Healthcare Delivery
This program was implemented under President Barack Obama With the goal of reducing healthcare disparities and makes healthcare less expensive for individuals
What is the Affordable Healthcare Act ( ACA)
The nurse is collecting data and separating subjective data from objective data. She is also prioritizing Problems.
What is the Assessment Phase
The client is complaining of pain to his lower abdominal area. What assessment would be most appropriate for this complaint
What is a focused assessment
This term refers to the production of heat
What is Thermogenesis
This process should begin upon admission to the healthcare facility
What is the discharge process
This level of care is usually short term and a place where clients can receive intense therapies ordered by their physician
What is a Rehabilitation facility
The Nurse selects interventions related to the client Problems
What is the Planning phase
The client was seen guarding their shoulder during morning care. What type of data is this?
What is objective data
This is an area where you may take a pulse and it may be faster than the radial pulse. it is also called the PMI
What is the Apical Pulse
Where is it located????
After gathering the assessment data. This is the most important process
What is documenting your assessment
This level of care Tends to be the most expensive place per day for clients
What is the intensive care unit
The nurse is putting the plan into action
What is the implementation phase
The onset of this illness has been gradual and has lasted for the last year.
What is a chronic illness
This term is used to describe respirations less than 12
BradyPnea
This document is collected upon admission and identifies the individual responsible for assisting with decision making if the client is unable to do so
What is the advance directive
This level of care can occur at home or in a hospital setting and the client usually enters this level of care when they are no longer seeking a cure or treatment for an illness
What is Hospice
The nurse develops a problem statement based on client problems
What is diagnosis
Who is responsible for this???
How many parts are involved in this process??
During the initial interview. The client states that her Mother Passed away from heart disease What would the nurse classify this as
What is a risk factor
These are Abnormal sounds that may be heard when auscultating the lung with a stethoscope?
What are Adventitious Sound
This part of the assessment is where the nurse documents home situation History of Mental illness and drug use.
What is Psychosocial History
The nurse makes considerations for a client's Prayer time and rituals when she is scheduling diagnostic testing.. what factors is she considering when giving holistic care
What is Cultural and Spirituality
The nurse determines that the plan was not successful in meeting the client goal?
What is evaluation
What must the nurse do at this point???
The nurse performs this type of assessment before beginning her shift
What is an initial head to toe Shift assessment
How is this different from the Comprehensive assessment????
This pressure is a measurement of force exerted by the blood against the walls of arteries during Contraction of the Ventricles
What is the Systolic Pressure
This form is used when a client makes the decision to leave the hospital before the physician discharges the client
What is against Medical advice documentation