Healthcare System and Nursing Fundamentals
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What is the primary focus of Primary care in the healthcare system?

  • Research and development of new medical treatments
  • Treatment of complex medical problems in inpatient settings
  • Rehabilitation of patients after surgery
  • Prevention and treatment of common medical problems in outpatient settings (correct)

What is the term for the continuing of established patient care from one setting to another?

  • Tiered System
  • Regionalized System
  • Healthcare Delivery
  • Continuity of Care (correct)

What is the term for the highest level of optimal health?

  • Health
  • Wellness (correct)
  • Disease
  • Illness

What is the term for the range of a person's total health, which is constantly changing?

<p>Wellness-Illness Continuum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Acute Care facilities?

<p>To provide close monitoring for patients with serious conditions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the diminished or impaired state of health?

<p>Illness (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the setting for the nurse (healthcare worker) patient interaction?

<p>Environment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for healthcare facilities that provide care for patients who are not required to stay overnight?

<p>Ambulatory facilities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the highest level of care provided by healthcare facilities?

<p>Tertiary care (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of healthcare facility provides care for patients in their own homes?

<p>Home Health Care agency (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a unit that provides care for critically ill patients?

<p>Intensive Care Unit (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of healthcare facility provides care for patients with specific mental health conditions?

<p>Psychiatric Hospital (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of a human being and the absence of illness?

<p>Health (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of care usually requires collaboration between multiple specialties in an inpatient setting?

<p>Tertiary care (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary agency in the US government responsible for protecting the health and safety of all Americans?

<p>Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of care concerns the treatment of disorders requiring specialist opinion or hospitalization?

<p>Secondary care (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the network of agencies, facilities, and providers designed to work together coherently in a specified geographic area?

<p>Healthcare System (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the medical and/or surgical management of complex disorders in an inpatient setting?

<p>Tertiary care (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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