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| primary, secondary, and tertiary |
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| Primary level of healthcare |
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| health promotion, health ed, specific protection (immunization), early detection and treatment, environmental protection |
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| Secondary level of healthcare |
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| emergency care, acute and critical care, elaborate diagnosis and treatment |
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| Tertiary level of healthcare |
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| rehabilitation, long-term care, care of the dying |
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| Community-based healthcare |
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| the design, delivery, and evaluation of healthcare services developed in partnership with communities. |
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| Where is community-based healthcare found? |
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| where people are--where they work, recreate, go to school and church |
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| Community-based nursing care |
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| nursing care directed toward a specific group or population within the community and may be provided for individuals and groups as described above. |
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| Difference between community-based nursing and community health nursing |
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| community health nursing focuses on client and populations as community, whereas community based-nursing focuses on individuals and families within the community |
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| The NLN defines a community nursing center as follows: |
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| nurse occupies the chief mgmt position, nursing staff is accountable and responsible for client care and prof. practice, nurses are the primary providers that clients see when visiting the center |
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| Categories of community nursing centers |
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| community outreach, institution-based wellness/health promotion models, independent practice nurses |
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| Community outreach: (community nursing center) |
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| free-standing clinics similar to traditional community public health clinics |
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| Institution-based: (community nursing center) |
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| derive their mission from a large parent organization such as a hospital, university, or corporation |
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| Wellness/health-promotion models: (community nursing center) |
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| provide triage, screening, education, counseling, and health maintenance services |
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| Independent practice nurses: (community nursing center) |
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| faculty, nurse entrepeneurs |
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| Quality of care: 3 examples of attempts to guarantee public expectations |
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| licensing, accreditation, and certification |
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| Mechanisms, often tests, are established to recognize minimum competence in a profession, ie. NCLEX-RN (National Council Learning Extension) |
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| a popular approach to quality measurement, is a voluntary system that healthcare organizations use |
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| the third approach to quality control, combines features of licensing and accreditation |
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| is a provision of health services without disruption, regardless of movement between settings |
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| prepares a client to move from one level of care to another within or outside the current healthcare facility |
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| Discharge planning elements for the client |
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| Goal setting, transition, continuity of care |
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| Goal setting: (discharge planning element for the client) |
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| The nurse should develop goal setting in the areas of education, advocacy, and case management in collaboration with the client and family/caregiver |
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| Transition: (discharge planning element for the client) |
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| When people undergo transitions, their assumptions about themselves change, and they develop new assumptions that allow them to adapt. |
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| Continuity of care: (discharge planning elements for the client) |
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| the provision of health services without disruption, regardless of the client's movement between setting. It also helps to maintain the client's health status and reduces healthcare costs |
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| Discharge planning elements for the nurse |
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| coordination, facilitation, negotiation |
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| Coordination: (discharge planning elements for the nurse) |
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| the act of assembling and directing activities to provide services harmoniously |
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| Facilitation: (discharge planning element for the nurse) |
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| means making something easier and smoother, eliminating problems and barriers |
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| Negotiation: (discharge planning element for the nurse) |
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| the process by which the client, nurse, and family determine goals. |
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| Levels of discharge planning |
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| basic, simple, complex. (discharge plans vary depending on the client's needs and the nursing interventions required to assist the client after discharge) |
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| Basic discharge plan: (levels of discharge planning) |
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| the least complicated and most common discharge plan is teaching the client about self-care. The teaching should anticipate problems the client may experience at home. |
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| Simple referral: (levels of discharge planning) |
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| involves referring the client to community resources. |
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| Complex referrel: (levels of discharge planning) |
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| most complex type of discharge planning, involves referring the client to the discharge planner. Considered for high-risk planner, and the nurse is must follow up to ensure that the discharge planner has acted and must evaluate to learn if the client is satisfied with the discharge plan. The nurse may need to reinforce plans |
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