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TRANSITIONS TO RN
PROFESSIONAL ROLE
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Nursing
Professional
07/13/2013

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Order of deaconesses
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religious group of nursing providers instituted by Theodore Fliedner, kaiserswerth, germany
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clara barton
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founder of the american red cross
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dorothea dix
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union superintendent of female nurses during the civil war
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mary breckinridge
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pioneer nurse, founder of frontier nursing service
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lavinia dock
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writer, feminist, suffragette, political activist
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virginia henderson
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one of first modern nurses to define nursing
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demographic patterns
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demographic changes require recognition of cultural and ethnic diversity
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prospective payment
Definition
limits hospital reimbursements, pays a predetermined amount related to a medical diagnosis
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diagnostic related groups
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prospective payment system established according to medical disgnosis
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supplement security income
Definition
financial assistance for persons with disabilities
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medicare
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title18 of the social security act providing health insurance for older adults
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medicaid
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title19 of social security act provide medical assistance to people in financial need
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insurance plans
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third party payers to finance health care, maybe private or group insurance
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theory
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system of major ideas proposed to explain a given phenomenon
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conceptual framework
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group of related ideas statements or concepts
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paradigm
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a pattern of shared understandings or assumptions about reality
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client
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recipient of nursing care
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