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Apprenticeship
Learning by doing
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Interventions
Actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness
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Invasive procedures
Procedures that require entry into the body
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Aseptically
Without introducing infectious material
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Nursing theory
Statement about relationships amoung conecpts or facts based on existing information
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Evidence-based nursing
Nursing practice based on validated research
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Nursing process
A goal-directed series of activities whereby the practice of nursing accomplishes its goal of alleviating, minimizing, or preventing real or potential health problems
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Implement
To put into action
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Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
Created by Medicare in 1983 as an attempt to contain health case costs
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Practice acts
Activities in which nurses may engage, state the legal requirements and titles for nursing licensure and establish the education needed for licensure
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Integrated delivery network
set of providers and services organized to deliver coordinated care to promote wellness, care for illness, and promote rehabilitation
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Capitated cost
A set fee is paid for every patient enrolled in the health network each year
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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
A type of group practice that enrolls patients for a set fee per month and provides a limited netowrk of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers from which to choose
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Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)
An organization that offers discounted insurance fees in return for a large pool of potential patients who choose a doctor from the list of those associated with the PPO
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Steps of the Nursing Process
- Assessment (data collection)
- Nursing diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
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