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12 Cards in this Set
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Collaboration
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Means a collegial working relationship with another health care provider in the provision of (to supply) patient care.
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Community
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is a collection of people who share some attribute of their lives and interact with each other in some way.
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community-based health care (CBHC)
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It is holistic, unlike traditional health care systems that focus primarily on the ill and the injured. It is a PHC system that provides health-related services within the context of people's daily lives-that is, in places where people spend their time, for example, in the home, in shelters, in long-term care residences, at work, in school, in senior citizens' centers, in ambulatory settings, and in hospitals. The care is directed toward a specific group within the geographic neighborhood.
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community-based nursing (CBN)
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Is nursing care directed toward specific individuals. However, it involves nursing care that is not confined to one practice setting. It extends beyond institutional boundaries and involves a network of nursing services: nursing wellness centers, ambulatory care, acute care, long-term care nursing services, telephone advices, home health, school health, and hospice services.
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Community health nursing
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focuses on promoting and preserving the health of population groups.
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Community nursing centers
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Provide primary care to specific populations and are staffed by nurse practitioners and community health nurses.
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Continuity of care
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is the coordination of health care services by health care providers for clients moving from one health care setting to another and between and among health care professionals. It ensures uninterrupted and consistent services for the clients from one level of care to another.
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Discharge planning
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is the process of preparing a client to leave one level of care for another within or outside the current health care agency.
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Integrated health care system
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Makes all levels of care available in an integrated form-primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care.
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Population
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is composed of people who share some common characteristic but who do not necessarily interact with each other
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primary care (PC)
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according to the institute of medicine (IOM) is "the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health services, developing a sustained partnership with clients, and practicing in the context of family and community".
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Primary health care (PHC)
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is defined as: essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-reliance and self-determination. It incorporates five principles: Equitable distribution, Appropriate technology, a focus on health promotion and disease prevention, community participation, and a multisectoral approach.
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