with the client/family
  • initiates nursing process
  • controls infection
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Considerations of patients needs ?
Definition
  • roles/responsibilites of family members
  • customary personal space
  • celebration of important events
  • cultural/ethnic influences in diet
  • pt beliefs
  • are medical practices followed
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Surveillance is ?
Definition
  • detection of outbreaks and epidemics
  • serves as early warning system
  • document the impact of an intervention or track progress
  • allows priorities to be set and to inform public health policy and strategies
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Epidemiology is ?
Definition
  • distribution of diseases in population
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incidence is ?
Definition
  • rate at which a specific disease develops in a population
Term
prevalence is ?
Definition
  • measures all of the existing cases at a given point in time
Term
Intervention wheel is ?
Definition
  • population based practice model that encompasses three levels of practice:
    • community
    • systems
    • individual / family
  • plus 17 public health interventions
  • each intervention and practice level contributes to improving population health.
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Levels of prevention are ?
Definition
  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
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Primary prevention is ?
Definition
  • disease prevention and health promotion teaching
    • brushing teeth, condom use

 

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Secondary prevention is ?
Definition
  • early detection and prompt intervention
    • colonoscopy, mammography, smoking cessation
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Tertiary prevention is ?
Definition
  • chronic disease management and rehabilitation
    • hypertension clinic
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BAG technique is ?
Definition
  • B - bag and its content must be protected
  • A - always wash your hands
  • G - gather all necessary articles/supplies for emergencies
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Environmental health is ?
Definition
  • chronic long term exposure to indoor air pollutants
    • lead
    • carbon monoxide
    • radon
    • pesticides
Term
Lead is ?
Definition
  • neurotoxin
  • use cold water for drinking and cooking
  • run water for two minutes before use
  • test blood
Term
Carbon monoxide is ?
Definition
  • prevention - detector
  • home heating system
Term
Radon is ?
Definition
  • natural decay of uranium in soil
  • seeps into homes thru cracks/holes
  • seeps into well water
  • 2nd leading cause of lung cancer in non smokers
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Pesticides are ?
Definition
  • dermal absorption, oral ingestion, inhalation
  • neurological symptoms
  • trigger asthma attacks
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