Certified Nursing
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- What is the purpose of Healthcare Facilities?
-
Care of the ill
Prevention
Rehabilitation
Education - Explain Acute illness.
- Sudden onset; recovery expected
- Explain Chronic illness.
- Ongoing, slow gradual; cure not expected
- Explain Terminal illness.
- No expectation for recovery.
- Name the types of facilities.
-
Hospitals -Acute care, SNF
Speciality Units -OB, Peds, Ortho...
Long Term Care -Skilled, intermediate, medicare residents
Alzheimer - unit or facility
Hospice - building service
Home Care Assisted Living - Name positions in the Health Care Team.
- Activities, audiologist, clergy, dentist PT, RN, speech, etc.
- Name the patterns of care and explain each.
-
FUNCTIONAL-Task oriented, less effective.
TEAM-Efficient, popular, Staff & patient oriented
PRIMARY-24 hr RN care, patient oriented
CASE MANAGEMENT - RN coordinates care from admission to discharge
PATIENT FOCUSED CARE - Team concept, focus on patient need, patient oriented - Who pays for healthcare?
- HMO's consumer pays less little coice
- Explain Right Task.
-
Does state allow you to perform the task?
Were you trained to do the task
Do you have experience
Is task in Job description - Explain right circumstances
-
Have experience performing task given the persons condition and needs.
Understand purpose -
ab-
ad-
ante- -
Away from
To, toward, near
before, forward, in front of -
brady-
olig-
tachy
gluc
glyc -
small, scant
fast, rapid
sweetness, glucose
sugar -
neur
pnea
pneaum
-meter
-metry -
breathing
lung, air, gas
measuring instrument
measurement -
-phagia
-phasia
-plegia
-stomy, -ostomy -
eat, consume swallo
speaking
paralysis
creation of an opening -
-uria
ac
ADL
amb
ap
bid
BM -
condition of urine
before meals
Activites of Daily Living
Ambulatory
after meals
twice a day
Bowel Movement -
cc
dx
GI
HS
I&O
L
mid noc -
cubic centimeter
diagnosis
Gastrointestinal
Hour of sleep
intake, output
Liter
midnight -
NA
NPO
OR
OT
pc
po
PT
pt
q -
nursing assistant
nothing by mouth
operating room
occupational therapy
after meals
by mouth
physical therapy
patient
every -
qid
qod
s
SOB
R
ROM
s
SSE
tid
TPR
VS
w/c -
four times a day
every other day
without
shortness of breath
rectal temperature, respirat
without
soapsuds enema
three times a day
temperature, pulse, respirati
vital signs
wheel chair