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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Illness</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Environment</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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