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Pt & Healthcare Syst
Test I, N101
Question | Answer |
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Cat of Healthcare: to prevent or slow down the onset of disease | Primary |
Cat of Healthcare: screening, education, to detect disease at early stage | Secondary |
Cat of Healthcare: Treat illness, get back to pre-illness stage (Re-hab) | Tertiary |
Nurse doesn't deliver direct pt. care, more of a liaison or referral person | Parish Nurse |
Org. funded through donations, possibly grants | Non-profit |
Pt. stays in hosp 24 hours or longer | Inpatient |
Pt. stays in hosp 23 hours or less | Outpatient |
Insurer decides how many days to recover from surg/illness from D.R.G.'s and reimburses according to diagnosis | Prospective Payment Program |
A group with the same illness/surgery - determines norm recovery length for Pt. | Diagnosis Related Groups |
Surgeries/procedures that the pt is able to walk out afterwards. Ex. Same day surgery, minute clinics | Ambulatory Services |
Center where geriatric or sick "babysitting" is provided | Respit Center |
APN | Advanced Practice Nurse |
NAP | Nursing Assistive Personnel |
UAP | Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |
JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
Hospital reimbursement depends on accreditation by | JCAHO |
PHS | Public Health Services |
Federal health agency under direction of U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services | PHS |
PHS oversees | CDC & NIH |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
NIH | National Institute of Health |
Focuses on epidemiology | CDC |
Study of infections/diseases | Epidemiology |
Funds and conducts health RESEARCH | NIH |