Two resources a nurse to look for information on their scope of practice
Nurse Practice Act
Hospital Policies and Procedures
Most of Health Related activities at the Federal Level are administered by this agency.
Department of Health and Human Services
Type of Managed Care plan in the private sector that has a preselected list of providers who have agreed to provide health services for those in the plan
Health
Maintenance
Organizations
A state-administered health plan, providing a source for financial health care for the poor and disabled
Medicaid
Helped the Federal Government form the Children's Bureau of 1912
Lillian Wald
Federal law that requires all hospitals with emergency services that participate in Medicare to treat any client in their emergency services whether they are covered or not or they have the ability to pay
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
Essential health insurance program available to certain low income individuals and families who have recognized eligibility by federal and state law
Medicaid
Transformed Military Health and was the first nurse to exert political pressure on a government. She advocated for more sanitary conditions for military patients
Florence Nightingale
Placed restrictions on eligibility for Medicaid and other federally funded welfare programs
Welfare Reform Act
What is the most important aspect of the Health Belief Model
Perceived Benefit
Authorized federal assistance in the construction of hospitals and health centers with stipulations about services for the uninsured
Hill Burton Act of 1946
Federal entitlement program that is funded by the government to help cover the cost of health care for those over 65 and who are disable or have end-stage renal disease
Medicare
Stages in the
Transtheoretical
Model of Change
Precomtemplation
Comptemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
Offers protection for patient privacy and that insurers cannot set limits on coverage for preexisting conditions longer than 12 months
HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act