PN Leadership Exam
II
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- LPNs participate in the
research process when they
identify a problem with a care
plan or a patient who needs to
be examined or evaluated.
- Research is focused on
identifying new information or
Role of the
defining and supporting
LPN in
current practice
Research:
- The research team accesses
information in nursing and
health-care journals and
reviews standards of practice
to find the best method to
meet a patient's needs. AKA
EBP.
, - Health-care delivery in the
United States is a combination
of public and private
organizations that attempt to
provide citizens with access to
cost-effective, quality health
care.
- Health-care services in the
United States are paid for in
various ways. Employers pay
for some health-care services
Access to through employee insurance
Care: benefits. The federal
government pays for some
health care for persons older
than 65 years through
Medicare plans. State
governments pay (with help
from the federal government)
for health care for low-income
individuals through Medicaid
plans. Individuals, churches,
and charities may pay some
health-care expenses.
, Financing of healthcare
- As the number of Americans
without health insurance
Major source
increased, political pressure to
of stress on
remedy that situation also
the US
increased. In March 2010,
healthcare
Congress passed and
system:
President Obama signed the
Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Patients needing the most
serious and intense care are
Level of Care
admitted to hospitals, where
Reqs:
health-care professionals and
Hospitals
medical supplies are available
for treatment.
Patients who do not require
the intense health-care
services of a hospital but
continue to need nursing
Level of Care
services could be discharged
Reqs: Home
to home health care. The
Health Care
patient continues to receive
state-of-the-art health care but
the family has some of the
responsibility for patient care
II
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Terms in this set (60)
- LPNs participate in the
research process when they
identify a problem with a care
plan or a patient who needs to
be examined or evaluated.
- Research is focused on
identifying new information or
Role of the
defining and supporting
LPN in
current practice
Research:
- The research team accesses
information in nursing and
health-care journals and
reviews standards of practice
to find the best method to
meet a patient's needs. AKA
EBP.
, - Health-care delivery in the
United States is a combination
of public and private
organizations that attempt to
provide citizens with access to
cost-effective, quality health
care.
- Health-care services in the
United States are paid for in
various ways. Employers pay
for some health-care services
Access to through employee insurance
Care: benefits. The federal
government pays for some
health care for persons older
than 65 years through
Medicare plans. State
governments pay (with help
from the federal government)
for health care for low-income
individuals through Medicaid
plans. Individuals, churches,
and charities may pay some
health-care expenses.
, Financing of healthcare
- As the number of Americans
without health insurance
Major source
increased, political pressure to
of stress on
remedy that situation also
the US
increased. In March 2010,
healthcare
Congress passed and
system:
President Obama signed the
Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Patients needing the most
serious and intense care are
Level of Care
admitted to hospitals, where
Reqs:
health-care professionals and
Hospitals
medical supplies are available
for treatment.
Patients who do not require
the intense health-care
services of a hospital but
continue to need nursing
Level of Care
services could be discharged
Reqs: Home
to home health care. The
Health Care
patient continues to receive
state-of-the-art health care but
the family has some of the
responsibility for patient care
