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40 Cards in this Set
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Apprenticeship
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Learning by doing
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Aseptically
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Without introducing infectious material
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Capitated cost
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A set fee is paid for every patient enrolled in the health network each year
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Diagnosis-related groups (DRG's)
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Use of a system by which a hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis
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Evidence- based nursing
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Nusing practice based on validated research
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Health maintenance organizations (HMO's)
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A type of group practice that enrolls patients for a set fee per month and provides a limited network of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers from which to choose
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Implement
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To put into action
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Integrated delivery network
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A set of providers and services organized to deliver coordinated are to promote wellness, care for illness, and promote rehabilitation
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Interventions
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Nursing actions aimed at accomplishing a goal or expected outcome
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Invasive procedures
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Procedures that require entry into the body
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Nursing process
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A goal-directed series of activities whereby the practice of nursing accomplishes its goal of alleviating, minimizing, or preventing real or potential heal problems
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Nursing theory
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Statement about relationships among concepts or fact, based on existing information
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Practice acts
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Defines activities in which nurses may engage, states the legalm requirements and titles for nursing licensure, and establishes the education needed for licensure
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Prefered provider organizations (PPO's)
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An organization that offer discounted insurance fees in return fr a large pool of potential patients who choose a doctor from the list of those associated with the PPO
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Chapter 2
Acute illness |
An illness that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time
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Adaptation
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Adjustment in structure or habits
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Asymptomatic
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Without symptoms
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Autonomic
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Not subject to voluntary control
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Chronic illness
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Illness that develops slowly over a long period and lasts throughout life
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Convalescence
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The process of recovering after illness and regaining health
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Coping
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Adjusting to or solving challenges
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Defense mechanisms
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Strategies used to protect us from increasing anxiety
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Disease
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A pathological process with a definite set of signs and symptoms; disease causes illness
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Etiology
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Study of the cause of the disease; origin
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Health
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The state of the functioning well physically and mentally and expressing the full range of ones potentialities
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Hierarchy
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The arrangement of objects, elements or values in a graduated series
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Holistic
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Approach to healthcare that considers the biological, psychological, sociologic, and spiritual aspects and needs of the person
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Homeostasis
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A tendency of biological systems to maintain stability in their internal environment while continually adjusting to changes necessary for survival
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Idiopathic
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Of unknown origin
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Illness
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Disease of body or mind
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Maladaptaion
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Lack of adjustment
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Primary illness
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Illness that develops without being caused by another health problem
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Secondary illness
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Illness that results from or is caused by a primary illness
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Self-actualization
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Reaching ones full potential
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Stress
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The sum of biological reactions that take place in response to any adverse stimulus
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Stressor
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Adverse stimulus
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Terminal illness
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Illness for which no cure is available; intends in death,usually within a short period of time
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Wellness
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A dynamic and active movement toward fulfillment of ones potential
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Chapter 3
Accountability |
Taking responsibility for ones actions
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Advance directive
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Consent constructed before the need for it arises; it spells out a patients wishes regarding surgery and diagnostic and thereutic treatments.
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