Cost Conscious Nursing Practice
A cost-conscious nurse's first priority?
What is the patient?
This collaborative nursing model involves a team of healthcare professionals working together to provide care for a designated patient population.
What is Team nursing?
This term refers to the process of planning and managing a healthcare facility's long-term financial investments.
What is capital budgeting?
Term to refer to the philosophy and approach aimed at improving the health of all Canadians across their lifespan?
What is primary Health Care?
Canada's federal legislation for publicly funded healthcare insurance?
What is Canada Health Act?
___ is money.
What is time?
This nursing model divides tasks based on specific functions, allowing nurses to specialize in certain areas of patient care.
What is Functional nursing?
It is not a one-time investment but rather what?
What is an investment?
This practice by nurses involves empowering patients and families to actively participate their health care process.
What is health promotion?
Immunizations are provided through what source of funding?
What is public funding?
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A potential downside of this model is the risk of fragmented care, as it focuses heavily on task completion.
What is Functional Nursing?
Besides public funding, what is another source that contributes to capital budgets?
What is charity?
This principle of Public Health Care emphasizes that health care should be available to everyone without barriers.
What is accessibility?
Physiotherapy is typically covered by this source of funding.
What is private funding/insurance?
This is the biggest expense for an operating budget.
What is labor?
Nurse case management emphasizes this strategy to empower patients to manage their health and make informed decisions.
What is patient education?
The minimum amount needed for an item to be a capital purchase?
What is $2000 - $5000?
Primary Health Care aims to address these aspects of health that affect well-being, often overlooked in traditional health care.
What are social determinants of health?
A set amount of funding annually distributed to healthcare organizations is known as what approach?
What is global funding?
Restructuring work to provide safe, evidence-based patient care is an example of?
What is using research to evaluate standard nursing practice?
Nurse case managers are essential in managing healthcare costs by ensuring that patients receive the right care at the right time, thus reducing expenses associated with ____.
What is hospital readmission?
Who must first approve Capital purchases?
What is The Ministry of Finance?
Primary Health care emphasizes the importance of using this type of cooperation to address health issues across different areas.
What is intersectoral cooperation and collaboration?
The types and volumes of services that are provided at a set rate is known as?
What is activity-based funding?