Question | Answer |
advanced practice nurses | another name for pediatric nurse practitioner and a clinical nurse specialist |
advocate | speaking or acting in support of a person's rights and needs |
birthing centers | freestanding buildings outside of the hospital that provide comprehensive care, including antepartum, labor and delivery, and postpartum care and mothers' classes, lactation classes, and follow up family planning |
clinical nurse specialist (CNS) | provides care in the hospital and the community to patients in specific specialty areas, such as cardiac, neurological, or oncological care. |
clinical pathway | are collaborative guidlines that define multidisciplinary care in terms of outcomes within a timeline |
cost containment | the efficient and effective use of resources |
critical thinking | applying creativity and ingenuity to solve the problem: combining basic standard principles with data specific to the patient |
cultural awarness | a conscious awarness of the cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions of one's self and others |
cultural competence | a quality, attained by cultural awarness and sensitivity, that enables health care providers to adapt practices to meet the needs of patients from various cultures |
cultural sensitivity | an understanding of and sensitivity to cultural practices and values that differ from one's own |
cultural | the body of symbols, ideas, values, traditions, and practices shared by a group of people |
diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) | refers toa Medicare system that determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patients diagnosis |
documentation | the written or electronic recording |
empowerment | |
evidence-based practice | |
family care plan | |
full inclusion | |
genomics | |
health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) | |
health maintrnance organizations (HMOs) | |
healthy people 2020 | |
labor, delivery, and recovery rooms (LDR) | |
mainstream | |
midwives | |
morbidity | |
mortality | |
nursing care plan | |
nursing process | |
obstetrician | |
obstetrics | |
pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) | |
pediatrics | |
perferred provider organizations (PPOs) | |
puerperium | |
statistics | |
SBAR | |