Exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
transition of care goals
-coordinated, safe patient-centered care
-avoid poor health outcomes, ensure continuity of care, facilitate safe transitions
Project RED
Re-engineered discharge
12 components of project RED
-language assistance
-Follow-up appointments
-follow up results
-Post D/C outpatient services and medical equipment
-reconcile D/C plan with national guidelines
-D/C teaching
-Medical diagnosis education
-Patients understanding of the medical diagnosis and D/C plan
-What to do if issue arise
-Discharge summary
-Follow up after D/C
Project BOOST
better outcomes for older adults through safe transitions
8 P Scale
-Polypharmacy
-Problem medication
-Physiological issues
,-Poor health literacy
-Principal diagnosis
-Patient support
-Prior hospitalization
-Palliative care
Transforming Care at the Bedside
-Address the recommendations related to improving quality and safety of patient care
-Aim
---Retention of nurses at the bedside
---Participation of patients and family in their care experiences
---interprofessional team effectiveness
Patient Education
-Teach-back
--Providing patient education in understandable, plain language, avoiding medical jargon
--Asking patients to repeat back what they understood in their own words in a nonshaming
fashion—it is not a quiz
nurse role as patient care coordinator
Care Coordination and Transition Management model
-Advocacy
-Support for self-management
-Education and engagement
-Communication and transition
-Coaching and counseling
-Nursing process
-Teamwork and collaboration
-Patient-centered care planning
, -Population health management
5 rights of delegation
-Right task
-Right circumstance
-Right person
-Right direction/communication
-Right supervision/evaluation
Cultural awareness
-Realization and recognition that personal belief and values impact cultural health beliefs and
potentially the view of those who are different.
-Nurses should impose their personal views on others
-Brings humility, further introspection, and empathy
-Nurses need to provide care that is appropriate for each patient and respectful of each
patient's belief.
Cultural Sensitivity
-Relates to an appreciation of one's personal needs and emotions, as well as to others' cultural
practices, that lead to patient-centered care.
-Nurses: Caring is a hallmark behavior that promotes actions, attitudes, and behaviors that
respect all cultures and all patients as individuals
Health Disparities Social Factors
-Age
-Differences in education
-Disabilities
-Economic instability
-Gender
-Income inequality
-Limited english