(C228) ATI-Community Health <Chapter 3> <Community-Based & Home Care of the Adult Client> Questions With Complete Solutions

Chapter Review correct answer: - In contrast to community health, which focuses on the health of a population, community-based care focuses on individual and family healthcare needs. Services are provided in many different settings and by various programs, including community centers and clinics, day care programs, parish nursing, and Meals-on-Wheels. - Factors affecting health in the community include social support systems, community healthcare structures, the environment, and economic resources. - Home care is defined as services for people who are recovering, disabled, or chronically ill and who are in need of treatment or support to function effectively in the home environment. - Two special components of home care are hospice care and respite care. - The home care system includes agencies, clients, referral sources, physicians, reimbursement sources, and legal considerations. - The roles of the home care nurse include advocate, provider of direct care, educator, and coordinator of services. - Nursing interventions to ensure competent care include those used to establish trust and rapport, proceed slowly, set goals and boundaries, assess the home environment, set priorities, promote learning, limit distractions, put safety first, and control infection. - Rehabilitation is the process of learning to live to one's maximum potential with a chronic health impairment and its resultant disability. Block Nursing correct answer: nursing care provided to people who live on the same block as the nurse Community correct answer: encompassing a specific geographic area, a community may be a small neighborhood in a major urban city or a large area of rural residents. Communities have in common the characteristics of people, area, social interaction, and common ties Community-Based Nursing correct answer: nursing centered on individual and family health care needs. The nurse practicing community-based care provides direct services to individuals to manage acute or chronic health problems and to promote self-care. The care is provided in the local community Contracting correct answer: the negotiation of a cooperative