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What is the nursing process.
Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implantation and evaluation.
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What is PA (physician assistant)
This clinician can prescribe medications but cannot work independent of an MD
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What is Medicaid
Mrs. Johnson is a 26 year old single parent of two young children, with very little income is she most likely to be eligible to receive this state run insurance
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What is American Academy of Ambulatory Nursing
AAACN is the abbreviation.
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What is Lexicomp
This area in EPIC can be used to look up medication information, including typical dosing, side effects and contraindications..
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What is state board of nursing (NH board of nursing)
Our state's Nursing Scope of Practice can be found here
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What is Medical Assistant (MA)
This ambulatory clinical staff member can give immunizations but cannot perform telephone triage.
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What is an example of a HIPAA violation
Talking to an elderly patients daughter (no personal rep form) about the need to bring the patient back for another appointment because tests came back with some abnormalities.
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What is health literacy
The degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions
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What is a medication review
When the nurse compares medications a patient has listed in their chart, to the hospital discharge medication list compared to what the patient is actually taking.
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What is the 5 rights of delegation
Right task, Right circumstance, Right person, Right communication/direction, Right supervision/evaluation
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What is Medical Assistant (MA) or what is LNA
RNs and LPNs can delegate to the following ambulatory clinical staff as long as the skill falls within their DH scope
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What is a medication prior authorization
This is needed if a medication prescribed does not fall on one of the insurances preferred tiers
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What is Dartmouth Hitchcock
The best hospital organization to work for.
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What is OTC (over the counter)
RNs and LPNs cannot recommend specific dosages of these type of medications
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What is advocate, coordination of care, and educator
These are the three Pillars of Ambulatory Nursing
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What is LPN
These clinical staff can perform telephone triage as long as the patient is stable and their is a predictable outcome
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What is Medicare
Federal medical insurance for people over the age of 65 or those who are younger with a disability.
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What is evidence-based practice
The integration of research evidence with clinical experience to support the best recommended guideline for practice
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What is narcotic count.
These must be locked up at all times and you must count them twice a day to be sure the numbers are accurate.
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What is advocate
An ambulatory nurse is functioning under this Pillar when she is empowering a family to make informed decisions
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What is RN and LPN
Besides the providers, there two clinical staff can educate the patient.
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What is you will be terminated.
Looking into the electronic medical record of your crazy neighbor just to see if she has psych issues will cause this to happen to your employment.
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What is A learning needs assessment
This needs to be done annually and reviewed prior to providing any patient education.
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What is polypharmacy
Individuals with multiple conditions taking multiple medications, some of which may not be clinically necessary.
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