Healthcare Delivery Setting and Health Models

Flashcards covering healthcare delivery roles, levels of care, nursing care models, and theories of health and wellness based on the lecture notes.

LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurses)

Nurses who have become med passers, with the exception of IV push meds, and are unable to make medical diagnoses.

BSN

The best degree for nursing.

CMS (Medicare/Medicaid)

Government entities that require hospitals and patients to follow specific levels of care to receive funding.

EMR

Electronic Medical Records that allow multiple people to access a patient's chart at the same time.

Preventive Care

A level of care focused on preventing illness through wellness plans and actions like vaccines, flu shots, and hand washing.

Primary Prevention

Care focused on keeping healthy individuals healthy.

Secondary Care

A level of care involving referrals to facilities for more specialized practices.

Tertiary Care

Specialized acute care provided to a patient in a hospital setting.

Restorative Care

Care provided in a rehab setting with the goal of helping the patient become as independent as possible.

Respite Care

Short term care that gives families time to figure out an action plan after a patient leaves a facility.

Hospice

A type of care that, according to the notes, focuses on fixing the sickness and treating symptoms.

Palative Care

Care for those actively dying where only pain and anxiety are treated.

Inpatient

A patient who stays at the hospital and receives priority for medical needs.

Outpatient

A patient who goes to a hospital or facility but leaves directly after receiving care.

Skilled Nursing Setting

A care center or nursing home for patients requiring long-term specialized care, such as those on a ventilator for the rest of their life.

Client-centered Care

A model that empowers patients to take control and manage their own care.

Primary Care (Nursing)

A nursing model where one nurse is responsible for all aspects of care for their assigned patients; works best with a small number of patients.

Case management

Assistance for at-risk or vulnerable patients that involves planning for life outside of the hospital.

Illness

A state that causes changes in a person's functioning.

Healthy

A state of good mental, physical, and spiritual health; it does not simply mean being free of illness.

Donn's Theory of Wellness and Environment

The theory that a favorable environment leads to health; for example, being wealthy in a good environment equals being healthy.

Fitzpatrick's Rythm Model

A model directed at a patient's level of well-being and perspective on nursing, noting that behavior is the hardest to change.

Holistic Health Model

A spiritual approach to health that looks at the whole body to create conditions that promote optimal health.

Basic Needs (Human) Model

An approach that attempts to meet basic needs using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

Physiological Needs (Maslow)

The base of the hierarchy including oxygen, fluids, nutrition, body elimination, sex, shelter, and temperature.

Health Beliefs

A person's ideas and attitudes about health, which can change over time.

Health Practices

Activities that individuals perform to care for themselves.

Internal Variables

Factors influencing health beliefs and practices including developmental stage, intellectual background, emotional factors, and spiritual backgrounds.

External Variables

Factors influencing health beliefs and practices including family practices, socioeconomic factors, and cultural background.