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NUR 104 Exam 1/25 Complete Questions and Answers
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NUR 104 Exam 1/25 CompleteQuestions and Answers
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - -Regulates the scope of nursing practice for the
state and protects public health, safety, and welfare. This Act also protects
the public from unqualified and unsafe nurses.
-Ethics of Care - -Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships
between people and the nurse's attitude and character toward others.
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Code of Ethics: a statement of philosophical ideals of rights and wrongs that
define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients.
-Autonomy - -an essential element of nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders.
-Accountability - -responsible professionally and legally for the type and
quality of nursing care provided.
-Capitation - -System of payment used by managed care plans in which
physicians and hospitals are paid a fixed, per capita amount for each patient
enrolled over a stated period regardless of the type and number of services
provided; reimbursement to the hospital on a per-member/per-month basis
to cover costs for the members of the plan.
-DRGs (diagnosis-related groups) - -Each has a payment weight assigned to
it based on the average resources used to treat medicare patients in that
DRG. Regardless of the amount of a hospital spends of care for a patient, the
DRG-established payment is the amount the hospital receives.
-Continuing Care - -For people who are disabled, functionally dependent, or
suffering a terminal disease over a prolonged period.
These services offer companionship, assistance with daily activities, and food
preparation.
-Preventative Care - -Disease oriented and focused on reducing and
controlling risk factors for disease through activities such as immunization
and occupational health programs.
-Tertiary Care - -Specialized consultative care, usually on referral from
primary or secondary medical care personnel. Example: cardiac surgeon
sees a patient referred by the cardiologist about possible cardiac bypass
surgery.
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