Chapter 13 Key Terms
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
- professional organization that establishes quality standards for nursing education.
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- professional organization that advances and protects the nursing profession
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
- professional organization that provides leadership in issues related to all nurses working in the mental health field in all practice settings
- Asylum
- institution offering shelter
- Burnout
- psychological phenomenon characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment related to one’s work
- Coercive measures
- treatments provided through external control
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- voluntary accrediting arm of the AACN
- Consumer
- those who purchase a service
- Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
- standardized system of medical codes to describe procedures or services
- Deinstitutionalization
- policy, process, and movement that released thousands of mentally ill persons from state institutions back into the communities
- Diagnostic overshadowing
- phenomenon of clinical bias that may occur in mental health treatment when symptoms are attributed to the psychiatric diagnosis and medical comorbidities are missed, increasing mortality for these clients
- Do no harm
- premise wherein interventions may be withheld if harm ensues
- DSM-5-TR
- standard reference in clinical practice for the diagnosis of mental health disorders
- Healthy People 2030
- objectives and goals to improve the health of the nation
- Incivility
- disrespectful or offensive behaviors
- International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
- clinical diagnostic tool maintained by the World Health Organization
- Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
- independent, nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies health-care organizations and programs in the United States. It focuses on quality improvement and client safety
- Milieu manager
- person in charge of the therapeutic value of the environment
- National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)
- set by JCAHO to ensure safety in client care
- NCSBN Model Act
- defines the scope of practice for all levels of nursing
- Nurse Practice Act
- set of state laws and regulations that govern the practice of nursing within a specific jurisdiction
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- federal agency that ensures the safety and health of working conditions required to improve the quality and safety of the health-care system
- Person-first language
- speaking of the person without focus on the diagnosis
- Recovery model
- emphasizes ability and personal control of one’s health and well-being, functioning at higher levels, and achieving a meaningful life even without complete cure
- Standards of Nursing Practice
- describes competent levels of nursing care
- Taxonomy
- system of classification
professional organization that establishes quality standards for nursing education.
professional organization that advances and protects the nursing profession
professional organization that provides leadership in issues related to all nurses working in the mental health field in all practice settings
institution offering shelter
state of chronic physical and emotional exhaustion often associated with feelings of cynicism and detachment from work
treatments provided through external control
voluntary accrediting arm of the AACN
those who purchase a service
standardized system of medical codes to describe procedures or services
policy, process, and movement that released thousands of mentally ill persons from state institutions back into the communities
phenomenon of clinical bias that may occur in mental health treatment when symptoms are attributed to the psychiatric diagnosis and medical comorbidities are missed, increasing mortality for these clients
premise wherein interventions may be withheld if harm ensues
standard reference in clinical practice for the diagnosis of mental health disorders
objectives and goals to improve the health of the nation
disrespectful or offensive behaviors
clinical diagnostic tool maintained by the World Health Organization
independent, nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies health-care organizations and programs in the United States. It focuses on quality improvement and client safety
person in charge of the therapeutic value of the environment
set by JCAHO to ensure safety in client care
defines the scope of practice for all levels of nursing
set of state laws and regulations that govern the practice of nursing within a specific jurisdiction
federal agency that ensures the safety and health of working conditions required to improve the quality and safety of the health-care system
speaking of the person without focus on the diagnosis
emphasizes ability and personal control of one’s health and well-being, functioning at higher levels, and achieving a meaningful life even without complete cure
describes competent levels of nursing care
system of classification
