HUC chapter 3
questions and answers
(100% accuracy)
Acuity - answer level of care patients would require on the basis of their
medical condition; used to evalute staffing needs.
Acupunture - answer field that originated in china more than 5000 years
ago; based on a belief that all living things have a vital energy called (qi)
Acute care - answer level of health care generally provided in hospitals or
emergency departments for sudden serious illnesses or trauma
Alternative Medicine - answer Any practice not generally recognized by
the medical community as a standard or conventional medical approach
and used instead of standard treatments.
American Nurses Association (ANA) - answer National association for
registered nurses in the United States, founded in 1896 to improve
standards of health and the availablity of health care .
assignment sheet - answer A form completed at the beginning of each
work shift that indicates the nursing staff member(s) assigned to each
patient on that nursing unit
assistant nurse manager - answer A registered nurse who assists the
nurse manager in coordinating activities on the nursing unit
attending physician - answer Term applied to a physician who admits and
is responsible for a hospital patient
, certified nursing assistant - answer A certified health care giver who
performs basic nursing tasks
chiropractic medicine - answer Complementary and alternative health care
profession with the purpose of diagnosing and treating mechanical
disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system with the intention of
affecting the nervous system and improving health
chronic - answer long-lasting describes a illness or medical condition that
lasts over a long period and sometimes causes a long-term change in the
body
clinical pathway - answer A method of outlining a patient's path of
treatment for a specific diagnosis, procedure, or symptom
complementary medicine - answer Nonstandard treatments that may be
used along with standard treatments.
director of nursing - answer A registered nurse in charge of nursing
services.
electronic intensive care unit (eICU)/ advanced intensive care unit (ICU) -
answer An intensive care unit with a highly advanced electronic clinical
information system and a consolidated treatment unit.
holistic nursing care - answer A modern nursing practice that expresses
the philosophy of total patient care that considers the physical, emotional,
social, economic, and spiritual needs of the patient. Also called
comprehensive care
homeopathy - answer a natural form of medicine that treats the whole
person with natural medicines. It is goof therapy for mood swings ,
depression, anxienty, obessive compulsive disorder, also attention
deficit/hyperactiviity disorder
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