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Discuss at least three trends and challenges of healthcare in the 21st century. Relate these changes to the needs of nurses, healthcare practitioners, and the consumers of healthcare (clients)
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Trends: changing demographics and increasing diversity; the Technological Explosion; Globalizationo f the World's Economy and Society. Challenge: employment of unlicenses personnel; acuity, client is often discharged while he or she still needs healthcare services; challenges include disparities in access to healthcare, inequities in access to healthcare insurance and continued high-risk behaviors such as smoking
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Define and discuss at least three difference between acute care and extended care facilities
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Acute care facility implies that a client in the hospital has a serious condition that needs to be closely monitored by healthcare professionals as to where the ECF admits clients for longer periods of time. Acute care admits for short period of time and clients are often very sick and need alot of nursing care in acute facilities. The ECF include nursing homes, in patient rehabiliation centers, inpatient treatment centers for chemical dependency and facilities for chronic mental health care. Acute care include hospitals, ICU, specialized hospitals, home health care, hospice and respite care.
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Identify at least two types of healthcare services provided in each type of healthcare facility
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ACUTE: Administration, Admitting and Discharge, Neonatal.
ECF (extended care facility): S&F skilled nursing facility which provides 24 hour nursing care under the supervision of a RN and Intermediate Care Facility provides 24 hour service for nursing assistance under supervision of an LPN/LVN with an RN as a consultant. |
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Identify at least three services available to meet the healthcare needs of the community
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public health depts. communit helath clinc, and indep lving faclityh
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State at least two functions of a school nurse and an industrial nurse
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School nurse assist children who are ill or in case of an emergency and provides preventive care
Industrial nurse functions for health promotion and intervention, teaching is part her responsiblity |
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State at least two functions of JCAHO. Relate these functions to nursing standards of care.
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standards of nursing practice focusing on the giver of care, the nurse and on the nursing process. standard of client/patient care focuse on the standard of client care and the receipent of care which is the client.
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Define the term quality assurance and state its function in healthcare facilities
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defined as a pledge to the public that healthcare services will provide optimal achievable goals and maintain standard excellence. Its function is to make sure that hospitals are following rigid standards for ongoing quality assurance for the delivery of care being provided.
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Explain the role of the client representative, adovcate, or ombudsperson
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main purpose is to act as a consumer advocate to resolve concens or problems, and the goal is to focus on client care, needs and concerns not the problems that may be encountered during the hospital admission. The CLIENT REP is responsible for helping clients and their families find needed services, they listen and answer questions. Representative can help find housing, restaurants. ADOVCATE assist as needed.
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Describe at least six methods of payment for healthcare services
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Private insurance which costs are high and insurance company often refuses to insure anyone who is considred a health risk
Group ins offers coverage for ppl who belong to certain groups. HMO offer helath services for fixed monthly charge called a premium. PPO are used to deliver healthcare in a managed system. POS is similare to HMO and PPO in that they are all thypes of managed care the POS plan also contracts with phusican and other helath care providers. Medicare is federal hleath ins program tnat is available to most ppl 65 yr and older, some ppl with disability and ppl with end stage renal disease Medicaid is a joint effort of federal and state govt. It is for ppl over the age of 65, blind or disabled or those who are members of familes who receive aid for famlies of dependent children |
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Determine the role of complementary or holistic care in the delivery of healthcare.
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Complementary is known as a different means other than traditional Western medicine to cure. Example Chiropractic
Holistic Care is a philosopy that considers the "whole person" or the multidimensional aspects of the human being, to be in need of healthcare |
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Identify at least three negative impacts of consumer fraud on public wellness.
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consumer fraud is illegel, ppl who are experiencing pain maybe willing to try anything at any costs. the general public often cannot tell the difference between true and false claims. we must educate the clients on detecting frauds as a client advocate.
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