Nursing 3910A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Metabolic Waste, Kess-Fm, Diabetes Insipidus
9 Nov 2016
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Built around episodic care: sick, treated, discharged. Specialties and acuity: someone who would be in the icu is now in acute care because of how the health system has evolved. Ip care: sw, slp, pt, ot, home care, md, dietician, pharmacy. Necessary to exploit health promotion and home are. Having many hospitals does not keep the population healthy we don"t need more hospitals, we need better access to hospitals. Increases in ability to detect, diagnose, and treat. Tendancy to view those who are proficient with technology as competent (nurses) Using the tech in order to better client case. Relational practices, empathy, communication all still need to be remembered. Challenges: e-health, wait times, nurse-client ratios, outbreaks, antibiotic resistance, multiple illnesses, aging population. Clients can refuse admittance to a hospital always up to the client to decide. Deconditioning is the enemy: makes healing incredibly difficult. Everyone has access to google make sure your source is credible.
