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The community-based nurse is a coordinator of services, a patient and family educator, who protects and supports the patient’s rights.
An advocate
A facility must be certified by this entity to receive reimbursement for services
Medicare
Diet, exercise, and weight loss are three examples of this
primary health promotion
something that increases a person’s chances for illness or injury.
risk factor
this is an active process in which an individual progresses toward the maximum possible potential, regardless of current state of health
wellness
This is a person who recommends home health care services and supplies the home health care facility with details about the patient’s needs.
Referral source
Planning for this actually begins on admission when information about the patient is collected and documented.
discharge
Each person defines this in terms of one’s own values and beliefs.
health
the conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks
social determinants of health
Physical therapy after a stroke is an example of this level of preventive care.
tertiary
A comprehensive and coordinated care for patients with limited life expectancy that is provided in the patient’s home and in institutional settings.
hospice
An example of a this is the higher incidence of diabetes in the African American and Hispanic populations compared to the White population.
health disparity
Chronic illnesses usually have a slow onset and many have periods of this (when the disease is present, but the person does not experience symptoms).
remission
what happens when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care
collaborative practice
consistent, clear, structured, and easy-to-use method of communication between health care personnel; it organizes communication by the categories
SBAR
The deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services
coordination
are groups that are not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic, cultural, economic, geographic, or health characteristics. Their isolation can result in these groups not obtaining necessary health care
vulnerable populations
These type of illnesses are the leading health problem in the world today.
chronic
a process by which health care providers give appropriate, uninterrupted care and facilitate the patient’s transition between different settings and levels of care.
continuity of care
A family history of cancer is considered this type of risk factor for illness.
nonmodifiable
Private home health care facilities at this, and are for-profit organizations governed by individual owners or national corporations whose services are paid for through health care insurance or individual self-pay.
proprietary
Economic stability, neighborhood and physical environment, education, food, community and social context, and health care system are all part of this
social determinants of health
A person’s economic level, lifestyle, family, and culture are components of this human dimension.
sociocultural
care that addresses the many dimensions that comprise the whole person—the nurse must understand and respect each person’s own definition of health and responses to illness, and should be familiar with models of health and illness.
holistic health care
Examples of these are emotional, physical, intellectual, environmental, spiritual, sociocultural; they are all interdependent parts of the whole person
the human dimensions of health