6 Types of Health Care Settings - ✔️✔️primary, secondary, tertiary, preventative,
restorative, continuing
Primary Care - ✔️✔️health promotion → office/clinic visits, nutrition counseling, family
planning, etc
Preventative Care - ✔️✔️program based → cancer screening, immunizations, mental
health
Secondary Care - ✔️✔️diagnosis & treatment of acute illness/injury → emergency
care, acute med/surg
care, x-rays, CT scans
Florence Nightingale - ✔️✔️Cared for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War. They
lacked medical supplies and dealt with
unsanitary conditions, brought medical supplies, food, cleanliness, and sanitation to the
military hospital. Found soldiers recovered faster when given fresh air
Orem - ✔️✔️The theory of self-care, which focuses on the performance or practice of
activities that individuals perform on their own behalf.
Tertiary Care - ✔️✔️specialized/ highly technical care → ICU care, oncology or burn
centers
Restorative Care - ✔️✔️intermediate follow-up care for restoring health → home
health, rehab, SNF
Continuing Care - ✔️✔️long-term or chronic health care needs → palliative or hospice
care, adult daycare
What is the difference between health and wellness? - ✔️✔️health - complete state
wellness- active state of being healthy
What is the difference between nursing and medicine? - ✔️✔️Nursing - focuses on
health
Medicine- focuses on cure
, What is self actualization? - ✔️✔️the process by which people achieve their full
potential
Subjective Data - ✔️✔️data from the client; what the client or family members say
verbal description: feelings, perceptions, and concerns. Collected through assessment.
Objective Data - ✔️✔️observable and measurable data (physical exam, labs,
diagnostic tests etc)
How to select and write nursing diagnosis? - ✔️✔️A problem/diagnosis related to x
factor/cause as evidence by data/observations.
Risk: problem/diagnosis related to x factor/cause
Independent Nursing Interventions - ✔️✔️RN initiates, does NOT require an order,
based on scientific rationale Ex: elevating extremity, educating about med side effects,
repositioning pt.
Dependent Nursing Interventions - ✔️✔️requires an order; interventions based on a
physician or other provider's response to treat/manage pts diagnosis
Ex: Administering meds, inserting Foley, starting IV, dressing change
Collaborative Nursing Interventions - ✔️✔️uses knowledge, skill, and expertise of
several health care professionals
Ex: Consulting w/case manager about discharge, consult w/ social worker, folow ups
Direct care - ✔️✔️ADLs, physical care techniques, lifesaving measures
Indirect care - ✔️✔️documentation, infection control, delegation, telephone consults,
collect/label/ transporting specimens
Right Task - ✔️✔️repetitive, require little supervision, relatively noninvasive, risk are
predictable, minimal risk
Right Circumstance - ✔️✔️appropriate pt setting, available resources
Right Person - ✔️✔️know the role description of co-workers as well as your own
Right Direction - ✔️✔️clear, concise description of tasks including objective, limits,
expectations
ongoing communication is required
Right Supervision - ✔️✔️appropriate monitoring, evaluation, intervention as needed,
feedback