NURS 2730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Palliative Care, Nurse Practitioner, Long-Term Care
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A health care system is the sum of health care services provided by all individuals and organizations that aim to meet the health care needs of target populations. Rights and health care: clients rights movement. If person lacks decision making capacity their rights can be exercised by a designated surrogate. Categories of health care: types, health promotion/illness prevention. Inpatients - admitted to hospital and expected to remain for 1 or more days: outpatients - requires care but does not stay more than a few hours. Home care: provided outside hospitals, temp. or permanent assistance, acute, chronic and terminal illness. Illness diagnosis, routing health monitoring, refills, etc: referrals for other diagnostic tests, specialists, etc, nurses employed here may , prepare clients for exam, obtain info, obtain specimens, assist with procedures. Nurse practitioner offices: focus on wellness, can specialize in services to older people, etc. Specialist clinics: physiotherapy, education, diabetes treatment, etc.
