ACM-RN flashcards
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- LACE Index
- A tool to predict 30-day readmission risk using Length of stay, Acuity of admission, Comorbidity, and Emergency department visits.
- Patient Activation Measure
- A survey assessing patient knowledge, skills, and confidence for self-management; higher scores indicate greater activation.
- Motivational Interviewing OARS
- Core skills: Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries to enhance motivation and collaboration.
- SMART Goals
- Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound goals used in care planning.
- SBAR Communication
- Structured handoff tool: Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation to ensure clear communication.
- Teach-Back Method
- Asking patients to explain information in their own words to confirm understanding and identify gaps.
- Health Literacy Universal Precautions
- Approach assuming all patients may have limited health literacy, using plain language and visual aids.
- Patient Self-Determination Act
- Federal law requiring hospitals to inform patients of advance directives and document them in the medical record.
- Shared Decision-Making
- Collaborative process integrating patient values and preferences with clinical evidence to make health care decisions.
- Cultural Competence
- Ability to understand and respect cultural differences and adapt care to meet diverse patient needs.
- Medication Reconciliation
- Formal process of creating an accurate medication list and comparing it across transitions to avoid errors.
- Care Transitions Intervention
- A model using a transition coach and personal health record to promote self-management during care transitions.
- Transitional Care Model
- Advanced practice nurse-led model focusing on comprehensive discharge planning and follow-up to improve outcomes.
- Warm Handoff
- Direct communication between outgoing and incoming providers to ensure continuity of care during transitions.
- INTERACT Program
- Tools to identify and manage changes in condition in nursing homes to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
- PHQ-9
- A nine-item screening tool for depression severity, used to diagnose and monitor depression.
- SBIRT
- Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for substance use disorders.
- Stages of Change
- Model by Prochaska and DiClemente: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse.
- Erikson's Psychosocial Stages
- Eight stages of development, each with a crisis; successful resolution leads to a virtue.
- Social Determinants of Health
- Conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age that affect health outcomes.
- 5 A's for Behavior Change
- Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist, and Arrange follow-up to support health behavior change.
- Chronic Care Model
- Framework with six elements: health system, community, self-management support, delivery design, decision support, and clinical information systems.
- Polypharmacy Management
- Regular medication review and deprescribing to reduce risks, especially in older adults using Beers Criteria.
- Patient-Centered Medical Home
- A care model providing comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible primary care with a focus on quality and safety.
- HEDIS Measures
- Standardized performance measures used to evaluate quality of care, such as HbA1c control and blood pressure control.
- Donabedian Model
- Framework for quality assessment: Structure, Process, and Outcomes.
- IOM Six Aims
- Health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.
- PDSA Cycle
- Plan, Do, Study, Act: a continuous quality improvement method for testing changes.
- Root Cause Analysis
- A retrospective method to identify underlying causes of sentinel events and prevent recurrence.
- HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Federal regulation protecting individually identifiable health information and setting standards for its use and disclosure.
- Informed Consent
- Process requiring capacity, disclosure, understanding, voluntariness, and consent before medical treatment.
- Ethical Principles
- Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, veracity, and fidelity guide ethical nursing practice.