1947 Correct Answers Civilians were accepted as trainees
1978 Correct Answers Nursing assistants registration act
Accessibility Correct Answers Reasonable access to healthcare,
regardless of ability of pay
Active listening (therapeutic Communication) Correct Answers
being attentive to what a patient is saying both verbally and
nonverbally
Actual Diagnosis Correct Answers a client problem that is
present at the time of the nursing assessment
Actual nursing diagnosis Correct Answers describes human
responses to health conditions or life processes
Acuity Correct Answers Categorization of patients based on
their intensity
acute care facility Correct Answers a health care facility that
provides care for patients who have extremely serious, severe,
or painful conditions that require immediate medical attention
Adam model Correct Answers Empathy, caring, mutual
respect, support patients strength
,Adult day support programs Correct Answers Programs
associated with a hospital or long-term care facility, or that
exist independently. As an alternative to hospitalization, they
provide continuous health care services for specific patients
(e.g., those with dementia, those needing physical
rehabilitation or counselling, or those with chemical
dependency).
Adult day support programs Correct Answers Services to help
maintain or improve their physical or cognitive function,
provides socialization, recreation activities and exercise
Adverse reaction Correct Answers Harmful or unintended
effect of a medication, diagnostic test, or therapeutic
intervention.
Aesthetics knowing Correct Answers Active listening, showing
empathy, providing comfort
Personality and approach to creating relationship
Agencies that reduce wait time Correct Answers Canadian
institute for health information, Canada Health Infoway,
Canadian institutes for Health Research
ambulatory care Correct Answers outpatient care
Aphasia Correct Answers impairment of language, usually
caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area
,(impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding).
Assertive Correct Answers Communication allows individuals
to act in their own best interests without infringing on or
denying the rights of others
Assessment Correct Answers Process that gathers, sorts and
analysis patient health information
Assessment phase Correct Answers systematic collection,
organization, validation, and documentation of patient data
Assist-living facilities Correct Answers Facilities that provides
personal and medical assistance for older adults while
providing them their independence
Authenticity Correct Answers Being spontaneous and genuine,
remaining aware of the patients and one's own in the moment
experiences
authorized act Correct Answers Are acts that are harmful
unless performed by qualified persons
Barrier to Communication Correct Answers Something that
prevents the flow of communication
Physical barriers, language, age, gender, environment, adapting
for those with sensory, motor or cognitive impairments
, Basic cause of racialized health inequality Correct Answers
Racism
Best known databases for nursing Correct Answers Medline,
cinahl
Canada Health Act (1984) Correct Answers binds provincial
health care plans together -> provincial health plans must be
comprehensive (everything medically necessary is covered),
accessible (can't pay extra to get faster service, user fees and
extra billing is prohibited), portable (across Canada), universal
(every legal resident is covered), publicly administered
Canada health act reason Correct Answers To ensure that
every Canadian has timely access to all medically necessary
health services regardless of their ability to pay
Categories of 76 entry level competencies Correct Answers
Professional practice, legal practice, ethical, practice
foundations of practice, collaborative practice
Channels Correct Answers Conveying and receiving messages
through visual,auditory, and tactile senses
Channels Correct Answers means of conveying and receiving
messages
Chaos theory Correct Answers Cause/effect theories
WAYS OF KNOWING- Carper 1978