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22 Cards in this Set
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Various health care services in the US can be grouped into what 2 general categories?
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Services delivered by public sector
Services delivered by private sector |
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what are the 2 types of public health care agencies?
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Official (government)
Voluntary |
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What are examples of public health care agencies?
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local
state federal international |
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What are the eight agencies that make up the U. S. Public Health Service (USPHS)
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1. food & drug administration (FDA)
2. centers for disease control & prevention (CDC) 3. national institutes of health (NIH) 4. health resources & services administration (HRA) 5. substance abuse & mental health services administration (SAMHSA) 6. agency for healthcare research & quality (AHRQ) 7. agency for toxic substance & disease registry (ATSDR) 8. indian health services (IHS) |
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What is the visiting nursing agency (VNA)?
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a public voluntary agency that provides home care for patients w/chronic diseases, mom's w/newborns & involves family in patient care
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Primary care
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family dr provides diagnosis & treatment. if further diagnosis is needed, the patient is referred to a specialist
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Private practice nurses
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provide consulting &counseling services to a group of individuals
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Types of hospitals
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proprietary hospitals
teaching & researching hospitals public hospitals voluntary community hospitals |
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Intermediate care facility
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provides 24 hours of licensed nursing services
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Short term or Acute care
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for individuals who have been hospitalized recently and have more complicated medical needs
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Long term care
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includes a range a medical services designed to help ppl who have disabilities or chronic care needs
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What is the public health care agency of the US
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Voluntary health care agencies
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are supported by contributions & provide complementary services to official health care agencies
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Capitation
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Involves a set monthly fee for charges by the provider of healthcare services
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When was the Health Care Reform Act signed into law
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2009
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categories of dealing with change
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Victims (change is negative)
Survivors (resist change) Navigators (in control of change) |
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Proprietary (for profit) hospitals
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serve full range of medical conditions
deal with a particular disease or condition |
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Urgent care centers
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walk-in patients
do not have a family physician |
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Factors that influence critical thinking
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Upbringing
motivation attitude |
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What is needed to think critically
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1 access information
2 comprehend information 3 store info in long term memory 4 recall the info when needed 5 know what to do when info is not in long term memory |
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Critical thinking and the NCLEX-PN
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Knowledge is memorizing, the lowest form of learning
Comprehension is the ability to recall info, the lowest form of understanding Application is applying what you learnt in another situation Analyze is to break down info into basic parts, the highest level of application |
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Ways of thinking
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Non-focused thinking
habitual thinking random thoughts ruminative thinking all-or-none thinking negative thinking critical thinking |
