| A | B |
|---|
| Autonomy | Being self-directed. Being self-directed. |
| Benchmarking | A process that evaluates products, services, and priorities against the performance of others. |
| Comorbidity | Existence of simultaneous disease processes within an individual. |
| Concepts | Vehicle of thought. |
| Confidentiality | Prohibition of posting patient names, public viewing of charts, calling patient names aloud in public areas, & secure storage of medical records |
| Continuous Quality Improvement | The approach to quality management in which scientific, data-driven approaches are used to study work processes that lead to long-term system improvements. |
| Dorothea Orem | Developed concept of self-care; ordinary people in contemporary society want to be in control of their lives. |
| Empowerment | The process of enabling others to do for themselves. |
| Evidence-Based Practice | Using the best evidence available to guide clinical decision making. |
| Fee-For-Service | Health care recipient directly pays the provider for services as they are provided. |
| Florence Nightingale | Founder of modern nursing, focused on the relationship of patients to their surroundings; importance of observing the patient, recording information and cleanliness’ & health and recovery from illness is related to environment |
| Health Care Delivery System | Mechanism for providing services that meet the health-related needs of individuals. |
| Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) | Health plan that provides primary health care services for a preset fee and focuses on cost-effective treatment methods. |
| Hildegard Peplau | Focused attention on relationship between patient and nurse |
| HIPPA Guidelines | Protect individuals’ rights to privacy and confidentiality; assure the security of electronic transfer of personal information |
| Informed Consent | Client understands the reason for the proposed intervention and its benefits and risks and agrees to the treatment by signing a consent form. |
| Madeleine Leininger | Developed theory of cultural care, founder of transcultural nursing |
