Ch 1 Intro To Health Care

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Acute Illness

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Begins suddenly, person is likely to recover

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Chronic Illness

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on-going, begins slowly with no cure, controlled by medication

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Complete Care Residents

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Disabled, confused, and disoriented; cannot meet their own needs or tell what they need

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Developmental Disability

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Any natural disability that occurs before 22 years of age

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People in Long-Term Care Centers are called...

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Residents

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People in Subacute Care are called...

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Patients

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People in Hospitals are called...

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Clients

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Board and Care Home

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Aka Residential Facility - provides housekeeping services with minimal supervision

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Assisted Living Facility

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Housing, support services, health care - people who need help with ADL, 24 hour supervision

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Nursing Home

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Health care services to people who need regular/continuous care

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Subacute Care

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complex medical care or rehabilitation for people who no longer require hospital care (generally short-term)

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Describe the basic organization of a Nursing Center

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CNA --> LPN --> Staff RN --> Charge Nurse --> Nurse Manager --> DoN --> Administrator --> Board of Trustees

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Functional Nursing

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focuses on tasks and jobs

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Team Nursing

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team of nursing staff led by an RN for delegation of care

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Primary Nursing

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RN is responsible for person's total care with nursing team assisting

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Case-Management

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RN coordinates person's care from admission through discharge

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Medicare

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Federal program for people 65 years or older

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Medicaid

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Federal AND state program for people of low income or disability

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Prospective Payment Systems

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Limits the amount paid by insurance programs

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Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG)

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reduces medicare/medicaid costs

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Resource Utilization Group (RUG)

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for SNF payments

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Case Mix Groups (CMG)

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pays rehabilitation centers

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Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)

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people offered services for a pre-paid fee

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Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)

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group of doctors/health agencies that provide services at discounted fee

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OBRA (1987)

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All 50 states - regulates patient rights and nurse/CNA training

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Common Patient Rights

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Right to records, to be touched, to refuse treatment, to choose doctor, to privacy, to keep personal items

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CNA's must have ___ before being allowed to work

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NATCEP (nursing assistant training and competency evaluation) - 75 hours instruction + 16 lab hours

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CNA's must ____ if they have been out of work for 2 consecutive years

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Redo training and evaluation

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CNA's have a right to refuse a task if ___________

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It's beyond legal limits of role, not in job description, against morals, could harm resident, isnt explained, no supervision is available

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What are the 5 rights of delegation?

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Right task, right person, right circumstances, right supervision, right communication and directions

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What is a tort?

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a wrong committed against a person or a person's property

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What is the difference between negligence and malpractice?

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Both are unintentional torts - malpractice is done by a professional, negligence is not

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What are intentional torts?

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acts that are meant to be harmful (defamation, assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, fraud)

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Defamation

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injuring person's name or reputation by making false statements in print (libel) or out loud (slander)

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Assault

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attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without consent

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Battery

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the act of touching a person's body without consent