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Trends Test 4
Healthcare Reform, Vulnerable Populations, Ethical Decision Making, Genetics
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
04/09/2011

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individual mandate
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require u.s. citizens and legal residents to have qualifying health coverage
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50 or more employees
Definition
what is the key for employer requirements?
Term
employers with more than 50 employees that do not offer coverage, employers with more than 50 employees that offer coverage, employers with 50 or fewer employees exempt from any of the above penalties, Free Choice Vouchers, and employers with more than 200 employees
Definition
5 requirements to offer coverage (employer requirements)
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automatically enroll their employees
Definition
what does employers with more than 200 employees do?
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Medicaid
Definition
a public program expanded to all with incomes up to %133 federal poverty level (FPL)
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CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program)
Definition
medicare for children
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CHIP
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must be maintained til at least 2019
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american indians, coverage for less than 3 months, undocumented immigrants, religious objections, those for whom the cost plan exceeds 8% of total income
Definition
list some exemptions of the individual mandate
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Medicaid and CHIP
Definition
2 public programs that are being expanded
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in the case of rape or incest
Definition
when does insurance cover an abortion?
Term
US citizens and legal immigrants
Definition
who is eligible to purchase health insurance?
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2 multi-state plans/ Exchange
Definition
what is the public plan option?
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Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan
Definition
what is CO-OP?
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bronze, silver, gold, platinum, and catastrophic
Definition
what are the 5 benefit tiers of health insurance?
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american health benefit exchanges and SHOP exchanges
Definition
creation and structure of health insurance exchanges
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essential benefits package and abortion coverage
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benefit design
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essential benefits package
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comprehensive services, 60% coverage, limited annual cost-sharing, not "better than" typical employer plan
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insurance marketing and rating rules
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variation based on age, premium rating area, family composition, and tobacco use
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adequate providing networks
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a qualification of participating health plans
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information plan language and submission of financial reports
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requirements of the Health Insurance Exchanges
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01/01/2014
Definition
the health insurance exchange effective date
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133-200%
Definition
the basic health plan for the health insurance exchange has an uninsured rate of what percent?
Term
temporary high-risk pool, medical loss ratio and premium rate reviews (how money is spent within the plan), administrative simplification, dependent coverage (up to age 28), insurance market rules, and consumer protections
Definition
list some changes to private insurance
Term
lifetime limit
Definition
what in health care is no longer happening?
Term
Small Business Health Options Program
Definition
what does SHOP stand for?
Term
create an american health benefit exchange and a SHOP exchange for individuals and small businesses and provide oversight, establish program to serve as an advocate for people with private coverage, and permit basic health plan for uninsured individuals with incomes
Definition
list 3 things that is the state's role
Term
12 years
Definition
how long do pharmaceutical companies now have to exclusively patent a drug?
Term
administrative simplification, medicare, medicaid, prescription drugs, and waste, fraud, and abuse.
Definition
what are some ways to have cost containment?
Term
medicare, workforce, community health centers and school-based health centers, trauma care, public health and disaster preparedness, requirements for non-profit hospitals, and american indians
Definition
other health care reform investments
Term
the community needs an assessment every so often
Definition
what's an example of a requirement for a non-profit hospital?
Term
32 million people
Definition
how many people are projected to be covered by health care in 2019?
Term
$938 billion over ten years. (financed through a combination of savings from Medicare and Medicaid and new taxes and fees)
Definition
CBO estimates the cost of the coverage components of the new law to be...
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$124 billion
Definition
CBO also estimates that the health reform law will reduce the deficit by how much over ten years?
Term
national strategy, coverage of preventative services (only proven ones), wellness programs, and nutritional information
Definition
prevention/wellness tactics
Term
1 in 3
Definition
by 2050, how many americans will be an ethnic minority?
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disrespect and hate, contempt, tolerance, respect, and celebration
Definition
5 attitudes about vulnerable populations
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ignorance of other cultures, arrogance about one's own culture, and stereotyping
Definition
the attitude of disrespect and hate happens with...
Term
tolerance
Definition
which attitude is neutral?
Term
respect
Definition
which attitude integrates differences into positive interactions?
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celebration
Definition
affirmation of the positive merits of cultural differences
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health care workforce should be reflective of the US population 
Definition
what is critical about the demographics of workforce?
Term
cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, homicides, accidents, and infant mortality
Definition
6 disparities in health outcomes for vulnerable populations
Term
socioeconomics, ethnicity, demographics, and patient/nurse interactions
Definition
disparities in health outcomes are often influenced by factors other than clinical care. name 4 of them...
Term
how can we as nurses break the cycle and reduce the disparities?
Definition
the question nurses should be asking in regards to their job and vulnerable populations
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vulnerable populations
Definition
people who feel they cannot comfortably or safely access and use standard resources
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vulnerable populations
Definition
easily exploited, powerless, or naturally oppressed. lack resources and lack access to those who hold resources. low income, low levels of education, lack of social support
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education, employment, and property ownership
Definition
by virtue of their ethnicity, minority groups generally have reduced opportunities for what?
Term
african americans, asians, hispanics, native americans, and pacific islanders
Definition
5 federally defined minority groups
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marginalized populations
Definition
groups that live on the periphery of mainstream society, less visible, lives and health care needs are often kept secret, feel voiceless and powerless
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high-quality and patient-based care
Definition
nurse's goal for vulnerable populations
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older adults, gays and lesbians, recently arrived immigrants (russia, afghanistan, rwanda), and less recent immigrants (south america, middle east)
Definition
4 groups of marginalized populations
Term
expertise of nurse, best evidence, and patient's preference
Definition
3 categories of evidence-based practice
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social isolation and depression, safety risks, fixed income and inadequate health insurance, potential for abuse, and more chronic illnesses
Definition
5 topics dealing with the elderly population
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vulnerable population of women
Definition
most studies done on men under age 50, different signs and symptoms of illness, may be double minority, increased stress- traditional role, and substandard housing- fear of crime
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may lack quality prenatal care, may be victims of abuse, often ambivalent toward pregnancy, risk to fetus, neonate- risk from contaminants in breast milk
Definition
issues about the vulnerable population of pregnant women
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issues for children in vulnerable populations
Definition
developmental age; lack of knowledge, physical size, exposure to environmental contaminants, risky home situation, and risk for abuse
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vulnerable population of immigrants racial/ethnic minorities
Definition
language and cultural differences, social stigma, lower levels of education, may be undocumented immigrant, more likely to practice unhealthy behaviors, and disproportionately affected with chronic disease
Term
immunocompromised, homeless, people with disabilities, and institutionalized-mentally ill; prisoners
Definition
4 vulnerable groups
Term
immunocompromised vulnerable group
Definition
increased risk for acquiring and spreading infections, ineligible for some immunizations
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homeless
Definition
social isolation, powerlessness, and increased risk for adverse health-related outcomes
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people with disabilities 
Definition
physical barriers, difficulty finding employment, may have secondary health conditions
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institutionalized- mentally ill; prisoners
Definition
decisions may be coerced, choices may not be voluntarily made
Term
ethnic minorities receive less information about disease than non-minority groups, receive fewer screening tests, and lifestyle conditions increase risk 
Definition
list 3 contributors to vulnerability
Term
provide quality care to all who need it, ensure access to care for all, identify factors that create barriers, develop and implement interventions that address disparities in health care, work with vulnerable populations, avoid stereotyping
Definition
what can nurses do for vulnerable populations?
Term
EBP/clinical research- National Institutes of Health, continue their education, volunteer work such as M-Power Ministries, and health and social factors- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (social issues such as poverty, race, education and housing)
Definition
list 4 specific things that nurses can do to help vulnerable populations
Term
for a long-term mutually respectful patient/provider relationship
Definition
undeserved vulnerable groups need a medical home in a setting that allows for what?
Term
SIDS
Definition
what decreased because of EBP/clinical research- National Institutes of Health?
Term

P- population of interest

I-interest/intervention

C-comparison of interest

O-outcome of interest

T-time

Definition
what factors make up the PICOT question?
Term
ethics
Definition
a look at standards of conduct into what is good in human behavior
Term
ethics
Definition
discussion of what ought to be the right thing to do
Term
nursing ethics
Definition
dialogue and interaction with patients, revealing of cultural beliefs, values, and essences, doing good
Term
bioethics
Definition
the study of ethics of healthcare and the biological sciences; ethical issues that emerge in health care disciplines as well as ethical concerns in research on human and nonhuman subjects
Term
cultural practices
Definition
what is "good" determined by?
Term
a public statement of a profession's agreement with society
Definition
The International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics issued this statement...
Term
environmental control, biologic variations, social organization, communication, space, and time
Definition
6 cultural phenomena
Term
human nature or universal, theological truths?
Definition
what is the nature of choice?
Term
utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics
Definition
what are the 3 perspectives for ethical decision-making?
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teleology
Definition
this belief system encompasses utilitarianism
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utilitarianism
Definition
this person believes that the ends justify the means. and that the consequences/end result is what matters.
Term
utilitarianism/teleology
Definition

the great "happiness" principle

the majority rule

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deontology
Definition
this person makes decisions out of duty and obligation. the end results are unimportant 
Term
deontology
Definition
whatever decision they make then becomes a universal law in their mind
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deontologist
Definition
the process is what is important to this person
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virtue ethics
Definition
this form of ethics is based on character-justice, honesty, courage, hope, faith
Term
virtue ethics
Definition
actions are based on innate moral traits- ex. Florence Nightingale
Term
virtue ethics
Definition
Florence Nightingale believed that if you were innately a good person then you will automatically know what to do in situations. She held which view of ethics?
Term
virtue ethics
Definition
moral character of an individual is the key to good behavior, virtue is learned by habit, virtuous people do virtuous things
Term
Aristotle
Definition
who believed that the moral character of an individual is the key to good behavior?
Term
autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, veracity;fidelity, and confidentiality
Definition
the 6 ethical principles
Term
autonomy
Definition
freedom to make independent choices, self-governing, right to self-determination
Term
elements of autonomy
Definition
each person is respected, each person is able to determine personal goals, each person has the capacity to decide, and each person must be free to act on personal choices
Term
beneficence
Definition
do good, nurse must act to benefit the patient, good can be medical good or patient's total well-being, and protect the patient from incompetent, unethical, illegal, or impaired practice
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nonmaleficence
Definition
avoid causing harm
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justice
Definition
fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment
Term
fidelity and veracity
Definition
truth-telling, promise-keeping, professional accountability, practice within the scope of nursing practice
Term
confidentiality
Definition
keep all personal patient information private, respect of persons, no sharing of patient information, HIPAA
Term

1. moral integrity

2. sensitivity, compassion, and caring

3. responsibility

4. empowerment

5. patience and willingness to deliberate

Definition
list 4 positive attributes
Term
nursing process
Definition
a deliberate activity that provides a systemic method for nursing practice utilizing both logical thinking and intuitive knowing
Term
articulate the problem, gather data and identify conflicting moral claims; analyze alternatives, explore strategies, implement the strategy and justify the selection, and evaluate the outcomes of action
Definition
steps of the ethical decision-making model
Term
moral distress, moral outrage, and moral reckoning
Definition
3 uncertainties in nursing
Term
life, death, in-between
Definition
3 bioethical dilemmas
Term
veracity, paternalism, autonomy, accountability
Definition
4 ethical challenges
Term

1. holmes lifeboat method

2. triage or cost-benefit calculation of worth method

3. lottery method

4. equal shares method

5. equal consideration method

Definition
5 methods of allocation of healthcare resources
Term
nursing ethics
Definition
the values or moral principles governing relationships between the nurse and patient, the patient's family, other members of the health professions, and the general public
Term
cultural background
Definition
what is significant for ethical decision-making?
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