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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the affordable care act | ties payments to organizations offering medicare plans to quality ratings of coverage they offer |
| inpatient prospective payment system | system of payment for operating costs of acute care hospital inpatient stays under medicare part a based on prospectively set rates |
| what is a diagnosis-related group | patient system that groups hospital inpatients with similar diagnoses, procedures, age, and sex |
| what is minimum data set | initial overview of resident's healthcare needs. |
| nursing-sensitive outcomes | patient outcomes and nursing workforce characteristics that are related to nursing care |
| example of nursing-sensitive outcome | changes in patients' symptom experiences, functional status, safety, psychological distress, job satisfaction |
| respite care | service that offers short-term relief by providing a new environment or time to relax for family caregivers who support ill, disabled |
| palliative care | holistic, patient and family centered care approach with goal of improving quality of life of patients and families |
| preventive care | reduce and control risk factors for disease |
| primary care | focus on improved health outcomes for entire pop. promote health care visits |
| ex of primary care | vaccinations, annual health visits |
| secondary care ex | seeing cardiologist bc of shortness of breath (specialist or agency) |
| TERTIARY EX | specialized consultative care, referred from cardiologist to cardiac surgeon |
| restorative care | regain functional status and increase quality of life |
| restorative care ex | rehabilitation, sports medicine, physical therapy |
| continuing care | long term care, |
| when does discharge planning start | soon as a patient is admitted |
| magnet recognition program | healthcare organizations that achieve excellence in nursing practice |